My igloo melted

miir · Post by **miir** » August 1, 2006, 1:31 pm

I blame Al Gore.

47 degrees with the humidex!! (Thats 116 american degrees)

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 1, 2006, 1:36 pm

45 with the humidex in Ottawa.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » August 1, 2006, 1:37 pm

It's been sitting at like 25-30 degrees celsius and very very humid here for the last month up until yesterday in Belfast, which is absolutely freakish weather for this place - I've never seen the like of it here before.

I also blame Al Gore.

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » August 1, 2006, 1:37 pm

A friend in Ottawa says its 48 there with the humidex. Only 42 here! (107 F)

Thank God its going to be a low 30 degress tonight!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 1, 2006, 1:40 pm

I got the info from weathernetwork.ca so it may be a bit off depending on where tehir station is in the city.

We also got the mother of all thunderstorms last night too. Thing was massive, lasted about 45 minutes. I'd never seen so much lightening in my life.

Thunder woke up my wife and I but our daughter slept through it all. Hit my neck of the woods at about 2:30 AM

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » August 1, 2006, 1:54 pm

About to cross 100 here... 115 with the heat index.

May not sound hot to you texans, but us Yankees don't have the blood for this!

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » August 1, 2006, 1:57 pm

The heat in Texas isn't as bad when it's hot. It's uncomfortable for sure, as I've visited the place in a heat wave and spent many hours outside, but it's not as humid normally.

I dread it when it gets hot here in Ohio because it's invariably so humid that it's like taking a shower to walk outside.

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » August 1, 2006, 2:01 pm

Lynks wrote:A friend in Ottawa says its 48 there with the humidex. Only 42 here! (107 F)

Thank God its going to be a low 30 degress tonight!

Makes me glad I am going home to visit in the fall for Thanksgiving and not the summer.

I can't believe I actually miss Sudbury.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 1, 2006, 2:05 pm

100 with low humidity is fine.
100 with +40% himidity is nasty.
100 with 67% himidity is fucking brutal.

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » August 1, 2006, 2:08 pm

Most of Ontario is getting close to 100% humidity tonight and tomorrow morning. On the bright side, the temp should cool down with the rain we will be getting.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 1, 2006, 2:21 pm

HA HA Fuckers!!! We had that shit here on the west coast for a week....it moved over to all you poor bastards back east.

The weather here turned unusually cool....overcast, with highs in the lower 70's.

Avestan · Post by **Avestan** » August 1, 2006, 2:24 pm

Ashur wrote:The heat in Texas isn't as bad when it's hot. It's uncomfortable for sure, as I've visited the place in a heat wave and spent many hours outside, but it's not as humid normally.

I dread it when it gets hot here in Ohio because it's invariably so humid that it's like taking a shower to walk outside.

BS. Texas is humid as shit. Especially in the southeast.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 1, 2006, 2:48 pm

Avestan wrote:
Ashur wrote:The heat in Texas isn't as bad when it's hot. It's uncomfortable for sure, as I've visited the place in a heat wave and spent many hours outside, but it's not as humid normally.

I dread it when it gets hot here in Ohio because it's invariably so humid that it's like taking a shower to walk outside.
BS. Texas is humid as shit. Especially in the southeast.

...but not in the West/Panhandle regions.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » August 1, 2006, 2:49 pm

I blame Jesus, he only died for our sins, he could have died for our Global Warming too...lazy cunt

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » August 1, 2006, 2:51 pm

Avestan wrote:
BS. Texas is humid as shit. Especially in the southeast.

My apologies, I base my observations on four months in El Paso, a week in Dallas and 3-4 days in Austin. Austin was definately the most humid of the three locations.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 1, 2006, 2:57 pm

Ashur wrote:
Avestan wrote:
BS. Texas is humid as shit. Especially in the southeast.
My apologies, I base my observations on four months in El Paso, a week in Dallas and 3-4 days in Austin. Austin was definately the most humid of the three locations.

El Paso = Desert
Dallas = Strip Mall (concrete)
Austin = Rivers/Lakes/Trees

Yup, more humid here! Although it only gets worse as you head to the south east (bayou, boo!)

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » August 1, 2006, 3:01 pm

For the record, I liked Austin a lot. If I had to move to the South, that's one place I'd consider.

Post by **Sylvus** » August 1, 2006, 3:04 pm

Our heat index is only like 105 right now. We have no AC at my house, last night was one of the more miserable attempts to sleep that I've ever had.

I'm not sure what I'll do tonight, maybe I should stay in a hotel.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » August 1, 2006, 3:07 pm

It's been ridiculous in Minnesota for about a month now, but the last week has been really special.

The last week has been between 95-103 degrees with an obscene amount of humidity. You walk outside and immediately start sweating, and you can practically see the humidity like a haze.

Coatlicue [KoE] · Post by **Coatlicue [KoE]** » August 1, 2006, 3:07 pm

It's hot right now here in the Chicago land area. Temp is showing that with the heat index is around 103º with 43% humidity. The actual temp right now is 96º. But the heat index high is around 110º so I'm sure it will be getting a bit worse in the next couple of hours.

