The great weather is just one of the reasons we live where we do. No air conditioning here less than a mile as the crow flies to the beach.
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I didn’t have a/c when I lived in San Clemente either. The 2-3 days a year when the weather didn’t cooperate (usually in September) were tackled by 1. going to work, 2. eating at a restaurant with a/c (patio seating? no thank you), or 3. going to the movies.
We had fans.
I don’t have a/c in Denver either and it was 100+ the last few days. I do have a swamp cooler but my BIL didn’t turn it on this year{can’t get good free help these days) and I don’t really care. My bedroom is in the basement and it is always 60-70 degrees.
But the fever has broken and it will be 75-80 for the next 3 days. Windows are open, fans are off, life is good.
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I’m very jealous of where you live. My niece and her family are there and don’t think she’ll ever move. Lucky you , for many reasons !
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It is not surprising that your elderly parents prefer it warmer than you do.
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Lovely! My son lives in San Francisco but he misses the spring and summer rain storms we have in the south. We had to send him some video recent downpours. I like seasons, sun, but not all the time, rain, but not all the time, cold a little bit, not hot at all but can’t escape it here for a bit.
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I just read a post about being sure to keep your dogs hydrated too
Flavor their water with a little bone broth so they will want to drink more
Make doggie pops or cubes with whole milk yogurt and blended fruit
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Ours has managed to stay cool and hydrated all day😀
She has even claimed her own lounge chair that has a very wet towel and shade to keep her cool.
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No one is questioning why. They have always lived this way, but it’s why no one visits with them for any length of time. They might have more friends if…
Chilly today and tomorrow. Back to normal on Thursday, at least below the 110-115 of the past week.
Looking forward to going back to Maine on Thursday.
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It may be hotter in Portland today than where you are!
A statistic: “Portland has only hit 100 F four times since records began in 1941. Bangor has only done it ONCE since 1953.”
We have the AC unit in our office going, as well as the heat pump in the bedroom. Even with the heat, it was comfortable watching TV last night in the un air conditioned part of the house.
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A neighbor posted a funny photo meme, but I can’t post it since it contains a swear word. Here is the edited version:
Brits complaining about 80F heat with 70% humidity and no AC. Americans complaining about 110F heat with 10% humidity and central air. Meanwhile, New Englanders are in 100F and 98% humidity trying to shove a 20-year-old AC unit into windows built in 1750, sipping their iced Dunks, saying, “Well, at least it’s not bleeping raining on a Saturday.”
We had 13 Saturdays in a row with rain. We finally broke the cycle this past weekend.
What is nice about Maine is that by Saturday, the high is predicted to be only 63 (more rain, of course!). A heat wave is defined as three days at 90 degrees or above, and it’s rare here. Whereas in Austin, when my son lived there one summer with my parents, it hit 100 degrees 40 days in a row.
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I had breakfast with a friend this morning, and she said “the weather reports where I live have been all wrong since they fired all the NOAA people.”
Has anyone else noticed that as an issue? I haven’t, but I live with a weather-man wannabe, so I hear way more about weather than i want to on a regular basis :).
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I can’t say that I’ve noticed, but for the next 3 months all they really need to say is “hazy, hot, and humid with a 50% chance of thunderstorms.” That about covers it for us. The occasional hurricane/tropical storm remnants.
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I live in the DC suburbs, it’s predicted to be real temps 100 all week with the feels like between 110-115 thanks to the high dew point. My house stays relatively cool, thanks to the large trees that shade it so we don’t have the crank the AC too badly, and my office is consistently freezing all year (sure, it feels like 112 out, and since I dressed for the commute with a walk and metro ride today I’m freezing, so I’m sitting at my desk wrapped in a shawl like a blanket).
The one I feel badly for is my son. He’s got a job this summer with an excavation crew - his job is digging the holes (by hand) for the fences, installing the chain link, and installing that cloth stuff that grabs the dirt so it doesn’t wash away. It’s hotter than hell for outside work. He had the same problem last year - he was a counselor at a learn to ride your bike camp, and he spent all day on the blacktop in the parking lots where they learned. So for him, heat mitigation is a much more challenging thing. He has to wear long pants but can do short sleeves, so we’re doing that, in the lightest color shirt and the loosest fitting pants. He’s got probably three gallons of water amongst his water bottles and a couple bottles of gatorade. He’s got more water than he can drink, so some may end up poured on his head to bring his temp down. The water and gatorade bottles and his lunch are all in a cooler with a lot of large icepacks so they don’t get too hot in the car. He’s keeping the windows down on the car while he works to try to keep some air moving, and knows to try to park in a shady spot. He’s setting his watch for 30 minute intervals to make sure he stops every 30 minutes to go stand in the shade for a minute and drink more water. We’ve tried those cooling towels and they don’t seem to work for him, and he’s convinced that hats make him feel hotter. When he gets home he’ll head straight to the shower - which he always does because he’s filthy, but added bonus will be to try to cool his body down. I’m not loving this for him this week, and just hoping he doesn’t make himself sick.
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That is hard work for sure! How does he (heat aside) like the work in general? I know it’s awful now, but down the road it’ll give him more credibility with the Contractor’s down the road. They like age and experience over degrees - at least the ones I work with.
I hope his company has protocols for work in this weather? My workplace provides our outdoor people with water, gatorade, ice, etc. We’ve been having all kinds of training on how to work in the heat. (We do weekly safety trainings even if you’re an office worker.)
He’s liking the work, generally. I mean, he’s super low man on the totem pole (only to be expected) so he gets the work that requires the least skill and that is the most annoying so it’s not exactly FUN, but he likes being able to move all day, likes seeing things get accomplished, and is enjoying being part of a crew. It seems like the company is dealing with the heat by basically only working half days, and starting right at 7:00 on the dot (the earliest they are allowed to start around here). They are finishing for the day around noon so they can be done before the worst of the heat and before the air quality gets too swampy and unbreathable. I’m actually wondering if they just cancelled his job for today - he had an assignment that was planned, but when I opened Find My Phone earlier today to see which office my spouse was in, I noticed my son’s phone appears to be at home. I can’t imagine the forgot his phone, so they may have just cancelled the day. For him, that’s not a big deal. He wants to earn some money this summer but i still fund his life basically. But for the rest of the guys on his crew, this is their family income, losing a day of work (or more) isn’t great.
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That is very good to hear. It sounds similar to what they’re doing around here. Contractors/construction workers tend to make very good (and hard earned!) money while they are working, but then have the down periods sometimes lasting months. It’s not an easy life.
But I am glad he likes it, and he will not only be more appreciative of his degree, but the guys he’s directing someday.
Yeah, I lived in Dallas in 1980 when we had a 100+ heat (liked 105, 110) 30 days or 60 days during hte summer - it was ludicrous. We went to Banff that summer for a vacation and all the Canadians could ask us was 1) is it really that hot in Texas, and 2) Who killed JR? 
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Neck fans can be absolute life savers.
We have Jisulife neck fans from Amazon. So great! 3 speed and rechargeable.