Damn its hot as hell! It's 10PM PST and 90+degrees outside!

[Pachamama]

The world is burning, everything feels like its going to hell and meanwhile its hot as hell here!

Don't know about the rest of you out there, but the fact that it is 10PM at night and over 90 degrees here in Northern California along the coast is UNHEARD OF! Today it was 115 Degrees in my neighborhood - the hottest I think its ever been here is 105 degrees! And the hottest it usually gets is maybe, maybe in the low to mid-90's, but atleast drops down to the hi-50's to low 60's at night and cools down when the ocean air blows in. But not today, not right now! It was unbearable! And they are expecting more of the same tommorrow...

Global warming....??? Nah, say the naysayers, just ignore those pesky scientists and the stats that show temp's are warming fast....

I say this really really messed up and I fear we are all going to be seeing a lot more of this and worse....

Meanwhile stay cool as much as you can fellow DUers...and pray the world cools down...in all ways right now...

:grouphug:

[TomInTib]

1. Where in NorCal are you?

Come on down to Tiburon and sleep on our couch.

It is quite fine here.

[NVMojo]

2. It was over 100 degrees in northeast Nevada today and it's 87 now ...

so I know what you mean ...

[Pachamama]

10. Hey Tom! I'm only 20 mins from you here in Ross/San Anselmo!

Guess that proximity of yours to the breeze along the Bay makes a difference...Its slowly cooling down (just checked, its now got a slight breeze outside and is a low of 85 degrees!

You have to admit, this kind of weather temps, even at night are unheard of here in Marin County!

[TomInTib]

29. We had a lot of Marin in town today.

We still had a relatively warm day, but not over 90 degrees.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. I think we were pushing close to 110 in Sonoma County at times

Although I heard it was a cool 95 at the beach. :wow:

[havocmom]

3. Was thinking stores in Billings were nuts selling hibiscus plants

Now, sorta wondering if Montana might be going tropical after all.

I have okra growing. I don't think okra is a crop oft seen this far north.

Birds have been WAY off schedule and many, off course this year.

Bugs up the gum stump around here and that is odd.

[lonestarnot]

6. All of my tomatoes are melting from the bottom up!

mmmmmm. okra! Hope the bugs leave you some.

[wanpete]

4. remember the episode of the Twilight Zone?

when the earth was moving closer to the sun and everything was burning? Rod Serling had it right, just global warming rather than a change in the earth's direction as in the episode.

In GA, it's been 95+ all week. Had a break today with clouds and some thundershowers. Reached mid 80's. Been hot as heck late at night as well. I'm sure none of this has anything to do with global warming. That's just a cooky, leftist theory ya know...

[Erika]

7. The weather bureau has said 2006 has been the hottest

in history. The GOP just bury their heads in the sand. The idiots don't realize they are also burying their children's future with no action, just denial.

[Erika]

5. It's 95 degrees in Boise, Idaho right now

But the GOP will not listen to global warming. The forests are burning up, the glaciers are melting. But the GOP stick their heads in the sand. Well, global warming is happening, whether they can accept it or not. We need to protect our kids, but the GOP don't want to face anything other than life is good, optimistic, and wonderful. They have a choice to act or keep their heads buried in the sand. Right now W and the bushbots like the sand in the head option. The traitors.

[mapster]

34. Boise = Phoenix

Hey, Erika -- its still 91 in Meridian at 1 AM. We were in Phoenix last month and were complaining about this kind of heat all day and night. Who knew it would be the same here? My daughter is staying with friends in a cabin up by Garden Valley with no electricity. I hope its at least cooling off over night up there.

[Erika]

42. Garden Valley, Idaho City, Stanley

are set to get 95 degrees tomorrow with lows tonight in only the upper 60's to lower 70's. To those who aren't familiar, these are areas above 6,000 feet who normally have snow capped mountains all summer.

[Trajan]

8. Its still 88 degrees here in Portland OR ....

We are sweltering .... NO air conditioning ....

I am hoping it drops below 80 .....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

36. Hello G!

Have you checked your PM's lately? :evilgrin:

:bounce:

[Trajan]

58. Hey B ....

Is THAT what that funny blinkin thingie is ? ...

chuckles ....

HUGE Congratulations to you, Miss B ..... and about fucking time someone recognized your true value as a conscientious human being ...

I am so happy for ya hun ..... See you soon ....

[oberliner]

9. Rough all over

Think of what it must be like in the large part of the world that has electricity for only a few hours each day.

[Pachamama]

12. I did think about that earlier today when I thought of the people in the

firezone of Lebanon and to have bombs dropped around you and no electricity and be in sweltering heat.

[oberliner]

15. Not to mention Iraq nt

[Pachamama]

18. Oh yes! Iraq! How can any of us forget....

...although the media and administration are doing a hell of a job there to make us forget!