It wouldn't be so bad if the breeze was cool. But it's hot air blowing in our faces and such so I'm really really liking the air condition at work right now. Our shop facility doesn't have it all that great though - they have hi-speed packaging machines going and I feel so bad for them. I went to the store during lunch today and got them all fresh, cold fruit and ice cold bottles of water.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 1, 2006, 3:08 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:It's been ridiculous in Minnesota for about a month now, but the last week has been really special.

The last week has been between 95-103 degrees with an obscene amount of humidity. You walk outside and immediately start sweating, and you can practically see the humidity like a haze.

Very smoggy in Toronto.
It's like walking through soup.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 1, 2006, 3:10 pm

Sylvus wrote:We have no AC at my house...

I thought you lived in America...

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 1, 2006, 3:10 pm

Sylvus wrote:Our heat index is only like 105 right now. We have no AC at my house, last night was one of the more miserable attempts to sleep that I've ever had.

I'm not sure what I'll do tonight, maybe I should stay in a hotel.

Thank <insert popular celebrity deity here> for central AC.

Post by **Sylvus** » August 1, 2006, 3:14 pm

masteen wrote:
Sylvus wrote:We have no AC at my house...
I thought you lived in America...

My friend's house (of which I'm a tenant) was built in like 1960 and very few houses in the neighborhood (appear to) have AC. He's an electrician and recently wired a house for a friend of his who is in H/V/AC and the guy is going to be setting us up with central air, unfortunately I don't think the guy has time to do it until the end of the month, so I'm screwed for now.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 1, 2006, 3:19 pm

Sylvus wrote:
masteen wrote:
Sylvus wrote:We have no AC at my house...
I thought you lived in America...
My friend's house (of which I'm a tenant) was built in like 1960 and very few houses in the neighborhood (appear to) have AC. He's an electrician and recently wired a house for a friend of his who is in H/V/AC and the guy is going to be setting us up with central air, unfortunately I don't think the guy has time to do it until the end of the month, so I'm screwed for now.

Excuses excuses!!!!!
My house was built in the 1920s and it has central air.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » August 1, 2006, 3:23 pm

suck it up you fucking pussies.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 1, 2006, 3:36 pm

Truant wrote:suck it up you fucking pussies.

...types Truant from the walk-in freezer in a fast food restaurant.

I thought it was funny a week or two ago when weather.com showed Austin's actual temp at 96 and 108 with the heat index...while the town in Kansas I used to live in had an actual temp of 102 and a "feels like" temp of 94. I just WISH it would feel cooler than it has been here!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 1, 2006, 3:39 pm

~90 here, 60% humidity, our normal Jun-Sep weather.

I love it, it could stay like this year round and I'd be perfectly happy.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 1, 2006, 3:41 pm

Aabidano wrote:~90 here, 60% humidity, our normal Jun-Sep weather.

I love it, it could stay like this year round and I'd be perfectly happy.

yeah, as long as it doesn't come with the typical 'canes this time of year is known to have as well!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 1, 2006, 3:45 pm

My 87 year old great aunt thinks people who need AC are sissies. She's lived here all her life, used to argue with my great uncle when he'd turn the AC on.

miir · Post by **miir** » August 1, 2006, 3:54 pm

The difference is that you don't have much temperature variance throughout the year.... In places like Toronto, we can get hotter than 40 degrees in the summer and colder than 20 below in the winter... that's a 60 degree variance! In places like Miami there is hardly a 20 degree variance.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » August 1, 2006, 3:56 pm

Legenae wrote:I can't believe I actually miss Sudbury.

I don't know if those words have ever been spoken in the history of man.

Post by **Sylvus** » August 1, 2006, 3:56 pm

And that's using canada's crazy communist celsius scale! It's over 100 real degrees...

But yeah, I bet your grandma pisses and moans when it's 20 degrees (F) outside! She probably even has a heater in her house...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 1, 2006, 4:05 pm

miir wrote:The difference is that you don't have much temperature variance throughout the year.... In places like Toronto, we can get hotter than 40 degrees in the summer and colder than 20 below in the winter... that's a 60 degree variance! In places like Miami there is hardly a 20 degree variance.

Use Fahrenheit man! It's more impressive and Americans will have a clue what you're talking about. Your 60 degree variance is nothing compared to F variance. AZ can be 30's in winter and 115+ in Summer. That's an 85 degree variance!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 1, 2006, 4:12 pm

miir wrote:The difference is that you don't have much temperature variance throughout the year.... In places like Toronto, we can get hotter than 40 degrees in the summer and colder than 20 below in the winter... that's a 60 degree variance! In places like Miami there is hardly a 20 degree variance.

