Heatwave

[Donamy]

I pray, I don't have to burn the house down next winter, to keep warm.

 

[Urwumpe]

I pray, I don't have to burn the house down next winter, to keep warm.

Well, one day, we will be back to live in long houses because of that.

 

[Donamy]

"long houses" ?? Not familiar with that term.

 

[Missioncmdr]

"long houses" ?? Not familiar with that term.

A quick Google definition shows that a longhouse is "a type of house where animals and humans live under one roof at opposite ends of a building."

 

[Urwumpe]

"long houses" ?? Not familiar with that term.

Additionally to the definition before. It is a widespread kind of ancient housings, especially in North America and northern Europe.

 

[Donamy]

I guess I did read about those, when we studied the Huron Indians, 35 years ago.

 

[Urwumpe]

I guess I did read about those, when we studied the Huron Indians, 35 years ago.

Many old houses in my region are still following the classic long house layout here, just with some technological innovations. You can see those here everyday.:lol:

 

[thomasantony]

Even here in Ottawa its been boiling hot. Right now its 27C (at 7:47pm), and earlier today (and yesterday) it was well above 30. Tomorrow its supposes to go above 30 as well.

So much for my igloo!

You call 27 degrees hot?? Sheesh. Ok .. So thats coming from a person (me) who has never personally experienced temperatures less than 15 degrees Celsius. . We have REALLY cold winters when it is around 18-20 C . Relatively warm summers at around 27-30. Really hot summers = 33-35 C . Right now though, its time of Monsoon rains here. The rain cools down things . Now its not raining, and its not very hot. But my Vista sidebar shows that its 32 C already .. Hmm .. may not be right.

Here is the wiki page abt my town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin#Geography_and_climate

According to the almighty wiki:

Annual temperatures range between 20 to 35 °C (68–95 °F) with the record high being 38 °C (100 °F), and record low 17 °C (63 °F).

Average annual rainfall is 274cms (108 in)[20], with an annual average of 132 rainy days.

So .. I guess 27C is ok . But of course, I have never seen snow in person, and I don't know how I would fare in near-zero temperatures .

~
Thomas

 

[tblaxland]

Annual temperatures range between 20 to 35 °C (68–95 °F) with the record high being 38 °C (100 °F), and record low 17 °C (63 °F).

The record low/high are not very far out of the average range.

In Sydney, we have an average range of 8degC (winter low) to 26degC (summer high). The records are 2.1degC and 45.3degC. The hottest I have experienced is 42degC but it is very rare to get over 40. We only get about 15 days/year over 30degC.

Right now - 21degC and a pretty sunset. Life couldn't be better.

 

[Urwumpe]

So far, when looking at the local extremes I remember: Coldest temperature here -25°C, hottest day +37°C.

But the usual span is between -8°C and +32°C.

 

[Andy44]

The heat wave has broken, at least in the mid-Atlantic states, as of last night. It was actually very nice outside today, if still a bit warm.

 

[MajorTom]

Lemme give yall a little story on Atlanta's Hhumidity. A few years ago (2003 I think) my family and I left 85 degree Atlanta and did a driving cross-country trip around the west. One of the stops was Las Vegas (actually just outside, but close enough right?) The mercury was reading 114 fahrenheit, but to me, it felt just like our humidity-ridden 85 degrees back home! Humidity makes ALLLLLLLLL the difference.

Humidity indeed...

Nobody's said it, but we're having a cold wave in Seattle...the evening paper pointed out that our high temperature, 58F, was colder than a major city in Siberia (possibly Omsk).

And it's rainy and clammy too...yes the humidity makes it feel colder somehow.

It's kind of like getting what you wish for...there have been times during the hot summer that I've hoped for cold weather. Now that it's here I see the reality: most of us have caught cold, including my entire family and half the people at work. It's more like early March than June.

Sniffle...
MT

 

[Andy44]

I love cold weather. The perfect place to live would be kind of like Alaska, except if you replace the mosquitos and grizzley bears with women and move the entire spaceflight industry into the area.

 

[tl8]

Humidity indeed...

Nobody's said it, but we're having a cold wave in Seattle...the evening paper pointed out that our high temperature, 58F, was colder than a major city in Siberia (possibly Omsk).

And it's rainy and clammy too...yes the humidity makes it feel colder somehow.

It's kind of like getting what you wish for...there have been times during the hot summer that I've hoped for cold weather. Now that it's here I see the reality: most of us have caught cold, including my entire family and half the people at work. It's more like early March than June.

Sniffle...
MT

Went to the western side of aus, hit a record high of 43 C, felt like 28 at home.

 

[James.Denholm]

I love cold weather. The perfect place to live would be kind of like Alaska, except if you replace the mosquitos and grizzley bears with women and move the entire spaceflight industry into the area.

Man, if you can replace the entire animal population of ANYWHERE with the opposite gender (don't want to be sexist now) and move the space flight industry there it would be the perfect place to live.

 

[Andy44]

Well, I have no problem being sexist there. Alaska is like 80% men, so as beautiful as it is, you need to find a wife who wants to go there first or settle in for a lonely life. Plus you may be attacked and eaten by a grizzly while you're slapping at mosuitos so big they steal babies from carraiges.

Actually, the mosquitos in New Jersey are just as big...plus they are all in the mafia and carry guns, so if you slap one you will get wacked. Best just to let them suck as much blood as they want.

 

[MajorTom]

Andy,

Interesting that you mention the disparity between men and women in Alaska. I lived in Silicon Valley (San Jose) a while, and it really seemed like mostly guys. At one point I think I even read a statistic that indeed guys outnumbered gals by a good margin. Not surprising...Silicon Valley is still a magnet for young engineers, usually guys...

Then I read that big east coast cities such as NYC and DC had more women than men. Nearly packed my bags and moved east, but moved North instead...

 

[Chipstone306]

God...Halifax is being hit with early summer heat it is 28 degrees again today i havent remembered this heat since being a kid.

 

[Urwumpe]

God...Halifax is being hit with early summer heat it is 28 degrees again today i havent remembered this heat since being a kid.

We have the "Schafskälte" (translated: sheep cold) here these days, like almost every year in Germany. Temperatures around 20°C and slight rain (Probability of this weather on the 11 June in Germany is in fact 89%).

 

[Star explorer]

i live in florida its like 90 degrees farinhight evry day. though during winter it can get down to 50 to 40 degrees. other than the heat thunderstorms are also a reguler thing florida ain't all suny beaches more like pollutid beaches with lots of rain and lightning