40 miles East Of Nashville 104 degrees

[Wiley50]

on edit: Humidity 30% Dewpoint 66
(I've seen worse)

5000 BTU AC workin it's little but off

Cheap ass 20 inch box fan tryin to shuttle that cool to me

ain't workin too good

temp inside 99 degrees

Geez! at least it's not Baghdad!

[rurallib]

1. 95 here with a dew point of 80

any dew point over 75 is misery ... but it ain't baghdad
Mrs. Lib & I try to keep the air off but........

[nealmhughes]

2. I just heard on the weather radio that all the Tennessee Valley and a chunk of the Ohio will be in

heat indices over 105 and maybe even up to 110 through Friday! It is 98 right now on the stateline with Alabama, about 90 miles due south of Nashville, and 100 even with a heat index of 107 in Loretto in Lawrence County, near Lawrenceburg.

Our dogs are either inside under the AC or else in the garage with two box fans going on them and all doors and windows open for them, and we have taken them to the creek already 2X today! I think the low for Huntsville is 75 tonight.

[Wiley50]

5. Neal, we need to get together sometime

Loretto No Shit!

I grew up in Mt Pleasant

Ina Mae Gaskin birthed my second son at The Farm in Summertown

Drop me a line
I get as far south as Columbia once a month for Doctors appt.

Could use a side trip

[nealmhughes]

18. My uncle, Owen Hughes lived on the Farm for about 2 years in the mid-70s!

He was in his mid 50s then and my elderly grandmother scooted him off because of his "heavy drinking," and given my family, that is quite the charge! He ended up somehow in a converted school bus with two girls who had to have been under 20 sharing the bus with him. I bet he was the only person there who had a Lincoln Towncar or a Cadillac!

He had a wife and 2 kids in California whom he had not seen but two or three times in the thirty years before he died, but he never divorced -- much too Catholic for that, ya see, paid for their rent and schooling and for my cousins to visit every year. My uncle James said of him, "He got drunk in Paris to celebrate VE Day and never sobered up afterwards."

He was a hoot and a character. My grandfather had a farm in St. Joseph, and I went to school in Loretto, which is quite the metropolitan area now, having a traffic light that changes colors and a Sonic and Hardees, and I think the Texaco on 43 is open all night long now, and the funeral home has been enlarged!!! Oh! and a golf course on Bluewater Creek with a clubhouse!
I reckon we are big time now. . . .

I think we should have a Tennessee Valley meetup in a central location, midway between Nashville and Huntsville, myself!

[Wiley50]

22. You're on for that meet up, just let me know n/t

[Retired AF Dem]

15. I live between Elkmont and Ardmore

about 1 mile south of the Tn border. My dogs go out just long enough to do thier thing than get back with the ac.

[nealmhughes]

17. I'm due west of you then! Right off of Ala. 64, this is the road that turns into 99 and goes over

Elk River at Good Springs, on its way to Athens. I would wager that Tennessee stateline is maybe 3 miles on Hwy 101, which is the one that goes over Wheeler Dam to Loretto TN where it intersects with US 43.

Our old farm was at the "four corners" as I jokingly referred to where the counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Giles and Lawrence came together!
We're firmly in Lauderdale now and I grew up on Blue Water Creek near the state line, and went to school in Loretto TN.

We should have a Tennessee Valley meetup sometimes!

Neal

[yellowdogintexas]

19. and down here in TExas we haven't broken 100 this year yet, which is

most strange.

We had 40+consecutive 100+ days last summer. Our first 100+ day was Easter Sunday. This year, totally opposite. Rain, rain, rain, then some more rain, and temps staying in high 80's to mid 90's, albeit more humid than usual. Very strange

[rainbow4321]

20. Damn "heat index"

is above 110, though.
Realistically, I know that I shouldn't complain given that we have had the coolest-wettest June/July ever and the 95+ held off til now..but it's still a killer when you go from a cool a/c'd store or movie theater to the parking lot!

[BeHereNow]

3. Jump in the shower- soak some sheets in ice water and wear them.

If you close off one room in your house with curtains, sheets what ever
you have, and place a fan in there while wrapping yourselves
in ice water soaked sheets, life will feel much better.
We do it all the time in California.
:toast:
Who can afford air conditioning bills?
BHN

[Wiley50]

4. Thanks BHN, but I'm in a 28 ft sailboat on a trailer

no other rooms

No running water

No insulation for that matter
just 1/4 inch (if that) fiberglass above my head

[hootinholler]

8. Hang some canvas and get the sun off the deck.

Hosing that deck down will help too.

Shade is your friend.

I fee for ya.

-Hoot

[Wiley50]

10. Thanks Hoot

I'm getting out tomorrow and hanging the winter tarps back

[hootinholler]

12. Do it tonight after sundown.

Or in the twilight, unless you're an early morning type.

Get the sun off, you're living in a solar oven.

-Hoot

[BeHereNow]

14. Holy Shite...you be careful.

Dehydration is a very serious thing.
Is there a public library you can hide out in?
A local YMCA?
Please be safe.
BHN:hug:

[Rick Myers]

6. We had 95 all last week here in MN

Then yesterday it was 67 and cool, today the humidity is blasting and tomorrow back to 90.

But, I'm headed for San Diego tomorrow, 72/68 all week!!! Can't wait!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I Have A 3 1/2 Ton Unit For My 2200 Sq Ft Home

In Florida... The heat index must be near 100...

I have the A C on 76... It's been stuck at 77 or 78 since 3 PM...

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. Dammit- I've been dreaming of moving back to Nashville

But if it's gonna be hotter 'n Texas, why bother???

:cry:

[Wiley50]

11. Well, at least they can't say GWB is from TN n/t

[tularetom]

13. Can't say he's from Texas either

I have some cousins in TX and they have no noticeable accent. And they say they never heard anybody talk like bush.

I have some closer cousins in TN and I'm not coming to visit them in the summer anymore. Last time I jumped out of the car and my glasses immediately fogged up> It was 92 and 70% humidity.

[Postman]

16. Are you near Lebanon?

My ancestors are from that area....Wilson County.

[Wiley50]

21. 100 ft from city limits. tough to get any nearer n/t