People aren't meant to live in those places. You're getting what you deserve to for choosing to live there!!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 1, 2006, 4:20 pm

Skogen wrote:
miir wrote:The difference is that you don't have much temperature variance throughout the year.... In places like Toronto, we can get hotter than 40 degrees in the summer and colder than 20 below in the winter... that's a 60 degree variance! In places like Miami there is hardly a 20 degree variance.
People aren't meant to live in those places. You're getting what you deserve to for choosing to live there!!

Says the guy who lives next door to the world's largest fault line.

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » August 1, 2006, 4:21 pm

Yeah - similar here winnow.

Right now it's about 100 out, in the winter it's gets down to 20 below (on the coldest days - low is normally around zero).

So around 120 degree swing.

I normally don't mind it - I live here (upstate NY) because I love the seasons - but 100 degrees + over 50% humidity is a bit much.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » August 1, 2006, 4:32 pm

Give me the low end of the scale any day over 100+ heat. It's like I've gone to hell out there... the deep south!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 1, 2006, 4:48 pm

Dregor Thule wrote:Give me the low end of the scale any day over 100+ heat.

That's why I say it's better to be cold than hot. You can always put more clothes on, but you can only take so many off!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 1, 2006, 4:55 pm

Animalor wrote:
Skogen wrote:
miir wrote:The difference is that you don't have much temperature variance throughout the year.... In places like Toronto, we can get hotter than 40 degrees in the summer and colder than 20 below in the winter... that's a 60 degree variance! In places like Miami there is hardly a 20 degree variance.
People aren't meant to live in those places. You're getting what you deserve to for choosing to live there!!
Says the guy who lives next door to the world's largest fault line.

Earthquakes are overrated! besides, we build our building to withstand 'em now!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 1, 2006, 5:38 pm

Boogahz wrote:
Dregor Thule wrote:Give me the low end of the scale any day over 100+ heat.
That's why I say it's better to be cold than hot. You can always put more clothes on, but you can only take so many off!

You just hit on the reason I like it down here. Barhoppin, bikini-clad bitches.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » August 1, 2006, 11:06 pm

It hit 104 today in Jersey, and I dont even wanna know the fucking humidity. Ill make my own scale, today it was sticky balls humidity

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » August 2, 2006, 2:18 am

That it? We'll talk when you hit what we hit today, balls melt into your thigh.

Deward · Post by **Deward** » August 2, 2006, 1:14 pm

Was working the football camp here in WI on Monday and the heat index was 112 degrees. Luckily we had shady trees and were able to fit about half the kids at a time underneath them. We also had a 20-30 mile per hour wind.

Yesterday was worse. There was NO breeze, 75% humidity and at least 95 degrees. Was really miserable.

Today we are expecting a high of 77 degrees and several inches of rain...wtf kind of weather is this sheesh. Time to start building my bomb shelter the end is near!!

miir · Post by **miir** » August 2, 2006, 1:38 pm

Yesterday was worse. There was NO breeze, 75% humidity and at least 95 degrees. Was really miserable

95 would have been nice yesterday afternoon.
It got up to 120 with about 70% humidity, lots of smog and very little wind... when it did blow it was hot and sticky.

Today is a relatively mild 42 (108 american degrees) with 75% humidity... it looks like it might rain which will hopefully cool it off a bit.

Post by **Sylvus** » August 2, 2006, 2:40 pm

miir wrote:95 would have been nice yesterday afternoon.
It got up to 120 with about 70% humidity, lots of smog and very little wind... when it did blow it was hot and sticky.

I think your conversion is off... the weather channel says it was a high of 97 degrees yesterday. I didn't think you could be that much higher than we were.

Unless you were speaking of the heat index, in which case I rescind my comments!

At any rate, it's too fucking hot right now, thank goodness they're projecting an overnight low of the low 60s tomorrow.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » August 2, 2006, 2:44 pm

Sylvus wrote:
miir wrote:95 would have been nice yesterday afternoon.
It got up to 120 with about 70% humidity, lots of smog and very little wind... when it did blow it was hot and sticky.
I think your conversion is off... the weather channel says it was a high of 97 degrees yesterday. I didn't think you could be that much higher than we were.

Unless you were speaking of the heat index, in which case I rescind my comments!

Yeah, that's what I had been wondering about as well. Normally you would have the actual temp + humidity (and other factors) = heat index. I was looking at it as 120 degrees PLUS the humidity which would have been a horrendous heat index temp.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 2, 2006, 2:46 pm

Went to school in Denver one summer, it'd be 70 in the morning, 100 at lunch, then you'd have a hailstorm and it'd be 35 at 3:00PM with 1/2" of ice all over your car. An hour later it would be back up in the 90s.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » August 2, 2006, 2:47 pm

http://www.weathernetwork.ca/weather/ci ... ON0696.htm

Here's Toronto for Today. Do the conversion on the "feels like" temperature.

Post by **Sylvus** » August 2, 2006, 2:52 pm

Fair enough, but like I said, we're at about the same right now.

Those "humidex" figures just don't seem as readily available to me, or else my eyes aren't noticing them on the weather pages I'm looking at. I thought 120 sounded a bit outlandish.