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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:32 PM
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It is 116 degrees F on my shaded back patio in Yuma - with 6% humidity.
The hottest it has been, here, all summer. Can you imagine what it would be like at 60% humidity if that is even possible?
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:34 PM
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1. Is that what it's like in Iraq?
It can get hot here, too. The hottest I've ever seen was 107, but like you, we don't get humidity.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:41 PM
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30. I have experienced 105 and pouring rain. Talk about miserable.
Most of the time it is bone dry. But sometimes, it isn't. And that's the worst.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:57 PM
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31. It's 120° in Afghanistan...
and our soldiers are wearing full uniforms over bulletproof vests, helmets, boots, etc., and they're carrying heavy packs and weapons. And someone just might be firing at them. That's what my nephew went through yesterday - thank God he got out of that ambush alive. You won't read about it on the MSM here -- the last one he was involved in was picked up by a news source in China but no word about it over here.

It was 110° here today -- but when I think of him and what he is going through, I will myself to stop thinking about he heat.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:35 PM
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2. here in Detroit it is 63 degrees...no need for A/C...in VA from which I hale
it is hot AND humid. when I lived in CA we had a swamp cooler because there was NO humidity...
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wtbymark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:44 PM
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7. it's funny
That I never heard of a swamp cooler until moving to Nevada (from Vermont where there's a swamp already in the atmosphere)
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 09:00 PM
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32. hail (as in wave, greet). "hale" = healthy.
Edited on Fri Aug-28-09 09:00 PM by Hannah Bell
not meaning to be spelling police.
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angrycarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:36 PM
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3. Seen it in Florida a few times.
except it was 100% humidity. During those days I would drink about a gallon and a half of liquid during the day and still drink like a horse when I got home. It always seemed like we would have to work on the south side of the house that day.
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:36 PM
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4. I certainly hope you don't have a dog sitting out there with you
That would be abusive.

:sarcasm:
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:53 PM
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11. My 4 cats are comfortably lounging in air conditioned spots
thoughout the house. Samantha prefers my shower.
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:13 PM
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13. Your cat prefers the shower?
She must be pretty quick to avoid the frequent downpours.

