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Can we get a friggin break here? My A/C never shuts off.

8:20pm PDT 68°

Sorry dude, So Cal rules.

Don wrote:8:20pm PDT 68°

Sorry dude, So Cal rules.

I know. A friend of mine transferred to LAX last year and today he sent me a text with a picture of the weather. He's a Texas boy and keeps tabs on us here, and rubs it in every god damned chance he gets.

In fact, here's the pic he attached.

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:8:20pm PDT 68°

Sorry dude, So Cal rules.

I know. A friend of mine transferred to LAX last year and today he sent me a text with a picture of the weather. He's a Texas boy and keeps tabs on us here, and rubs it in every god damned chance he gets.

We'll get ours. Usually August through September is when it heats up around here.

91 here and escalating to 100+ by Sunday. I'm, uh, burnt out!!!

Don wrote:

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:8:20pm PDT 68°

Sorry dude, So Cal rules.

I know. A friend of mine transferred to LAX last year and today he sent me a text with a picture of the weather. He's a Texas boy and keeps tabs on us here, and rubs it in every god damned chance he gets.

We'll get ours. Usually August through September is when it heats up around here.

Are y'all going to be alright? Fuckers!

Watching the Angels/Rangers game. Says 105 at Arlington today. Yuck.

Don wrote:Watching the Angels/Rangers game. Says 105 at Arlington today. Yuck.

And the Rangers can't beat them. In their own oven?

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:Watching the Angels/Rangers game. Says 105 at Arlington today. Yuck.

And the Rangers can't beat them. In their own oven?

Yeah a guy just called up from Triple A just jacked one out for the Angels after Texas tied it in the bottom of the 9th. Their 8 game lead is about to go down to 2.

Don wrote:

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:Watching the Angels/Rangers game. Says 105 at Arlington today. Yuck.

And the Rangers can't beat them. In their own oven?

Yeah a guy just called up from Triple A just jacked one out for the Angels after Texas tied it in the bottom of the 9th. Their 8 game lead is about to go down to 2.

Getting scary!

Pujols just hit his second. That's the Angel's 10th Homerun this series and there is still a game tomorrow. The ball just flies out of that park.

Don wrote:Pujols just hit his second. That's the Angel's 10th Homerun this series and there is still a game tomorrow. The ball just flies out of that park.

The Rangers are in a huge slump. They really needed this series.

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:Pujols just hit his second. That's the Angel's 10th Homerun this series and there is still a game tomorrow. The ball just flies out of that park.

The Rangers are in a huge slump. They really needed this series.

They need pitching and Hamilton to do something.

50 here right now

Let's see if Napoli can be the hero here.

Andrew wrote:50 here right now

Can we come for a visit? We're baking. Neelee (our niece) asked today if we could go to Australia.

And Texas pulls off the comeback.

Don wrote:

Rick wrote:

Don wrote:Pujols just hit his second. That's the Angel's 10th Homerun this series and there is still a game tomorrow. The ball just flies out of that park.

The Rangers are in a huge slump. They really needed this series.

They need pitching and Hamilton to do something.

Elvis did it. Whew.

Rick wrote:

Andrew wrote:50 here right now

Can we come for a visit? We're baking. Neelee (our niece) asked today if we could go to Australia.

Yes, yes you can. C'mon down...

Well....... it could be worse. I hear Arizona gets kinda warm and stays that way for months on end.
Last year we had 67 consecutive days of 110+ degrees!

JRNYMAN wrote:Well....... it could be worse. I hear Arizona gets kinda warm and stays that way for months on end.
Last year we had 67 consecutive days of 110+ degrees!

I would die and the snakes cactuses would be partying!

JRNYMAN wrote:Last year we had 67 consecutive days of 110+ degrees!

It's hot all damned summer long where I am in Cali, too. It can vary wildly between 110-114, and when it really gets going temps of 115-117 aren't uncommon. I haven't felt it get too much worse than that the lost couple years. I'm very familiar with temps in the 120F range, though.

So everybody who complains about 95 degrees needs to shut it. That's COOL in my book!

Don wrote:8:20pm PDT 68°

Sorry dude, So Cal rules.

Only if you're coastside.

verslibre wrote:

JRNYMAN wrote:Last year we had 67 consecutive days of 110+ degrees!

It's hot all damned summer long where I am in Cali, too. It can vary wildly between 110-114, and when it really gets going temps of 115-117 aren't uncommon. I haven't felt it get too much worse than that the lost couple years. I'm very familiar with temps in the 120F range, though.

So everybody who complains about 95 degrees needs to shut it. That's COOL in my book!

Yeah, it gets hot in the southwest BUT I'll take 110-115 with 15-25% humidity everyday of the week and twice on Sundays than to have temps hovering around 90-100 with the humidity represented by those same numbers!!!! During the monsoon season - which is now - the humidity sits right around the 45-50% area for days on end but then low pressure system will move in and it's dry again. Those poor fuckers back east - and especially the southeast - don't get that reprieve like we do.
I'll never forget the first time I went to Ft. Lauderdale many, many years ago. It was a typical August day and I had never experienced real humidity like the kind that exists back there. We went to the grocery store and it was the older kind of building that had plate glass windows in the front. The condensation was so... umm...... thick? for lack of a better term... that the water was running off the windows in a non-stop sheet into troughs that were built-into the fascia of the building. I was stunned!

JRNYMAN wrote:Yeah, it gets hot in the southwest BUT I'll take 110-115 with 15-25% humidity everyday of the week and twice on Sundays than to have temps hovering around 90-100 with the humidity represented by those same numbers!!!!

Never really understood this logic...even a little. Saying it's 120 degrees with no humidity is analogous to saying that it's minus 30 degrees outside...but, there is no wind! At some point, it really doesn't make a freakin' difference! Hot is hot and cold is cold. As I've always said, my fucking oven doesn't have an ounce of humidity inside of it, and I have ZERO desire to get inside of it!

Enigma869 wrote:

JRNYMAN wrote:Yeah, it gets hot in the southwest BUT I'll take 110-115 with 15-25% humidity everyday of the week and twice on Sundays than to have temps hovering around 90-100 with the humidity represented by those same numbers!!!!

Never really understood this logic...even a little. Saying it's 120 degrees with no humidity is analogous to saying that it's minus 30 degrees outside...but, there is no wind! At some point, it really doesn't make a freakin' difference! Hot is hot and cold is cold. As I've always said, my fucking oven doesn't have an ounce of humidity inside of it, and I have ZERO desire to get inside of it!

The logic here (even if it's the slightest little bit...) is that when it's say, 110, 115, etc. the air is definitely hot but it's not the thick, blanketing, moisture-laden air that consumes your entire body with moisture instantly. The dry heat is easier and quicker to cool and quicker to shed from your body/clothing/vehicle.
The only analogy that comes to mind is a load of towels fresh from the dryer. If they're completely dry, they lose their heat almost immediately when you remove them from the dryer. If they're still damp, and of course hot right out of the dryer, they will take a long time to air dry due to the heavy moisture. Given the choice of a towel from each load, which would you rather use to dry yourself off?

But, I hear what you're saying. My favorite cliche to hate is "It's X degrees in Phoenix....... BUT IT'S A DRY HEAT!!!!" Yeah, so is a blast furnace!