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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:09 PM
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Gotta love Minnesota -- it's 102 degrees this afternoon.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:16 PM
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1. And two or three weeks ago I was freezing my
tuchus off because the apartment building turned off the heat on May 1.

And two feet of snow in one day six months ago that left the streets barely passable until April.

I wish I could go back 100 years and tell my ancestors "there is this place called California. Do NOT stop here, keep going until you find it."
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:22 PM
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2. Southern California is likely to have a big fire season this year.
So the grass is not always greener, sometimes it's aflame.
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LNM Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:25 PM
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3. 100 now.
Hey! It's cooling off!
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 09:54 PM
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4. Called my Twin Cities kids to ask them if the snow finally melted
When we visited in early May there was still some piles in the shade.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:24 PM
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5. yeah a friend of mine was telling me it was really hot there
and in the winter you guys have crazy cold there- 20 below and such. :scared: Seems rather unfair.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 01:37 AM
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17. The joys of living smack in the center of a continent.
-30 in the winter, 103 in the summer! :rofl:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:50 PM
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6. Dear God
I cannot imagine 102 with humidity.

And it regularly gets to 110 in the summer here. :o
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:56 PM
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7. and lets talk power off for 4.75 hours!!!!
and the electric company wants a 6% increase this year!!!!!! D*MN D*MN DI*MN :grr: :grr: :grr:
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:58 PM
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8. Fortunately it isn't humid - relative humidity only 20%
and wind blowing like crazy - 21 knots gusting to 31. It's much nicer now, though - only 93.
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 11:03 PM
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10. Reminds me of places where I was able to dry my clothes very fast on a line.
Everything else about it was hard on the vegetation.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 01:41 AM
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18. It's the dew point that matters when it comes to comfort, not relative humidity.
For me a dew point over 60F is muggy, 40F is perfect, 20F is dry.
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 11:01 PM
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9. I can. The trick is to delude yourself into thinking you're in a wet sauna to detox.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 07:32 PM
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11. You're keeping up with Texas.
It was 102 the other day in Houston, and the usual high humidity.

If I had a)good sense; and b)somewhere to go, I'd leave.

But I don't.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 08:09 PM
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12. And tonight it will be down to 51.
A 50-degree temperature change in 24 hours. I do love it here. :eyes:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 08:29 PM
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13. about a 30 degree drop here in northern illinois
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Luciferous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 08:39 PM
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14. Yep, I'm looking forward to that! I need to get out and weed my flower
beds, but it's been too damn hot. I know it's supposed to rain the next few days, but I'm hoping I can get out there sometime tomorrow and get it done.
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 09:31 PM
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15. It will be 98 here tomorrow (NJ)
And I have not installed my a/c yet. I have a pinched nerve on my right hand and cannot lift my air conditioner. Well time to go somewhere.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 01:35 AM
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16. It was 62 in Fargo today, 94 on Tuesday!
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 10:53 AM
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19. Gee, and I thought MN was a place to get away from the heat. nt
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 11:26 AM
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20. Today it is. It's 53 degrees this morning.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 11:30 AM
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21. This has to be the biggest 24-36 hour temp swing in history
up here. 50 degrees in 36 hours???
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 11:38 AM
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22. Huge temperature swings are not all that unheard of here.
The largest 24 hour temperature change in Minnesota was 71 degrees on April 3, 1982 in Lamberton, located in Redwood County. The high was 78 degrees and a vigorous cold front dropped the temperature to 7.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 11:56 AM
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24. Wow. I've lived in Minneapolis all my life
and this was the biggest one I can recall here in the Cities.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 11:42 AM
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23. And 57F here at the moment
That's one thing I don't find myself missing about the US, at all: the weather. Forecast for the next week is for highs of around 60F with lows in the 40's.
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