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I spend the night on a couch in the hangar so I could get an early start and beat some of this damn heat. At 5:30 AM, I went to the ramp to start on this airplane. By 6:30 AM, the sun not up and it was already 84° and muggy. Shirt already soaked with sweat. Did what I needed to do and was out of there by 9:30 AM. I wanted to do something on the Beech 18 but just too hot.

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Yep. I was in Vegas last week and I much preferred the dry 105 degrees to the humid NY 88 degrees. It’s rough out there
 
I'll be in Phoenix Monday and the forecast is for 112 at arrival time.

Here in Gallup it is currently 90 degrees, but with high humidity of 19%.
 
Hell, it's too hot to got to the pool... So I didn't. :p
 
Isn't everybody supposed to get out of Florida at this time of year?
 
I really don’t know how I survived 4 years at Ft. Bragg. The summers were just brutal with the heat and the humidity. I remember many “95 squared” days although I don’t think the humidity was actually ever that high. Morning formation runs felt like you were running underwater all 4 miles. Daytime jumps and road marches were a real test of character. Road marches were necessary because we didn’t have enough $ in the budget for fuel for the trucks that pulled the infamous “cattle cars”. Had more than one troop “dusted off” with heat exhaustion. Command’s response to the hot weather was - yes - night jumps and road marches! So we all traded in the Dash1 chutes for the old T-10’s so we could do mass attack formations at night. I jumpmastered more than a few night jumps - the only time it felt cool was hanging out of the door of a C-130 looking for the lights on the DZ.
 
I took advantage of this hurricane (78 deg highs!) to get out to the hangar this weekend and wash and wax the plane for Oshkosh. Otherwise, she’d just have to sit there covered in bugs, lol.
 
We're getting to that point here. Humidity in the 50+% range with highs in the upper 80s, going into mid 90s this coming week here in Kansas.

We did our work in the morning and tried to keep shaded as much as possible. I had to nail down one of the tin panels on the shed (still in the sun, but on the side not getting direct sun), then do some work on the hot tub (on the shaded side of the house) while we did some other work. Then we got in the A/C for most of the rest of the day.
 
2100 PDT, and it is 60.
 
And to think that I am voluntarily heading for New Orleans for a week next Saturday. What were we (IEEE EMC Society) thinking when we put the annual symposium there?
 
It's been humid and 95 here. Heat index of 105. That's when you just stay inside and don't even think about it.
 
I heard tonight we will have a feels like of 105 by Friday here in Ohio. Temps are above average this summer. It feels like the swaps of Florida already.
 
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....

And it’s summer break, so I don’t even have ASU hotties to look at!
 
I just loaded some of the garbage in the pickup, it's 4PM and it must be almost 70F out there. I'm beat.
 
Ghery said:
And to think that I am voluntarily heading for New Orleans for a week next Saturday. What were we (IEEE EMC Society) thinking when we put the annual symposium there?
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They were thinking: oooh look the hotels are really inexpensive!
 
Navy Base Charleston circa 1970: the temp was over 90 and the humidity over 90% every. Day. Between. July. Fourth. And. Labor. Day.

And the space I worked in was not air conditioned.

That’s why I told people the best view of Charleston I ever saw was in the rear view mirror.

-Skip
 
It's forecast to be 110 degrees in Laughlin on Thursday...first stop en route to Oshkosh. I'd leave at first light from Cable on Friday, but there's a small chance of the marine layer ruining my plans.

At least you can get a cheap room at the casinos, $40 or so.
 
I was out working on the baler in the field. When you've got hay down, you don't have the choice of waiting until it cools down outside. Always fun when you lay a wrench down in the sun and ten minutes later it's too hot to pick up.

It's times like that I question my life choices.
 
Chip Sylverne said:
I was out working on the baler in the field. When you've got hay down, you don't have the choice of waiting until it cools down outside. Always fun when you lay a wrench down in the sun and ten minutes later it's too hot to pick up.

It's times like that I question my life choices.
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Sounds better than working at Wal-Mart.
 
Chip Sylverne said:
I was out working on the baler in the field. When you've got hay down, you don't have the choice of waiting until it cools down outside. Always fun when you lay a wrench down in the sun and ten minutes later it's too hot to pick up.

It's times like that I question my life choices.
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Couldn't be any worse than when Dad tried to cut wheat with his first combine. It was a tractor pulled clipper, and was worn out when he bought it. I swear he spent more time wrenching on that thing than actually cutting wheat.
 
Skip Miller said:
Navy Base Charleston circa 1970: the temp was over 90 and the humidity over 90% every. Day. Between. July. Fourth. And. Labor. Day.

And the space I worked in was not air conditioned.

That’s why I told people the best view of Charleston I ever saw was in the rear view mirror.

-Skip
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My sister and her family live in Mount Pleasant, just across the river from Charleston. We never, ever, go visit them in July or August.
 
Today's forecast: 99°F 50% humidity Heat index 110°F

I think I hate the mid morning worst when may only be 90° but humidity is still working it's way down from the dewy 80% humidity. It's hot as heck in the afternoon, but 50% humidity is more tolerable.
 
Chip Sylverne said:
I was out working on the baler in the field. When you've got hay down, you don't have the choice of waiting until it cools down outside. Always fun when you lay a wrench down in the sun and ten minutes later it's too hot to pick up.

It's times like that I question my life choices.
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Do you sell it or feed it?
 
Chip Sylverne said:
I was out working on the baler in the field. When you've got hay down, you don't have the choice of waiting until it cools down outside. Always fun when you lay a wrench down in the sun and ten minutes later it's too hot to pick up.

It's times like that I question my life choices.
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Well, it's not like the dust gets down the back of your shirt and itches you to high heavens.. Or that your hands smell like bailer twine for the next month..... Oh wait..
 
wanttaja said:
Currently in Seattle, it's 73 degrees with 40% humidity. Furnace was running this morning. I can see Mt. Rainier, ~60 miles away.

And we've got grass...trees...and rivers with actual flowing water.

Ron "And the grass is legal" Wanttaja
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You and Tom make me so miss being on Whidbey Island. Maybe I will be able to come back some day.
 
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