Baghdad is burning too.... :grr:

[datadiva]

11. I'm in Stockton CA

It's 10:52 and still 97 degrees. It was 114 today. Whew.

[Pachamama]

14. It's going to be hard to sleep tonite....

And I'm trying to figure what to do with the Pachafamily tommorrow to keep cool...As you know, most of us here along the coast don't have any airconditioning (never need it really) and so its really hitting hard. I hope you stay cool there in Stockton tommorrow....its going to be as bad or worse than it was today.... :hi:

[datadiva]

27. I heard that in San Diego

the electrical wires were melting. Tomatoes were cooking on the vines in places. I hope everyone can stay indoors and stay cool. I really feel for people who work outdoors.

[Erika]

41. Maybe the work schedules will change

Where we show up at work at 4:00 am, and leave at 12:00.

[longship]

13. SoCal

High today 107F, current 89F.

Hot today, hot tamale. (105 predicted--watch it go higher).

[Pachamama]

17. Not to mention all the wildfires and the dangers of fires....

Stay cool my fellow DUer and Californian!

[fooj]

19. It hit 91 here in La Selva Beach. Yikes. It was HOT!

It's beautiful outside now. I loves me my ocean breeze!!!! LOL!!!

[hang a left]

16. It was so freakin hot today....sweltering heat and humidity

The thermometor in the car said 112 degrees at 4PM. weather.com says it is 76 degrees right now but I have found them to be wrong many times. It has never been this hot this early in the summer that I can ever remember. Over the fourth of July it was like this too. Is it really global warming?? Or is God punishing us for **?

[Pachamama]

20. Global Warming & punishment from Pachamama....

:hi:

Yeah, I don't remember it EVER being this hot.... Meanwhile they are calling for power conservation tommorrow because of the heat and warning there could be rolling blackouts...

[ourbluenation]

21. It's too hot for the grapes here in Wine Country...

110 today...96 at 8:45 PM
:(

[Pachamama]

23. OMG! I forgot about the Grapes!!!!

Guess we'll all be drinking a lot of "Late Harvest" sweet wine/dessert wines....But seriously, this is awful for the wine and grape industry...

Raisins anyone? :shrug:

[ourbluenation]

30. I know! Iread an article the other day about New England becoming

the new wine country is we keep having these extreme heat summers.

[SmokingJacket]

53. Worse, you'll be drinking NY State wines!

I read somewhere that New York's wine industry is the only one in the US that will fare well under global warming. Sadly, the wines largely stink.

(Apparently some of the whites are okay, but I'm a red drinker myself...)

[Hekate]

54. Anyone remember Carol Burnett in the mini-series "Fresno"? Raisins!

She had some great lines about watching raisins wrinkle up, IIRC.

Hekate

[shance]

22. Look up the Republican "Weather Modification Act" of 1995

Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison. It was quietly passed in October 1995, very close in proximity of Hurricane Katrina. It essentially allows the modification/manipulation of our weather without any accountability on the governments/Military at large.

Also look up the Texas Weather Modification Act and observe how long these governmental entities have had access to the manipulation of our weather.

Americans and citizens worldwide need to wake up to what is involved with our weather forecast. Much is being blamed on Mother Nature, when in reality, it would appear she is being milked like an overworked hereford cow.

[Erika]

24. Thank you for that post

Yes, we need to wake up. The GOP evidently need to be hit by a 2 by 4 to get their attention. Or we can just vote them out of office.

[GreenTea]

25. Chico? The valley of hell! But so cool here in Humboldt!

Lived there for a painful 13 years - Winters are also, soooo cold...

Decided to move to the N Coast, Arcata, sunny and high of 70 degrees the past month - ocean breeze, (and liberal).

Great surfing and running on the beach weather...

[Erika]

26. It's now 12:16 a.m. and it's still 95 degrees in Boise, Idaho

I've got my soaker hoses running to try to get some green in the grass. The sprinklers aren't effective as the water evaporates before it hits the ground.

This is the country we are leaving our children?

[Pachamama]

28. Wow Erika! That's unheard of heat for Boise....Is it supposed to be that

bad tommorrow? Please make sure to stay cool and drink lots of water! And regarding your garden, if its looking like mine after today, I hope it survives!

Yes, this is the "World" we are leaving our children....or rather, the world is going to be leaving our children... :scary:

[Pastiche423]

31. I feel so awful for those of you

that are sweltering. My bod can't handle the heat. (Internal thermometer is broken.)

Here on the southern coast of Oregon, the high today was 66.

[Erika]

37. 1:15 am and it's now 92

And it's hell.

[Dogmudgeon]

32. In Philly, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. Really.

It got into the mid-80s today, but the dew points were as high as 74. We've also had some epic thunderstorms over the past three days.

Later this coming week, the western heat is due to migrate east. Instead of being tropical, it will be searing.

