<p>Thumper1, do go to the mall, a movie theater, library - anyplace with A/C - just try to park your car in the shade so you don’t roast when you drive home. </p>
<p>I can’t imagine how miserable it must be for folks who aren’t used to this heat/humidity and don’t have A/C. My kids can’t believe that I used to live without it as a child; yes, I am older than dirt. I recall when my dad was stationed at Maxwell AFB (Montgomery, AL) we didn’t have even room A/C units. I spent most of my summer days under a lawn sprinkler and hated to eat anything except popsicles and chilled watermelon. We later lived in central FL where it’s also miserable in the summer. Thankfully, my parents bought a house there and installed central air conditioning. However, my mother refused to run the A/C before Memorial Day no matter how high the temperature. I must have gone through a can of baby powder per week, sprinkling it on my sheets each night and dusting myself with it several times a day.</p>
<p>Our electric bill was horrendous this month, but I’ll cut back on everything else in order to have A/C when it’s usually in the high 90s with 70% - 90% humidity.</p>
<p>After 2 days and 2 nights of NO AIR -OMG - the repairman came this morning and fixed my AC.</p>
<p>Last night was unbearable. Downstairs thermostart read 86 - I can’t even imagine what the temp was upstairs where we were attempting to sleep with fans.</p>
<p>A/C was fixed at 8:00 am EST (86 - 90) in the house - now downstairs thermostat reads 80 after two hours of AC.</p>
<p>I couldn’t believe it when my car said it was 91 at 9am, 94 at 9:30am and 97 at 10am.
I have no idea what the humidity is, but it feels brutal. Now I’m back in the A/C & not planning to leave for awhile.</p>
<p>pugmadkate – ucsd<em>ucla</em>dad – you’re right – I forgot about California. Weather out there was so nice when we visited Oxy. I get so focused on the Northeast, where places like New Hampshire and Vermont are cool in the summer, but brutal in the winter.</p>
<p>I’m in my office now, nice and cool. Definitely an iced coffee kind of day.</p>
<p>I had to go measure a parking lot today. Even doing it first thing in the morning I was soaking wet by the time I was done. I really need underlings! </p>
<p>We just have a couple of through the wall and window A/Cs, but I find if I can get the temp down to 80 and reduce the humidity I’m pretty comfortable. Of course I grew up in the tropics with no A/C. Mostly dry heat in East Africa though which is a big help.</p>
<p>Some places with higher altitudes in the tropics have great weather. For example Nairobi, Kenya’s average temperature year round is low of 50 to high of 80. The highest temperatures are in the spring and fall. It really has just about perfect weather if you don’t mind living with rainy seasons.</p>
<p>Can this be right?! AccuWeather is forecasting 105 degrees this afternoon, with a heat index of 117-120. Yep, outdoor thermometer is registering 104.</p>
<p>Big storms came through about 9 am today and the temperature dropped to 71 (after hitting 100 yesterday). I turned off the AC and turned on all the fans to pull the air through the house. Our upstairs is at least 10 degrees hotter than downstairs so it’s very tricky to get both floors comfortable. Now the sun is starting to come out so back to the AC and dehumidifier. </p>
<p>I’m laughing at the recommendations for good all around weather - my top two choices for relocation are OC and SD! Good to see the confirmation.</p>
<p>It’s now 102, a new record for this date. On the news, they’ve taken to showing us what it was like this past winter when we had feet of snow on the ground. It’s not making me feel any better.</p>
<p>ML-^^ Remember last year right after 4th of July when I went to northern Maine in the middle of that terrible heatwave? All the older folks were huddled in Tim Horton trying to stay cool.</p>
<p>It’s been brutal in middle TN, too. Mornings have been 75-78 (6am) with high humidity. Very Houston-ish. Afternoons close to 100- less humid but not all that dry. I am a distance runner, so it’s been tough- even at 5:30am. Right now it’s 96 with 45% humidity. I actually prefer hot weather to cold, but this has been pretty rough.</p>
<p>I went out to lunch. The worst part was getting in the car to drive home. Not only was it sweltering hot…but I burned my arm on the seat belt buckle. I’m inside now…AC on in the bedroom where I’m about to retreat for the night. Maybe I’l have dinner in bed!</p>
<p>102 degrees here at 5 p.m…in CT. Supposedly the relative humidity is only 24% but it sure feels muggy. There is a breeze…hot air is blowing around.</p>
<p>105, feels like 120. I’m in Maryland, so the humidity is something else.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for the runners in my high school who have to run outside uphill in our neighborhoods in this heat. I also feel sorry for the football players flipping tires and carrying each other on their backs for miles at a time.</p>
<p>Those in the south need a remote car starter for air conditioning. People up in the north use them in the winter to warm the car up for a few minutes before getting in.</p>