My poor dog is miserable in 80 degree weather. :( We need to buy an air conditioner just for her!
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Polly Hennessey Donating Member (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:42 PM
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5. Las Vegas
It is about 108 degrees here with a bit more humidity - maybe 7% and the dogs and cats are in the air conditioned house. Only humans wandering around outside.
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AnnInLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:43 PM
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6. we're in the 90's with
humidity that stays in the %80's. When you arrive by plane in south Louisiana, it's as if someone put a wet, wool blanket over your head. We learn to breathe the humidity, so if I go to AZ, it almost hurts to breathe.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:46 PM
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8. 107 up here in Tempe
Kinda hot fer late August.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:47 PM
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9. Its the humidity that is unbearable
I have lived in Las Vegas when it got to 127 with hardly any humidity. And this was not as bad as when I lived in Orlando with it 93 degrees and 100% humidity. The water in the air actually holds the temperature down, but all that energy is still in it and it is miserable. Plus your hair always looks great in Vegas, in Orlando it is frizz-city.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 05:49 PM
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10. It was 94 yesterday with 85% humidity.
You could just see the moisture floating in the sky. High heat isn't that bad because you can at least escape to shape and it cools you some. High humidity is fucking awful. It's like the air is trying to force heat into your body.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:03 PM
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12. 109 degrees with 14% humidity here in Glendale
I'm not stepping outside until the sun goes down, which it mercifully does at 7pm.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:32 PM
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14. Someone unrecced this? Really?
I'm glad we have the unrec function, but I'm a bit baffled as to why someone would use it in a thread about the weather.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:52 PM
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16. Maybe they were hot and sweaty and clicked the wrong button. nt
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:20 PM
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20. Easy to rec/unrec by mistake when scrolling on an iPhone - or log out
I've rec'd some weird shit by mistake and logged out trying to view all.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 01:34 PM
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38. That makes sense.
I'm glad that explanation will replace the mental image of a bitter misanthrope sitting in the dark with a laptop and a bottle of cheap whiskey randomly unreccing threads out of spite.
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robdogbucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:51 PM
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15. 100 w/15% humidity here
in Walnut Creek, Ca
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 06:55 PM
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17. My son lives in Yuma
Was in the Marines, got a job at the Proving Grounds and found a local girl to marry. I wish they lived here in Massachusetts - they couldn't get over how green everything was when they visited.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:11 PM
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18. So move back to the temperate northeast. You don't HAVE to live in hell...er...Arizona.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:21 PM
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27. It ain't the heat that makes Arizona resemble Hell, it's the right wing politicians
Idiots like Kyl, Grandpa Simpson, and Jan Brewer. The desert heat's not so bad until it gets over 120. 110 in Arizona is probably comparable to 90 in a place with high humidity.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 09:05 PM
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35. Brewer isn't as bad as the Legislators who are held hostage to Grover Norquist's
"don't raise taxes pledge." They're more worried about that than their constituents. Don't get me wrong, Brewer's plenty bad, but compared to the Legislative Loons, she seems moderate.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:18 PM
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19. 96 in Sunnyvale CA (Silicon Valley)
Earlier this week it was chilly.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:34 PM
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28. Yep. Similar here in the inner East Bay. 98 or so.
Mighty warm compared to a few days ago. We're even running the A/C.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:23 PM
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21. I've lived in Phoenix over 2/3rds of my life; miserable in summer, yes,
but I grew up in Kansas, Colorado, and Montana, and I'd take this over the humidity and mosquitoes in a New Delhi minute.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:23 PM
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22. Yes I can imagine it
I have lived through 100 plus degree weather with high humidity. It used to get blistering hot here in America's heartland and probably will again, although not this year.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:26 PM
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23. I graduated from ASU ... Loved Phoenix - Tempe area weather.
I'd trade it for the muggy D.C. weather any day. :shrug:
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:35 PM
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24. Bake.
It's 93 where I live on the coast of California and I'm feeling bad. Take care of yourself. That is too hot. Take lots of fluids and don't move.
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Juche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 07:37 PM
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25. 87 and 30% humidity in san diego
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:18 PM
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26. It's been a solid 38 and rainy. Fall is in full swing in Prudhoe Bay.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 08:35 PM
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29. It was fucking hot at ASU this morning. One of the few days that I hated longboarding.
Edited on Fri Aug-28-09 08:39 PM by armyowalgreens
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 09:01 PM
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33. Were you in Yuma on July 22, 2006?
I was at home in San Diego and it was 108 with about 90% humidity - it literally felt like a steambath. I think Yuma was 119 that day with high humidity and Death Valley hit 125 that day.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 09:23 PM
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36. Yes, I was here in 2006. Don't remember the heat- Probably was in the pool!!!
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 10:00 PM
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37. There was a six-week period staring in mid-June and finally ending
at the end of July of continuous, hot, humid weather here in San Diego - it was relentless. We didn't even get our famous June Gloom to cool us during the 2nd half of June. It was really awful and June 22 was the worst day. I heard it was 119 in El Centro so it must have been the same in Yuma. The summer of 2007 had a similar event but only about 4 weeks. 2008 was much milder and 2009 had a pretty hot July, then the first couple of weeks of August were very pleasant, but now THIS.....
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 09:04 PM
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34. The West's weather patterns have shifted bigtime in the last decade. From OP's on DU this summer
it's true in the rest of the nation... the usual local patterns are shifting and the whole overall pattern seems to be shifting to drop the regular summer stuff in new and different places than usual.............
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robdogbucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 03:08 PM
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40. Monsoons?
Has there been any monsoon activity in AZ yet?

When I lived in Phoenix in '78-'80 the monsoons would kick in around mid-August. Pretty neat to watch the monsoon creep further and further north each day late in the afternoon with no rain, then the virga would happen, with the downfalling rain evaporating in mid-fall. Then there would be these gully-washer storms late in the afternoon, cutting into the heat for a few hours.

Of course the heat would all reinstate itself for the remainder of September and all the football was at night for the first couple of months of the season.

Ah, Phoenix, 118 in the shade and there ain't no shade.


Just my dos centavos


robdogbucky
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 01:47 PM
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39. I was in Laughlin, Oatman, Parker etc this week. About 106 to
108 tops, according to the thermometer read out on my motorcycle. Nice and warm. If I go to hell, hell ain't gonna bother me at all.
On Thursday, on the way back, near Cabazon, 112. But no fierce wind like usual. Nice.
dc
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