Soul Stream Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 (edited) Man, I've lived in Texas a long time...but 109 degrees here in Austin the last couple of days seems EXTREMELY high. It's not even cool in the shade. ...by the way, that's ACTUAL temp., not that silly heat index. Edited August 8, 2003 by Soul Stream Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Come to Palm Beach, Florida then! 90 degrees or so ... 'cept that a tornado touched down yesterday and destroyed or damaged about 500 homes. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Yeah, 110 yesterday, who knows how hot today. This is among the hottest that I've known here. And the summer wasn't too bad til recently. Just a few more months! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 The company I used to work for had a factory down in San Marcos TX, about halfway between Austin and San Antonio. A few years back, I seem to remember that it was over 100 degrees one week, and then only like two weeks later they had a snow-storm, or maybe an ice-storm. Seriously!!! It was at least within the same 30 days, I know that - and it was like nearly record-breaking heat, followed by a freak-of-nature 'winter' thing. (Or the other way around - can't remember if this was in the Fall or Spring.) Any of you Texans remember that?? I think it might have been like 4 years ago, maybe 5. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 (edited) Don't specifically remember that. . . last icestorm we had in Austin was this year, and then before that in 1997. But yeah, that falls into the category of a saying here in Tejas "ONLY in Texas." Like pouring rain with full radiant sunshine. . . that ALWAYS freaks me out when it happens. Edited August 8, 2003 by jazzbo Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Another thing. Here in Kansas City, we've just had the driest July on record, with only like 2/10th of an inch of rain the whole month, and the rest of this summer has been very, very dry as well. My folks live in St. Louis (barely 250 miles east of here), and they've had somewhat greater than average rainfall this summer. (My Mom said she can barely keep up with the weed-pullin' in her flower-gardens, cuz of all the rain.) And then, as hot as it's been here in the Midwest, come to find out from my wife's aunt, that Minnesota has had somewhat cooler-than-average temps all summer. WTF??? Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Don't specifically remember that. . . last icestorm we had in Austin was this year, and then before that in 1997. Might have just been snow. Not a blizzard, mind you. But snow, right behind 100-degree temps. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Yeah, might have been RT, don't remember it specifically. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Quote
catesta Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 (edited) I complain every damn summer here in Phoenix. 100+ for June, July, August, and most of September. We get lucky every once in awhile when it rains and drops to 99. It really sucks when the overnight lows are 90-100 degrees. Edited August 8, 2003 by catesta Quote
mgraham333 Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 The folks from Austin, Kansas City, and St. Louis forgot to mention the HUMIDITY. People out in the desert talk about their high temps, but the air is dry as a bone. Last week in Tulsa the temps were over 100 and the humidity was in the 60% range. Like Robin Williams said in Good Morning Vietnam - It's hot and wet...that's fine if you're with a lady, but it sucks if you're in the jungle! Quote
Claude Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 It´s the hottest summer in western Europe too, for the past 50 years or so. And no rain in sight. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Heat without humitity??? Never heard of such of thing. Nearly always 80% or 90% humidity here, and the same in St. Louis where I grew up. You can walk out the door of an air-conditioned house, and be sweating up a storm before you even get to your car. And I mean "gotta mop my brow fast, before the shit runs into my eyes" kinda sweat. Quote
mgraham333 Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Yeah, I know the feeling Rooster Ties. It's like just stepping out of a really hot shower, but you already have your clothes on. ICK! Quote
slsmcgrew Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 I complain every damn summer here in Phoenix. 100+ for June, July, August, and most of September. We get lucky every once in awhile when it rains and drops to 99. It really sucks when the overnight lows are 90-100 degrees. Move Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Are we out of topics now or what? Now we are discussing weather? Are we all Englishmen or something? Quote
DrJ Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Warm here most of the summer in Sacramento - and this year has been one of the hottest on record, with weeks at a time over 100. This week has been wonderful, 80's day with lows in 50's overnight. Then again, having lived in both St. Louis and Augusta, GA for 4 year stints and now being back in California, I can at least say (to the great annoyance of many, I'm sure) "yeah, but it's a DRY heat." Quote
JSngry Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Fortunately, I've been sleeping during the days, so its already at or near peak heat when I wake up, and has cooled off a TAD by the time I get up and actually doing anything.. But from what I hear, this one sucks donkey dicks. The worst one before this was the summer of '79 - 30+ days of 100+ degree days, and I was living in a rent house w/no AC. Hey Rooster - we recorded the first QO CD in San Marcos. Drove down in an ice storm, in fact. That whole experience was fraught with more adventure that an Indiana Jones movie.... You know, the saying about Texas weather is, "If you don't like it now, wait a few minutes". Unfortunately, that's not been the case lately. Oh well, at least I'm not in Houston, where the cure for dehydration is just breathing.... Quote
catesta Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Move I'm working on it. The summer is no picnic for the people that have to be around me everyday either, they all pray for rain. I usually calm down around the middle of October. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 It was horrible out here for a couple of weeks or so, (well...California horrible, but you get spoiled out here after a while!), but as DrJ says, the last week has been pure heaven! Quote
slsmcgrew Posted August 8, 2003 Report Posted August 8, 2003 Move I'm working on it. The summer is no picnic for the people that have to be around me everyday either, they all pray for rain. I usually calm down around the middle of October. Sounds like you should move to the Seattle area Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 9, 2003 Report Posted August 9, 2003 Sounds like you should move to the Seattle area Yeah, you and Johnny could get together and have dinner out, compare jazz collections, and then argue about politics until they threw you both out of the restaraunt! (Hint: don't eat at the Space Needle; it's a long fall!) Quote
Parkertown Posted August 9, 2003 Report Posted August 9, 2003 It's getting hot in herre...so take off all yo' clothes... Hey Jim: Don't you mean "Donkey Dix"? B) Quote
Big Al Posted August 9, 2003 Report Posted August 9, 2003 The worst one before this was the summer of '79 - 30+ days of 100+ degree days, and I was living in a rent house w/no AC. Was it '79? I remember 1980, with 69 straight days of 100+ heat! I remember being at a baseball camp, wearing my Little League uniform (the one with the polyester pants! OUCH!), and praying for death! And if memory serves me correctly, the next winter was particularly harsh: school was cancelled for three days in order to curtail the heat used by the schools. Record lows (one day, the high was 16! Never seen it that cold down here since!) and ice so thick, we went to the school playground and slid down the slide and all the way across the playground! Memories like that make these hot daze a little more bearable! Quote
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