I'm worried about all the people the heat will kill this week

[catmandu57]

because they're afraid of the bills to keep cool. Afraid to run the air because they're unemployed or on a fixed income that inflation is biting into, big choices, medicine, food, or energy, something has got to go.
I hope all the wealthy people who have more money than they can spend in two lifetimes or more, have fucking nightmares of poor people dying from heat because the social program that aided cooling cost have been cut, so they could have more.

This is going to be a scary week, here and abroad.

[rucky]

1. Maybe a sit-in at Super Wal-Mart?

we can bogart their A/C and make a statement

[catmandu57]

3. There is a homeless shelter in Kansas City

I saw on the news last night, a sizable one that has to shut down until next week because their ac is out, the building is old, brick, several stories, it would be like staying in an oven, these are people I think about, there isn't a super center near them.

[Lefty48197]

2. It's a legitimate fear

Every time it hits 95 degrees, it seems ten people die in Chicago.

[mitchtv]

4. It was 105 degrees at 1 am this morning, arounf here

Plus smoky from the Sawtooth fire. f'ng hot!

[pooja]

5. Check on your elderly neighbors... fortunately for me, i live in FL

everywhere you go its AC'd so there is relief.. and pools.. and an acclamation that northerners don't have.. it why you see us put sweaters on when its mild and northerners are in bathing suits... good luck ya'll.

[catmandu57]

6. Thank you, we'll need it

They'll probably start finding bodies tomorrow though in this heat it won't take long to find them.

[JanusAscending]

7. In addition to your fears , as stated, did you happen to see a map

of the WHOLE country today ? They showed one on the news this AM. The whole country is "red" with above normal temps. I am VERY concerned about the electric grids going down like 3 years ago in Aug. when the whole Northeast had a blackout!! That would be devastating!! I would advise people to make sure they have enough gas in their cars for emergencies such as this. Can't pump it without power. My goose would really be "cooked"!! I would have no well water, couldn't flush my toilet. What little food is in the fridge would go bad. No air conditioner, and I must have air because I have COPD plus allergies. I would advise folks to conserve energy as much as they can, and stock up on water!! Even from the tap, fill up those jugs and containers!! and pray, God help us all !! Love and good thoughts to all!! DC

[TahitiNut]

10. Current Heat Index national ...

Nothing below 80, from Maine to San Diego and from northern Minnesota to southern Texas ...



Puget Sound looks good.

[MissB]

16. Portland is pretty good too.

Our high is supposed to hit 84, not 87. It started off super cool this a.m. - mid-50s or so. It'll only be 77 tomorrow.

I feel fortunate to live where I do - Portland is pretty mild most of the year, with a few days of very cold weather in the winter and a few days of very hot weather in the summer. I also have lots of big trees on my property and a neighborhood of essentially forests, so it stays cooler here than in the city proper. Plus, I have a basement that mostly sits underneath the ground level so there is always a cool spot in the house.

The upstairs bedrooms just don't get used when the hot weather peaks. The kids sleep on the main level in their playroom a couple of days each summer. It is cheaper than installing (and using) a window air conditioner.

[TahitiNut]

18. Yep. I like Portland. Good climate; good people.

Of course there're those occasional ice storms. Yikes! I remember one about 12 years ago. I got through the Gorge (from the Tri-Shitties) during a brief window when it was open. The ice even covered the road signs - about 1" thick - and all surfaces. It was almost impossible to stand up even to put gas in the tank. That's when Oregon's ban on self-serve almost got academic - it took both of us to do it.

The weather is superb in Monterey/Carmel/Pacific Grove, though. :thumbsup:

[undergroundpanther]

8. maybe homeless folks

could descend upon rich folks houses and camp out in THEIR huge ac filled mansions of mostly unoccupied rooms.If the rich get offended that unwashed homeless people are in their maid cleaned houses, oh well the rich are who created this dire situation,They should be the ones suffering from it too ya know.I think it's good to make the pampered pay for their expensive decadent upkeep by helping people survive. If they won't send money or good out to help the poor,maybe the poor should come IN and take it..than.

Haves wanna take everything from from have nots they can get away with taking..,well have nots ought take back some regardless of what the haves think they are entitled to steal from them..Eat the rich before they consume you I say.The Heat is life or death the poor ,the rich just have to suck it up and deal with the fact other people need help and need things too ,especially poor people the rich don't like and think are inferior or'dirty' or whatever snotty shit they think about homeless people.

[RB TexLa]

9. Not all wealthy people oppose social programs that aid people n/t

[partylessinOhio]

11. If they vote Repuglican they do, sorry.

It is very hot and humid here, I have no A/C and could not afford the electric to run it if I did. It is very difficult to tolerate if you have health problems. Fans don't help much. In the daylight I can have the windows and doors open but at night it is risky in my suburb that has become a slum like the inner city. A knife could easily slit my screens and my throat. So the nights are the most uncomfortable and dangerous.

I'm thankful I still have a home but with rising costs of everything that could be gone soon.

We need to do more for the less fortunate, elderly, disabled and poor children in this country. This was a much more positive and happy country when we supported social programs to help those I just mentioned. Now that I became disabled and now retired, there is no help for me even though I contributed willinging to social programs when I was able to work. I never begrudged helping others or put down the needy so it is difficult for me to understand this change of attitude in a now very greedy America.

Thanks to the starter of this thread and those who have contributed good hints on how to survive the heatwave.

[RB TexLa]

12. They don't all vote GOP n/t

[catmandu57]

17. I know they don't RG

There's plenty of poor rep voters here, most of them are religiously insane, but some are just insane.
I made my comments because of the lopsided taxcuts, the cuts in safety net spending, and the constant call for more.

[lonestarnot]

13. Yes, hope they can find a hose. I have two.

[HeeBGBz]

14. Easy bake oven day here in the south

With our humidity, heat index is about 110. I could hardly breathe when I went outside.

I can't imagine how South Dakota is handling the 117 degree temps. That is too weird.

[Totallybushed]

15. You're right.

It's an especially good time not be be an old person in France.