Too hot to go outside!

[Kmot]

It is 3:00PM PDT, and 104°F outside. Too hot for man or beast.

When you east coasters get snowed in during the winter and have nothing to do but build, that is the same thing we southwest coasters have to do in the summer time when it is so blazing hot outside. Can't have any fun in this kind of heat. :mad: :censored: :rolleyes:

[dnchvs]

well i'm in massachussetts and we've only had 1 day that was over 80 so far all year
and it's been mostly rain

[woodybob]

Good time to take a plunge in Lake Shoshone and cool your jets. ;) I need me a cement pond in my back yard. :rolleyes:

[norgale]

Been nice here for a change. Last couple of days have been only in te 80's with showers here and there. Still muggy though.
I remember living on the Cape when I was a kid. 75 was average and 80 was getting downright uncomfortable. 90 was a heat wave and people in Boston headed for the shore any way they could get there. Rain and fog was a given most days and I didn't know what the sun was till we moved to Florida. Ha! To this day I love good solid rainy days with clouds all over. If it's cold then that is so much better. Pete

[H.Lauer]

Wettest June on record!!!! :rolleyes: NOT boating weather here on the coast of Maine, again.... maybe next weekend. Harry

[der kapitan]

well i'm in massachussetts and we've only had 1 day that was over 80 so far all year
and it's been mostly rain
It's been pretty much the same here in western New York, though we've had more warmer days than you Dennis---. ;)

We could do without any more rain for now, though the gardens love it---. :)

[CGAux26]

THAT'S why we moved from Houston to NW Washington. Succeeded-escaped Houston, Heat, Humidity, Hurricanes, and umpteem million crazy drivers. Now if they would raise the winter temperature a few degrees here...... :D

[Schrott]

I just spent three days in St John Arizona, tha job started a 4 am and ended every day at around 11 pm, average temps during work was 105, outside labor.
It feels good to be back home, at a sweet 90.

I have to go back on Wednesday, for 2 days, clean up, 120 plus in the sun, I am glad that job is over. It was a kluster f.

[green-boat]

Yesterday it made it to 100 degrees but today was 90 degrees. Nice break in the heat for a change.

[Kmot]

Good time to take a plunge in Lake Shoshone and cool your jets. ;)
I took your advice and went for a plunge. Made a video while I was at it. Uploading now...

Here it is:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12552778&postcount=19

[nocal707]

It was about as hot up here in Sonoma. The grapes, tomatoes, and Marijuana all love it.
The river was pretty refreshing, everyone gets a kick out of my Marlin Cruiser.

By now everything has cooled off and i'm kickin back watchin me some whale wars!

[norgale]

I wanted to go work on the Lincoln this morning as it's coudy and cool. 83 at 08:30 but the muggy has moved in again and the clouds are rainy ones for sure. It's all coming in off the Gulf so it's another day in la casa for this old boy.
Pete

[Hoghappy]

It's really nice here...come on down! :censored:

[norgale]

Come on Hoghappy. Ever body know Alabama be de hot spot in de summa. Pete

[charlie eaton]

well i'm in massachussetts and we've only had 1 day that was over 80 so far all year
and it's been mostly rain

:censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: still raining too!!!!!

[dnchvs]

until friday....i'm also in ma.

[Boatfox]

bleahh...been 105+ all week long. Getting ready for the really high numbers as summer progresses.

[Aerominded]

But that's a "dry heat" there, right? :p Hope all is well with you and yours, Boatfox!

P.S. "8-Ball" got first place in the KRM event this year- :)

[Footski]

105* here too yesterday and at 8am this morning it is already 90.5* Too darned hot!!

[Simon.O.]

No frost on the windscreen (windshield) this morning for once.
I am glad it was a mild Westerly wind and not the dang Sou-Wester that brings all the cold off the mountain.
It is quite pleasant here tonight as I have the gas heat on low and only a long fleece jacket on.