Well, we'd better get used to it -- hotter summers, and wilder (not milder) winters. That's what happens when you add heat to the ecosystem. Now, if only somebody could get that simple truth into the heads of the GOP voters ...

--p!

[Erika]

39. Evidently a 2 by 4 is the only way that we'll get their attention n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

35. 77 in Portland at frickin MIDNIGHT!

We broke a record last night, it never dropped below 74.

this is just NOT RIGHT.

[Erika]

38. We've had record breaking high lows

To the point it is miserable. Approximately 35% have no air conditioning. Meals on wheels were also distributing bottles of water.

[Lisa]

51. and those "high lows" can be very revealing

Nighttime is when global warming is apt to be the most obvious, since the main energy flow should be away from the earth (outgoing heat radiation) and that's what's being blocked by the greenhouse gases. I did a study on nighttime minimum temperatures some time back, and these showed a significant change even before the maximum temps (which almost always happen in the daytime). I wish I'd published something on this back then -- I was scooped by someone else!

[DesEtoiles]

45. Hey-how about helping us send Karen Minnis packing

by canvassing for Rob Brading next weekend!

hoping it will be cooler by next weekend.

Keep in mind that Minnis will spend about one million on this race - a lot coming from out of state pharma.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

46. I'd be willing, except

if I do actually get the weekend off, it will be my first day off in 10 days. :shrug:

[DesEtoiles]

48. oh no! Well, pass it on to anyone who may be interested...thanks

[xxqqqzme]

40. I'm @ the beach in SoCal

and our sea breezes have died. Since the breezes are nearly non-existant, the humidity is unrelenting.

I hear ya - it's past midnight and we are all sleeping w/ fans - nobody has AC @ the beach - you don't NEED it.

[The Anti-Neo Con]

43. Looks like the whole country is joining in on the fun!

Last week we had our extreme heat wave (100*+) in St. Louis followed by violent thunderstorms and power outages.

All I can say is take care of yourselves guys. If you don't have AC, go hang out at the mall or go to a movie where there is AC.

I guess Alaska is the only place that hasn't suffered from extreme heat this summer.

[Pachamama]

49. And who knows! Maybe Alaska isn't far behind in the sweltering heat!

I think the idea of a mall or movie is a good one...most people in my area do not have AC...

[EFerrari]

62. Mr sfexpat did a show last night in Benicia and they had no A/C.

It must have been horrendous. All the furry people are droopy and I'm afraid to look at the plantings. Yikes.

[hang a left]

59. You can also do what the Bundy family does.

Get your lawn chairs and go park it in the freezer section of the closest market.

[Hekate]

44. The grunion are supposed to be running Monday night...

A friend has made me promise to go out with her to see if they make an appearance. I'm looking forward to the coolness of the ocean at night -- and it's nowhere near as bad where I am as it is for you. My friend lives up in the forest where it gets hotter'n blazes, and I'm on the coast.

The weather reports are appalling -- I've never seen anything like it. Inland areas in our county that I've never seen get higher than 105 are suddenly 109, 114 degrees, and this is being repeated all over the country.

For a bit of relief you can keep a spray bottle of water in the fridge; take it out and spritz you and the Pachababies periodically.

All you folks are in my thoughts.

Hekate

[misanthrope]

47. Welcome to the Deep South**nm

**

[Lisa]

50. 90+ before 10AM, right by the ocean in the Pacific Northwest ...

... is also rather unusual. I've lived here since the early 90s, and it rarely gets like this!

The news about Pacific plankton populations being affected by global warming (to say nothing of the acidification of the water) is even more disturbing.

[Horse with no Name]

52. I generally buy my granddaughter a fancy dress for Christmas

but after spending last year in Phoenix with 80-90 temps, this is what I am buying this year:



It's too hot for anything else.

[hang a left]

60. Cute outfit!!

[MzNov]

55. Welcome to Cali-freaking-ZONA

triple digits again today in the Bay Area. this is unreal. Usually we get a really hot one or two days, then back to normal at this time of year. The rubber on my car is turning to dust. This is scarey.

But gee, I'm so glad there is no such thing as GLOBAL WARMING, right you dumb ass morons.

:sarcasm:

[greguganus]

56. It's so hot down here...

...I saw a Hells Angels gang wearing shorts.

[bloom]

57. "Global warming....???"

And the rather ironic thing is that with all the heat - people will be using MORE fossil fuels, adding MORE CO2 into the atmosphere - warming it more.

[lovuian]

61. ya know I was thinking The Pacific ocean has always been

cold up there in Californy and Portland and Washington
Isn't the Ocean going to warm up like the Atlantic does???

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

63. It's worldwide.

Europe is stifling right now. Heatwave from Great Britain to Slovenia. Lyon basically went from late-winter cold to near 100 degree heat in early June, and it has stayed hot ever since. Humid, also.

It could hit 100F in Paris this week (about 38C).