Explain Texas Hot? (weather) (Arlington: buy, move, farmers)

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by KewGee

Well, I'm just totally weird because I can't stand the heat and humidity, but when I work all day in a 65 degree school, I can't wait to go outside to warm up and, of course, it doesn't take long to "heat" up really fast.

I keep my home A/C on 80 degrees all summer long and though that's really too warm, I refuse to pay more than necessary for the electricity as rates are very high here. Personally, I think 65 degrees is way to cool for A/C and it wastes money, so just call me conservative.

In the winter, sometimes I don't turn my heat on until it gets down to 55 degrees in the house. I really prefer cold but, of course, 55 degrees isn't cold, just cool.

Trust me, I drink plenty of water. Without going into details, the doctor was incredulous with a test I had. He told me I drank too much water, but I do not. Again, everyone is different with how many times he or she needs to be "relieved."

School's there are cooled to 65 F?
If I was attending I'd keep long pants, a winter hat and a heavy coat in my locker. To get the indoor air to 65 F the air coming out of the vents have to be colder than that, so to me that'd be downright frigid. That's so chilly it probably would have negatively affected my grades. If I'd spent all my highschool years there, it's possible I could have developed an intense hatred of Texans/Southerners for what they'd done to me. I know what Southern grocery stores are like and those schools sound just as bad... Canadian schools are heated to at least 68 F.

(okay, I maybe I need a "time-out." Breath in, breath out... Serenity now! lol)

Um... Okay... 55 F not cold indoors? After an hour I feel pretty darn cold in any room less than 68 F.
My fingers would be cold enough to feel somewhat cramped and crippled, without a heat source like a hot cup of tea to hold or vigourous excersize to get my heart rate up.

If you do drink too much water, have you considered frozen water bottles? As they thaw you get ice cold water to drink but it prevents it from being used too fast. Maybe you can handle that amount of water, but still too much water at once can lead to "water intoxication" and even death.

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

School's there are cooled to 65 F?
If I was attending I'd keep long pants, a winter hat and a heavy coat in my locker. To get the indoor air to 65 F the air coming out of the vents have to be colder than that, so to me that'd be downright frigid. That's so chilly it probably would have negatively affected my grades. If I'd spent all my highschool years there, it's possible I could have developed an intense hatred of Texans/Southerners for what they'd done to me. I know what Southern grocery stores are like and those schools sound just as bad... Canadian schools are heated to at least 68 F.

(okay, I maybe I need a "time-out." Breath in, breath out... Serenity now! lol)

Um... Okay... 55 F not cold indoors? After an hour I feel pretty darn cold in any room less than 68 F.
My fingers would be cold enough to feel somewhat cramped and crippled, without a heat source like a hot cup of tea to hold or vigourous excersize to get my heart rate up.

If you do drink too much water, have you considered frozen water bottles? As they thaw you get ice cold water to drink but it prevents it from being used too fast. Maybe you can handle that amount of water, but still too much water at once can lead to "water intoxication" and even death.

Not all the classrooms are that cold, but some are frigid. I'm not totally positive of the temperature, but I'm guessing it's around 65 as I'm absolutely freezing. And sometimes in the Winter, some of the rooms are too cool and some are just right. I have worn my coat in school on those days when the A/C is just set too low.

55 degrees indoors is great although if I'm not busy working physically and just sitting, I will turn on a tiny electric "foot" heater. It works perfectly. If I'm watching TV, I'll cover myself with a blanket. I don't run around the house in shorts, but warm sweats, sox, etc. It really is delightful.

I know one can drink too much water, but I don't. I try to drink 64 ounces a day and maybe there are days when I drink more but also days when I drink less.

So, there you have it.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by KewGee

I know one can drink too much water, but I don't. I try to drink 64 ounces a day and maybe there are days when I drink more but also days when I drink less.[/b][/color]

I agree that's not too much to drink.

I probably drink 24 oz all day when I'm not warm, but easily 60 oz when it's hot and I'm active outdoors.