[tigerbay]

It is 30*c at 7am here and midday has been 41+*c (110+*f).
But it is dry on the central plains of China, with humidity rarely getting over 50%, and so with a nice breeze it is lovely.
But in Shanghai, with humidity at 90-99% anything over 35* is not nice. Over 40* is unbearable.

As Aerominded said "but that's a dry heat..."

[norgale]

Where do you live Simon? Sounds like paradise to me. Pete

[der kapitan]

It was sunny and breezy here for the 4th, but as soon as the sun set and we settled in to watch fireworks, out came the flannel shirts---. ;)

Good sleeping weather---. :)

[Kmot]

Where do you live Simon? Sounds like paradise to me. Pete
Ditto! :D

[Simon.O.]

Where do you live Simon? Sounds like paradise to me. Pete
New Zealand.

[Aerominded]

New Zealand.

Yep, from everything I have heard, it is paradise- :)

[BigDutch]

Orlando getting a lot of rain which helps temps but already had several days of heat index over 100. Sweaty old men in speedos is not a pretty picture.........

[MILLERTIME]

Only in Orlando!!!!

[tigerbay]

:D Looks like the nose and the toes won't get burned then. :D

[der kapitan]

Yep, from everything I have heard, it is paradise- :)
Oh yes---! Paradise and then some---. :)

I have quite a few friends down there, and my main regret is that I'm unable to visit them as often as I'd like---. :o

It has a bit to do with my travel budget---. :p

Somewhere in New Zealand, there's a place that is exactly like where you come from. The landscape and climate varies that much there---. :D

[Boatfox]

But that's a "dry heat" there, right? :p Hope all is well with you and yours, Boatfox!

P.S. "8-Ball" got first place in the KRM event this year- :)
Dry is right...try 6% humidity....at least I can keep the inside of the house around 20%. Kind of like sticking your head in the oven. :rolleyes:

Doing well and the "2 year project" is on it's last 5 months.....time to think boats again. :)

[Aerominded]

6% :eek: !!!

Will be great to see you back on the boats again! :)

[der kapitan]

6%---? Jeezus, Boatfox, that's low enough to dry your brains out---. :eek:

Uh, that hasn't happened yet, right---? :p

Like Aero says, it'll be great to see you back in action building boats---. :)

[norgale]

If NZ has some place like where I'm from then I may as well stay here. Huh?

[woodybob]

Dry is right...try 6% humidity.... ...

Good paintin' weather.

[Schrott]

hihihihi, guys, just think August is still coming, 100 at the western foothills of the south western Colorado Rockies, gone be a hell of a fire season this year, lots of dry lightning going on, already.

[BigDutch]

Only in Orlando!!!!

He's older than me and not nearly as fat and hairy.....

[realtimerecon]

Hot !......... U haven't seen hot until you've seen NAM. :D...RTR

[Kmot]

It's been triple digit for weeks! :censored:

[gpzy]

Triple digits and only a slight breeze, I can imagine the dock at Hansen Dam is to hot to sit on!!!!!

[lgr333]

It's been hot here all week, it's suppose to get up to 90 degrees Sunday so I'll be staying in. lol

[SD rc boater]

It's been hot here all week, it's suppose to get up to 90 degrees Sunday so I'll be staying in. lol

Where is here? :rolleyes:

[norgale]

Hot here alright. It was 97 this afternoon and at 8:00 this evening it was still 90. Now,at 9:00 is down to 86 so were having a cold wave. Ha!

[lgr333]

Where is here? :rolleyes:


Seattle area

[Massey]

I live in the Tacoma area now and I love this weather. Who says it rains all the time in the PNW!? I love the heat and I can do with out the cold but living down south where I get what I want I also get the nasty humidity that I can live without. So all and all the weather here is not bad.

Massey

P.S. I love the snow but I hate the cold, Go fugure.

[desron48]

It's been triple digit for weeks! :censored:sorry to here that tom.....here in oxnard it's hasn't come close to 80 degrees....last nite around 6 pm i had to put my sweat shirt on ...getting a little nippy.....joe...watch the language now.....lol!!

[BigDutch]

No rain for a couple of days and the temps are actually bearable. Something is very wrong......

