Big Wheel Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Whoa...it really IS hot here today. I'm amazed to see the mercury hit 90 within San Francisco. As a Miami native, I'm hardly complaining, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 This is the worst NYC summer in the about 20 years I have been here, almost the whole time it has rained and even when not it has been full of dark clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Freezing! ... and if you believe THAT, Noj has a freeway in Santa Monica he'll sell you, too. Oh really... But Noj was wearing a thick anorak... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Dreadful Blade Runner weather . Humid as hell, leaden skies, never ending rain. so dark in the mornings I have to turn on the lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Portions of LA's San Fernando Valley are blacked out. Many, many power grids (including may family's) are out. The power company can't keep up (there's probably a class action suit just over the horizon). We've had to rent a secondary residence (read: hotel) to sleep through the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Saw "Inconvenient Truth" today. I think global warming is already HERE in a bigger way than we realize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Power emergency declared in California: Heat prompts power emergency in Calif. By JORDAN ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 24, 10:17 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Power companies worked to restore electricity to thousands of customers throughout California early Monday as a scorching heat wave threatened to push the state into a power emergency with the potential for more blackouts. Authorities were looking into several deaths possibly related to the high temperatures, which hit the triple digits in some areas on Sunday. With temperatures again expected to top 100 degrees, power demand was projected to reach an all-time high Monday and prompt some voluntary blackouts, in which some businesses agree to have their power shut off temporarily in exchange for lower rates, according to the Independent System Operator, California's power grid manager. Those blackouts could become involuntary if customers don't conserve electricity, said ISO spokesman Gregg Fishman. "It's actually critical that people conserve power," Fishman said. Monday's forecast called for high temperatures in northern and central California to reach 111 degrees in Morgan Hills, 110 in Fresno, Stockton and Modesto and 109 in Bakersfield. Southern California's Woodland Hills was expected to reach 106. No relief was expected until at least midweek, as weather conditions conspired to bake California's normally cool coast for the fourth straight day and bring Midwest-style humidity into the usually arid Central Valley. Heavy electricity use as people turned up their air conditioners caused blackouts throughout the state over the weekend. Early Monday, some 100,000 power customers in Northern California and the Central Valley still had no electricity, along with 44,000 in Southern California. That was down from a high of 180,000 customers affected over the weekend. More than 100 patients were evacuated from the Beverly Healthcare Center in Stockton on Sunday after temperatures reached 115 degrees and the nursing home's air conditioning gave out. Two patients were hospitalized with heat-related stress — one died, and the other was in critical condition, said police spokesman Pete Smith. Investigators were looking into possible criminal charges, although it was too early to tell whether the facility's operators were negligent, Smith said. "It was very hot inside the facility, and you have to remember we're talking about elderly and infirm people who can't withstand the heat like a younger person would," he said. A call to Beverly Healthcare's corporate headquarters in Fort Smith, Ark., was not returned Sunday. Another Central Valley nursing home, Woodland Skilled Nursing Facility, evacuated its residents when managers realized its air conditioning system wasn't operating at peak capacity, according to the state Department of Health Services. No injuries were reported there. In Modesto, a patient at Doctors Medical Center died Saturday of heart failure apparently caused by the heat after being admitted with a 106-degree temperature, hospital officials said. Two others were hospitalized with 108-degree temperatures. In Kern County, authorities were investigating four possible heat-related deaths, including two from the past week. Bakersfield gardener Joaquin Ramirez, 38, may have died of heat stroke after collapsing on the job late Wednesday. And on Thursday, a woman, whose name was not released, was found dead along a bike path in Ridgecrest. In Arizona, heat is believed to have contributed to the deaths of two transient men in Phoenix over the weekend. One, believed to be in his 50s, died Sunday, and another, a 28-year-old man, died Saturday. The deaths came during three days of record-breaking temperatures in Phoenix. The temperature soared to 114 degrees Sunday, breaking the record of 112 degrees set in 1906. Temperatures reached 118 degrees Friday and 116 degrees Saturday, breaking the previous record for both days of 112. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, about 237,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity Monday morning, down from the more than a half-million that were left in the dark last week after strong storms cut the power and temperatures soared into triple digits. Four deaths in the region were attributed to the storms or heat. In New York, thousands of Queens residents were facing their second week without power because of a blackout that at one point affected 25,000 customers. By Monday morning, electricity had been restored to about 22,000 of those homes, buildings and businesses, utility Consolidated Edison said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Is that JUST the weather, or partly the legacy of Enron? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I think Tokyo is definitely suffering from global DIMMING. We've had almost zero sunshine since early May. Check this out............. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes...ing_trans.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I spent the weekend "cleaning" our deck in prep for a new staining. I need 3-5 days to let the wood dry and it rained this morning. The weather outlook is now 30-60% rain for a few days. It was "all clear" when I started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I spent the weekend "cleaning" our deck in prep for a new staining. I need 3-5 days to let the wood dry and it rained this morning. No, what you need is a deck made of Trex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I spent the weekend "cleaning" our deck in prep for a new staining. I need 3-5 days to let the wood dry and it rained this morning. No, what you need is a deck made of Trex. Be careful how many people you let on your deck, Chuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 It's a hot sum bitch in old Mississip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Temps in the mid to upper 80s with humidity, but there has been a nice cool breeze the last couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 64 degrees right now. Not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) There is lots of thunder in Tucson tonight. The lights in my house are flickering now & again. But still no friggin' rain. You'd think it was a desert or something around here. Edited July 26, 2006 by wesbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Well, look who's posting. Wes, how have you been? Weather here today.... 93.8 °F / 34.3 °C with about 50% humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Weather VERY humid today. It's been pouring since mid morning. One week after the schools break up and we're back to British summer weather. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 98.5 °F with 50& humidity. Tomorrow it is supposed to reach 102° F! Hopefully temps back to normal by Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Sbin like March today. Plants blown over. Cold. Typical summer weather, in fact. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 We have some relief from the heat this week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 The weather won't kill me, but my electric bill might! I can't imagine what it must be like to live in NYC without an AC--I just hope the power doesn't go out in Manhattan, as it has in other parts of the city. Tried to find a crank-up radio yesterday, but all were sold out. I've survived 3 blackouts in this apartment, starting with the really, really big one. Back then we didn't have computers--guess we'll feel it more if it happens today, but whatever inconvenience we experience is nothing when compared to what millions of people have to go through every day. Hey, it's 8:30 PM and the temp is only 98° Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 We had a close call around 6:00 PM while I was in a local deli. Power went off just just long enough to mess the clocks up. I'm hoping that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 One of the kids that works for us said today that it was,"...hot as balls outside." Not sure I want to know what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 One of the kids that works for us said today that it was,"...hot as balls outside." Not sure I want to know what that means. There was a chart in the Woody Herman book called "Greasy Sack Blues", and the title wasn't referring to fast food, even though that's how Woody would introduce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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