[lonestar2007]

Originally Posted by Spade

It was Labor Day 2000. I think it happened the day after Labor Day but it was hot that day too. The day after saw just about every Texas city above 110. I believe the area from Waco to Killeen to Austin was around 112-114 degrees that day. In my years living in Texas, I never experienced a day that hot, ever.

Well, all I can say is back in 1980 I lived in Arlington and we went for days on end with the temperature every day above 100. Many a day it was 112 to 118. I worked in Grand Prairie at an asphalt plant where I ran the scales, etc. It was just a small mobile office building with a window A/C unit. It would just completely shut down every morning around 10:30 or 11:00 when the heat would get up to around 110. We would spray water on it and it would run about 30 minutes or so. Then the heat would get up to 112 to 118 or 120 and that was all she wrote for the A/C.

We were right on the Trinity river and the guys working at the plant would go to the river banks every chance they had. I was stuck in the little office even if no trucks were coming in because of the phone and company radio. When I did my reports in the afternoons, they looked like someone had dropped water all over them, it was actually sweat that just dripped off of me.

I had a 1970 Chevolet pickup that if I got stopped at a long red light, I would have to hold one foot up and then the other one because the heat would burn right up through the bottom of the truck. I'm telling you, IT WAS HOT!!

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

Well, all I can say is back in 1980 I lived in Arlington and we went for days on end with the temperature every day above 100. Many a day it was 112 to 118. I worked in Grand Prairie at an asphalt plant where I ran the scales, etc. It was just a small mobile office building with a window A/C unit. It would just completely shut down every morning around 10:30 or 11:00 when the heat would get up to around 110. We would spray water on it and it would run about 30 minutes or so. Then the heat would get up to 112 to 118 or 120 and that was all she wrote for the A/C.

We were right on the Trinity river and the guys working at the plant would go to the river banks every chance they had. I was stuck in the little office even if no trucks were coming in because of the phone and company radio. When I did my reports in the afternoons, they looked like someone had dropped water all over them, it was actually sweat that just dripped off of me.

I had a 1970 Chevolet pickup that if I got stopped at a long red light, I would have to hold one foot up and then the other one because the heat would burn right up through the bottom of the truck. I'm telling you, IT WAS HOT!!

Oh how well I remember that summer. I believe there were over 60 consectutive days of 100 degree + hell. It was even worse than 2006, but I was younger then. This last summer almost "did me in."

[Lakewooder]

I'm almost up to a million air miles on AA alone, so I've been a lot of places. So, I can tell you Dallas has the best air-conditioning in the world.

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

Originally Posted by KewGee

Oh how well I remember that summer. I believe there were over 60 consectutive days of 100 degree + hell. It was even worse than 2006, but I was younger then. This last summer almost "did me in."

I thought for sure I would melt last summer I am dreading this summer so much!!!!! I'm having trouble now, how will I survive?? And I remember the summer of 1980 also.

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA

I thought for sure I would melt last summer I am dreading this summer so much!!!!! I'm having trouble now, how will I survive?? And I remember the summer of 1980 also.

I am really dreading it too. I don't like disliking summers so strongly, but it sure makes for all my time off from work not fun since I can hardly go outside without frying.

Maybe we'll luck out and not get over 98 degrees for the whole 6 month summer season. I can dream, right?

I know in Houston it's even worse with the awful humidity, so I can really sympathize with you and DH.

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

Originally Posted by KewGee

I am really dreading it too. I don't like disliking summers so strongly, but it sure makes for all my time off from work not fun since I can hardly go outside without frying.

Maybe we'll luck out and not get over 98 degrees for the whole 6 month summer season. I can dream, right?

I know in Houston it's even worse with the awful humidity, so I can really sympathize with you and DH.

We can console each other as we melt away

[KantLockeMeIn]

I think 112-118 in Arlington is stretching the truth, or you're talking about heat index. The record high for Arlington was 112 back in 1936, or 110 in more recent history.