[keith S]

We are getting ready for some record breaking heat this weekend here in the PNW. Temps expected into the 90's on the west side of the mountains and well over the 100 degree mark east. Anyone going over to Spokane to the Tide Water Cup better be ready for that kind of heat ( not just the competion).

[norgale]

Just another day here in SW Fla. 97 degrees and rising,no rain,no wind,lots of humidity. Yuck. Pete

[der kapitan]

75 degrees, been raining all day here, standing water on the lawn by the pond, a few leaks in the basement---.

And the rest of the country is dry---?

Quack quack---.

[norgale]

[QUOTE=der kapitan]75 degrees, been raining all day here, standing water on the lawn by the pond, a few leaks in the basement---.

And the rest of the country is dry---?

Quack quack---.[/QUOT

Very dry here Kap. I hate to say it but we could really use a couple of good hurricanes this summmer. We may run out of water someday. Pete

[Aerominded]

Quack quack---.

You must be referring to my state? Total mess here but the weather is just fantastic! :rolleyes: ;)

Though we could use a bit more of that water... :(

[craig_c]

Would someone just chase the fookin' FOG away for a couple of days!!!!!!!!! Arrgh! Even the North Atlantic ain't this gray!!!!

[Aerominded]

Ahhhh, SF in the summer... Been clear down here (in the afternoon)... :cool:

[fooman2008]

90's all week (80's+ last) supposed to be 50% chance of showers turned into a 5 minute drizzle.
Foo

[der kapitan]

Looking at the weather that the rest of the country has been having, I feel kinda bad for the areas that have been suffering extreme dry spells. You've got to have at least some water to sustain the foliage---. ;)

We have yet to see any hot summery days here, and would be happy to see some before fall, but it certainly is green out in our backyard---. :)

[gpzy]

Looking at the weather that the rest of the country has been having, I feel kinda bad for the areas that have been suffering extreme dry spells. You've got to have at least some water to sustain the foliage---. ;)

We have yet to see any hot summery days here, and would be happy to see some before fall, but it certainly is green out in our backyard---. :)

Hot weather, windy days, and no rain, spells bad news for Southern California.

[Kmot]

When I drove back from Vallejo last weekend, I was looking at the hills and brush as I drove through it. It is 'bone' dry. The scrub brush looks like kindling. When (not if) the wildfires start, it is going to explode.

[fooman2008]

The California foothills have been burning every season (or two) for about what, 15 centuries? I have very little sympathy for people who build up them there hills, the
Spaniards who founded Cali built their structures out of adobe with plastered walls, and tile roofs for a reason..... sorry for the rant but if you do something stupid I don't have a lot of sympathy, like build a major city 15 feet below sea level then whine when the world doesn't help you fast enough.
Foo

[der kapitan]

The California foothills have been burning every season (or two) for about what, 15 centuries? I have very little sympathy for people who build up them there hills, the
Spaniards who founded Cali built their structures out of adobe with plastered walls, and tile roofs for a reason..... sorry for the rant but if you do something stupid I don't have a lot of sympathy, like build a major city 15 feet below sea level then whine when the world doesn't help you fast enough.
Foo
Not very kindly comments there Foo, but hey! Dumb IS dumb, more so if you repeat the same stupidity over and over---. :rolleyes:

[Boatfox]

Would someone just chase the fookin' FOG away for a couple of days!!!!!!!!! Arrgh! Even the North Atlantic ain't this gray!!!!
I'll take the fog...you take the 112.
Ran hot for a few weeks ..... now its hot 105 and humid 30% (compared to 6%)
We took a walk last night because it was only 90 and felt good out. I guess it's all perspective.
I did burn my hand on a stack of rebar out in the sun :mad: ...Can't wait to get out on a roof again and crawl over hot metal...Bleahhh!!

