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Chatting on FB with the local NOAA people (yes, our NOAA folks chat!) it seems that there is an El Nino forming in the Pacific right now... if it forms well and with good strength, the precip will return to the West and Great Plains with a vengeance this fall and winter. Talking with some old timers last week at the 4th of July Picnic, the common thought was - this is the same type of weather they had - mild winter, short dry spring, loooong hot dry summer - in 1983. That winter the snow started in September and they had 70 inches by February....
WHOO HOO!!! SNOW!!!!
Time to arrange for the reseeding of the west pasture this fall...
You bring tidings of great joy. I hope you're right. I'd love to see some real winter weather like we used to have around here. Here's to 70 inches of snow.
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I will give your ideas some thought but first let me lower my thermostat from 69-67 degrees.... It is hot outside today
Really? For me that's too drastic a change. I try to avoid turning it on until it's time to go to bed, then I just turn on the ac to cool down the bedroom to 72 - otherwise I can't sleep.
My husband hates air conditioning, he agrees with the op, so if I do turn it on in the living room, I keep it around 76 or he complains about being too cold.
We've got some little kiddie pools for the dogs, and one of ours is constantly playing in it. He's a pitbull that loves the water. They also sleep inside with us.
We had a swamp cooler, a big one in the wall. It was so strong, it could clear a table and any paperwork had to be lweighted down. On humid days, it was awful, it just made you sticky. AC is wonderful!
I agree on the trees, we have huge elms shielding one side of the house, and shade trees all over the property. To the point where we've limited our gardening space.
Well, I knew it was too good to be true. The landlord had the air guy here 3 weeks ago to fix the air again (third time this summer) AND TODAY, IT GOES OUT AGAIN. She has no plans to fix it, as he told her the last time he was here that it needed to be replaced. NOW, I have to spend the next 6 weeks with the schizophrenic neighbor next door screaming obscenities all hours of the night (his apartment faces my bedroom window)....plus all the wonderful tourists carrying on.....oh well, such is life!
The past 4 days I've been outdoors from 6:30am to 4:30pm on a highly reflective sand/rock surface in 105+ air temps with surface ground temps well above 115. The key to staying cool was multiple breaks under a shade tent, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate (with electrolyte replacement), and, utilizing evaporative cooling by wetting a hat, wearing a cold/wet scarf, and allowing my shirts to absorb the water from the wet scarf. Redousing the scarf & hat at every break as they would air-dry within 10 min. under the hot sun. The heat of the ground was palpable though the Vibram soles on my shoes.
The past 4 days I've been outdoors from 6:30am to 4:30pm on a highly reflective sand/rock surface in 105+ air temps with surface ground temps well above 115. The key to staying cool was multiple breaks under a shade tent, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate (with electrolyte replacement), and, utilizing evaporative cooling by wetting a hat, wearing a cold/wet scarf, and allowing my shirts to absorb the water from the wet scarf. Redousing the scarf & hat at every break as they would air-dry within 10 min. under the hot sun. The heat of the ground was palpable though the Vibram soles on my shoes.
Good heavens lady, what the heck are you doing out there?
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