Rant Summer is hell!!!

[Suzy]

Melbourne, Australia (where I am) is to endure the "worst hot spell in 100 years". Temperatures for the next few days:

• Today: 38°C
• Wednesday: 41°C
• Thursday: 40°C (104°F)
• Friday: 40°C
• Saturday: 40°C
• Sunday: 31°C

My computer doesn't like it either (no air conditioning in my bedroom)!

Just needed somewhere to complain…!

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

I envy your weather almost. Then when it's summer I'll probably change my mind. It's either too cold or hot for my activities in this region. For very short times temps and weather is perfect.

 

[tblaxland]

Spare a thought for the folks at White Cliffs, NSW. They average 18.7 days/year of max temps >= 40° compared to 1.3 for Melbourne...

 

[n72.75]

Its cold hear in Maine (-15 in the early mourning)

 

[Quick_Nick]

Its cold hear in Maine (-15 in the early mourning)

We've got quite a lack of winter around here. Occasional cold fronts but besides that, it's not so cold. During summer, temperatures are usually in the 90s. (Fahrenheit) Parking lots and other hot areas get a little into the 100s.
Our 2008 Christmas was terrible. It was warm and humid, with no feeling of Christmas. We did have snow a few weeks before that though.

My computer doesn't like it either (no air conditioning in my bedroom)!

I know what it's like. My dad's house rarely has working heat or cooling. Space heaters are usually sufficient in winter, but even with fans summer is sometimes nearly unbareable. (especially when a hurricane takes away power for a week )

 

[TSPenguin]

/me hands suzy earthtilting equipment

 

[Linguofreak]

Spare a thought for the folks at White Cliffs, NSW. They average 18.7 days/year of max temps >= 40° compared to 1.3 for Melbourne...

Only 18.7 days a year over 40! You must freeze your butts off! :rofl::leaving:

 

[tl8]

Melbourne, Australia (where I am) is to endure the "worst hot spell in 100 years". Temperatures for the next few days:

• Today: 38°C
• Wednesday: 41°C
• Thursday: 40°C (104°F)
• Friday: 40°C
• Saturday: 40°C
• Sunday: 31°C

My computer doesn't like it either (no air conditioning in my bedroom)!

Just needed somewhere to complain…!

Whine Whine Whine, thats all you Victorians do.

 

[tblaxland]

Only 18.7 days a year over 40! You must freeze your butts off! :rofl::leaving:

Yep, the same place has 14.9 days/year with minimum temps <= 2°C! Hence the White Cliffs Underground Motel - 22°C year round, day and night :speakcool:

 

[Arrowstar]

Heh, just a few weeks ago here it was -40F with the windchill. My state is filled with folks who know how to handle winter weather, but that day was terrible....

Oh, and don't forget the day we got +13 inches of snow in 12 hours. Whole bloody city just about shut down, and the only other people I know with equal or better snow removal tools than us are those crazy folks from Minnesota.

 

[Andy44]

I prefer the winter. Less sweating and no mosquitos.

 

[Urwumpe]

41°C!

Do you want to change seats, I have annoying ~0°C here and I usually prefer hot temperatures?

 

[T.Neo]

Today: 38°C
Wednesday: 41°C
Thursday: 40°C (104°F)
Friday: 40°C
Saturday: 40°C
Sunday: 31°C

Yeah, I know I may sound like an idiot, but I envy that sort of weather. I'll take hot over cold any day.

Right now, SA, which should be in the middle of summer, is experiencing funny rainy weather. I want HEAT!

My opinion is you can get away from heat. You could go for a swim, drink a cooldrink, etc. You can never get away from the cold. You just sit inside next to a third rate gas heater that puts out as much heat as a cigarette lighter.

 

[SiberianTiger]

• Today: 38°C
• Wednesday: 41°C
• Thursday: 40°C (104°F)
• Friday: 40°C
• Saturday: 40°C
• Sunday: 31°C

How happy I am to be where I am. :thumbup: However, right now and in the centre of Moscow it's wet and humid and just a little bit below the freezing point. I really miss my hometown's weather. Right now it's -18°C and partly clear sky, and will drop to -26°C at night.

 

[tl8]

41°C!

Do you want to change seats, I have annoying ~0°C here and I usually prefer hot temperatures?

unfortunatly, Melbourne has a habit of having all 4 seasons in a day. It can start out snowing and end up at 30

 

[SiberianTiger]

You can never get away from the cold. You just sit inside next to a third rate gas heater that puts out as much heat as a cigarette lighter.

First thing you do to protect your home from a cold is making sure it's "pressurized" well enough and no air currents are passing from the outside other way than through the ventilation ducts. Only having that any heating helps.

 

[T.Neo]

First thing you do to protect your home from a cold is making sure it's "pressurized" well enough and no air currents are passing from the outside other way than through the ventilation ducts. Only having that any heating helps.

Thing is, South African houses aren't built for extreme cold, so they're pretty open, and have a whole lot of little holes, etc. in them.

The cold, I guess, isn't that bad. It is the fact that (at least in this part of the country) everything is dead and dry and horrible.

 

[cjp]

I usually prefer heat. Last summer (august) I was in Shanghai when it had its hottest summer in years - about 35 - 38 degrees Celsius, and extremely humid. Of course we spent all day inside with airconditioning, but after some days I actually got used to the heat, and the 25 degree airconditioning actually felt very chilly.

My desktop PC crashes when I try to play games at a temperature of about 30 degrees Celsius.

The 1908 heatwave, which ran from January 16 to 20, forced men to abandon jackets when going to work while women freed themselves of restrictive laced-up corsets, according to reports at the time.

So, what's the Australian fashion going to do this year?

 

[tl8]

I usually prefer heat. Last summer (august) I was in Shanghai when it had its hottest summer in years - about 35 - 38 degrees Celsius, and extremely humid. Of course we spent all day inside with airconditioning, but after some days I actually got used to the heat, and the 25 degree airconditioning actually felt very chilly.

My desktop PC crashes when I try to play games at a temperature of about 30 degrees Celsius.


So, what's the Australian fashion going to do this year?

Hopefully tops :rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

if it is really hot and dry, I have also not had problems with doing sports. I remember running 10 km with a friend at a 39°C day, the only change we did to lower temperatures had been a drinking pause half way.

And if it is moist weather, it is painful even at 22°C, there is not much you can do against it. I remember the Touch training in the late afternoons, shortly before thunderstorms discharged, I lost about 2 kg weight due to sweat during the hour. Running fast was even better than slowly going backwards then.

But this is all harmless compared to have NBC training in the army at a 35°C day. Crawling 20m in a full overgarment in the scorching sunlight is no fun at all. If you are too slow, you are in risk of drowning inside the suit.