[Hoghappy]

Inow its hot 105 and humid 30% (compared to 6%)



I'll take that 30% humidity any day! :D

[der kapitan]

I'll take that 30% humidity any day! :D
You'd probably be happy with even twice that down 'bama way---. :p

[toesup]

When I drove back from Vallejo last weekend, I was looking at the hills and brush as I drove through it. It is 'bone' dry. The scrub brush looks like kindling. When (not if) the wildfires start, it is going to explode.

The hills around here were that way when we arrived in Central California three months ago Kmot... and there were (and still are) severe drought warning signs in towns throughout the region.

In the three months we have been here, we have had 0.02 inches of rain...

[craig_c]

The California foothills have been burning every season (or two) for about what, 15 centuries? I have very little sympathy for people who build up them there hills, the Spaniards who founded Cali built their structures out of adobe with plastered walls, and tile roofs for a reason..... sorry for the rant but if you do something stupid I don't have a lot of sympathy, like build a major city 15 feet below sea level then whine when the world doesn't help you fast enough.
Foo

The Spaniards were into Green Design way ahead of their time... They were dealing with scare resources and labor and built accordingly. Adobe, very high thermal mass so cool in the day, warm at night and comparatively very hard to burn

http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2008/12/comparing-how-children-and-chimps-learn.html

Human see, human do... human see better way, human STILL do same old way over and over again.

Monkey see, monkey do... Monkey see better way, monkey do better way

So much for intelligent design.

[toesup]

I have the answer (inadvertently) for all us guy's out there that are bothered by the hot weather..

The Elizabethan's were part way there with the 'Cod-piece'... all we need now is the air conditioned version to give us the air conditioned trousers.. and the design is to be known as the 'Koolergoolie' and is to be marketed by Ronco...
I could even make it environmentally friendly by running it on methane..

I'm off down the patent office with this one...

[norgale]

Ha! Methane. BOOM and by by cod piece and what's in it.

[nick_75au]

I had ice on my car the other week that was at least a couple of mm thick, so much for tropical Queensland :D
Been averaging low 20's during the day and down to 5-10 at night, but it is mid winter here :p
Nick

[der kapitan]

The Elizabethan's were part way there with the 'Cod-piece'... all we need now is the air conditioned version to give us the air conditioned trousers.. and the design is to be known as the 'Koolergoolie' and is to be marketed by Ronco...
I could even make it environmentally friendly by running it on methane..
I'm off down the patent office with this one...
Ralph, you've been into the single malt again, haven't you---? :p

A codpiece would be as drafty as a kilt in wintertime, I would think. ;)

Self-generated methane power---, hmmm---, good thought---. :D

[norgale]

:eek: I'm buying stock in bean companys. ;)
It's only 11:00 AM here and it's already 92. Doesn't look good for washing the truck today. :D

[norgale]

Yipppeeee! Big time clouds about 10:00 AM and the temp went down to 88 by noon. Then came some rain and now some more rain which we badly need and the temp is further down to 85 at 5:45 PM. Hope it stays raining all night. Pete

[Aerominded]

Cooler temps and the rain is washing your truck at the same time... doesn't get any better than that, Norgale... unless you are enjoying a beer too! ;)

[der kapitan]

Cooler temps and the rain is washing your truck at the same time... doesn't get any better than that, Norgale... unless you are enjoying a beer too! ;)
We have had a lot of rain here over the last two days, everything's very green---. :p

It can stop now, thank you---. :)

Did somebody mention BEER---? :D

[dnchvs]

here in ma plenty of rain...and we have yet to hit 90degrees
we haven't gone more than 3 days without rain since may 24 according to the news
der kap...i was cutting the lawn today sweating my b@l*s off had a cold beer on an empty somache....whoaaaa!!!!!!had to sit for a few

[Aerominded]

whoaaaa!!!!!!had to sit for a few


Mmmmmmm, beer... :)

Sounds like you guys are getting a ton of rain!

[der kapitan]

Yes Aero, my lawn is presently too soggy to mow. :p

and it's GROWINGGGG---! :eek:

[norgale]

WOW! 107 in Portland ,Oregon. I sure hope you guys who live up that way are staying cool somehow. That's some serious heat for you. Pete

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Yes, it's too hot to go outside...

For some reason there is a run on fans and air conditioners.
Didn't everyone catch a clue last year... One of my fan/heater combos
had a coniption the other night. The Fan blade came loose, and dropped
back on the shaft, and destroyed the heating elements... Probably out of spite. :p
I'll have to buy a new heater for the shop this fall...

:o

[keith S]

Yah, too hot for us rusty people in the PNW to go out and play boat. Was over 105 in Seattle and officially 96 up in my part of the state ( although all the local theometers said 105 or more). Even had spot thunder storms popping off in the hills in the afternoon causing flash floods ( used to warnings about floods days in advance, but flash floods be new around here). Sad when we have the hotter temps then Arizona, Florida, Texas, & California.

[norgale]

We just had about an hour of good solid rain and thirty minutes after it stopped you'd never know it rained. The ground just soaked it up like a sponge. 75 here now and a welcome relief from the 90 plus heat that is everyday this time of year. pete

[tsenecal]

odd...

the last couple of weeks, it has rained almost every day.

on Monday, July 13...
1" of rain in 30 minutes
45 mph winds, gusting to 60
pea size hail battering the house and lawn, hitting hard enough that well over 100 water fowl were killed or maimed in a pond only a couple miles south of where i live.
wind blowing over trees, not just little trees, but big 3' diameter elm trees. electricity out for hours

today's high is only going to be around 70, current temp is only 57

[Kmot]

It seems pretty bizarre to have such high temps in the PNW. Better you guys than us. :p

Actually, we have had a respite from the brutal heat for the past two days. Not to fret however, it is going to be baking again very soon.

[keith S]

We finally got a cool day here with the high only getting to about 80. That would normally be concidered hot, but right now that seems cool and comfortable!!!!

[Tugboat Andy]

Yeah Keith, nice and cool compared to the past week. Too cold. Now I think I have the sniffles from sleeping with the windows open.....jeeeesh! :mad:

[Kmot]

Good grief, it is so hot outside. Still...... :rolleyes:

[gpzy]

Good grief, it is so hot outside. Still...... :rolleyes:

Yes it is :censored:
The only good thing here in Bakersfield is there is no smoke from the fires.

[Aerominded]

Hot up here too...

[toesup]

Hot up here too...

Bah....

Its only 104.5 here... :p

[der kapitan]

It got up to 77 today, rainy in the morning, clear and breezy in the afternoon.

Right now at 10PM, it's 65---.

[nick_75au]

91 F here, High fire danger, the Jasmine is going nuts a month early, house smells good though.
Nick

[Aerominded]

Bah....




Hee hee, anything over 65* is hot to me... :o Mid 90's today... has cooled off nicely now! :cool:

[Aerominded]

91 F here, High fire danger, the Jasmine is going nuts a month early, house smells good though.
Nick

Isn't it "winter" there? :eek:

[toesup]

You know its too hot when....

The PVA comes out of the (nozzle on the) spray gun like cobwebs :eek:

[Aerominded]

That sounds like "put the gun down and step away from the project" time! :eek: :)

[nick_75au]

Yep, :confused:




Though Brisbane is sub tropical,

Usual temps this time of year are closer to 75 day and as low as 40 at night
(as I'm busy putting in Celsius temps into my little convert program ;) )
Down south its still snowing in the Alpine regions 700 miles south
Nick

[seadog985]

hey kmot, maybe you need to take up scuba diving and model subs. if you could perfect the underwater radio you would have it made :D maybe a teather line like the old gas airplane i had when i was a kid.

[Aerominded]

Sounds similar to weather in Southern California. Here on the central coast, it is a little cooler. :) We don't have to go far east (few hours drive) in the winter for skiing, etc.

[Kmot]

seadog, I find model subs to be even more boring than sheetboats. And I have a pool. :D

[CPT.JAVELIN]

we had a summers day here in auckland that was around 100 degrees at 12:30pm and then down to 33 degrees at 10pm

[seadog985]

so what did you wear that day.....fur shorts??????