my lord, Bid Edddie just showed the map of record hot temps

[nadinbrzezinski]

it matches prediction from Global Weather change, and this is not good folks.

This is July Fourth



And here for the month... so far



Drink plenty of water, gatorade is not that crazy either.

Oh and predicted weather maps





Oh goody better trend chart from them Libs :sarcasm: at NOAA

[valerief]

1. Science is just a "theory" to Republicans. The only thing they trust are voices in their heads. nt

[upi402]

2. and still so many climate change deniers...

Kool Aid tastes good!!!1!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I'm on the second floor with only a fan. The room is 100 degrees at 10:55 pm.

All I have is the fan, several bottles of cold water, and a spritzer of cold water. I can't remember it being so hot after the sun went down.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. it's usually not... Hot Nights and High Humidity Set This Heat Wave Apart

By Andrew Freedman

My colleague Heidi Cullen has an excellent op-ed in the New York Times today on the current heat wave, and the shifting notion of what constitutes a "normal climate" as average global temperatures continue to warm. She didn't have room for details on the heat wave in that story, but it's worth doing so here given its important lessons for climate change adaptation efforts, particularly concerning public health and infrastructure.

The heat wave that is currently roasting much of the United States stands out from typical summertime heat events that we expect to occur during July and August. First of all, the hot weather, which is associated with a sprawling area of high pressure, covers a huge expanse. Today, for example, at least 141 million people under heat advisories or warnings, according to a tweet from NOAA spokesman Justin Kenney (see video below).

Second, the heat wave has featured an extraordinary combination of high temperatures and humidity. In combination, these are known as the heat index, and during this heat wave the heat indices have shot up to levels more commonly seen in the brutally hot and humid region near the Red Sea, rather than in Minnesota and South Dakota. As meteorologist Paul Douglas reported on his Minneapolies Star Tribune blog, the heat index in Moorhead, Minn. hit a whopping 134°F yesterday, likely setting a new record for the highest heat index ever reported in Minnesota. The Twin Cities also tied its all-time heat index record, at 119°F.

much more
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/hot-nights-and-high-humidity-set-this-heat-wave-apart?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%253A+climatecentral%252FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed

[hlthe2b]

10. I feel for you... How on earth can you sleep llike that?

Lots of residences and high rise condos in Denver only have "swamp coolers" (evaporative coolers that drop the temp 10-12 degrees). They work great when temps are below the 90s, but not so much in these excruciatingly high temps... Still, the nights do usually get down to a level that the coolers will do the job.

I can deal with being cold, but overly hot is just the worst. We are in the deep kimchee, I fear. If you have elderly friends/relatives/acquaintances, please check on them. They are so vulnerable.

[riderinthestorm]

13. You can't sleep. It's impossible. I know from experience. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Couple of things.

I'm used to heat/humidity with just a fan b/c that's how I was raised as a child. It's a matter of conditioning.

I also am mindful of the inherent dangers of excessive heat, so I keep ice water in the frig at all times. I alternate cold showers with the cold water spritzer and let the fan dry it off.

I don't necessarily want air conditioning. What I'd really like is a big metal tub with a couple blocks of ice in front of the fan at full tilt.

[aquart]

26. I sleep between two huge damp bath sheet towels

with the fan blowing, and a smaller damp towel across the pillow. Also use Mineral Ice. The goal is to lower the body temperature so you can fall asleep.

[guruoo]

16. Try cold showers, long enough to lower your body temp...

Had to resort to this the summer our a/c was wiped out by
a band of anarchist raccoons.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. WATER, and get really familiar with the signs and symptoms of

heat injuries. If you start getting an inkling, immediate cooling techniques. please. (Shower or tepid tub, trending to cool)

[aquart]

22. Got a shower? A big towel?

Walk into the shower, get wet, wrap the towel around you and sit in front of the fan in the wet towel.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Neck, arm pits and groin

I might add... good places to place cooling pads

[aquart]

Or Mineral Ice or Vicks. Anything menthol.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Thanks everyone for your concern and great advice.

Good news! The temperature's dropped . . . to 98 degrees. Going in the right direction.

Have a good night and I'll catch up with you tomorrow.

'Night!

:hi:

[xmas74]

41. Cold washcloth on the back of the neck.

I grew up without air and it always helped me. Also helped going to bed with my hair still wet.

[flamingdem]

4. Crap, we're being bar-b-qued! nt

[grahamhgreen]

5. It is forbidden to mention global warming when talking about severe weather!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Is that Room 101 for me now?

:hi:

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Just like cold weather in the winter doesn't mean climate change is bullshit, hot weather in the

summer doesn't mean that we're all going to die. It's hot, its summer, we're surrounded by high pressure. Climate Change is real, but this isn't what it looks like.

[tammywammy]

14. It's a La Nina year

The last summer here that was this hot was in 1980. Some years are really hot, some are more mild.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. TRENDS tell us though that it is heating up

Thanks one reference as off, but NOAA is here

and here

[tammywammy]

19. "No Such URL at This Domain"

Your link doesn't work.

Yes, it's heating up, but one hot summer streak doesn't mean it's suddenly the end of the world. Last winter was pretty damn cold and we had a lot of snow, that doesn't mean global warming is a hoax either.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. How about the NOAA one? or are they lying too?

Serious, it is heating up. One year, you are correct, but the TREND is here

Here, NOAA graphic



Or is NOAA lying?

[tammywammy]

27. Did you not read my post?

Seriously, right there, where it says "Yes, it's heating up <...>".

You don't need to post your graphic multiple times, I saw it the first time. I was also being kind enough to let you know your link didn't work, so you could fix it for other posters.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. I posted two sources

:hi: and NOAA is as official as it gets.

IT shows a trend... does it not?

As you said, ONE year... you are correct... but we have a trend now

[tammywammy]

34. Yes, I know you posted two sources.

I read your post. You have obviously not comprehended mine, I'll write in smaller sentences:

I said "it is heating up."

That would be your TREND.

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. WHich is what the OP said

and why I posted the current map, the predictive map, and the trend from NOAA.

It is a La Nina year ignores the TREND... and is the excuse used by those who deny it. You might not be denying it, but the last ten years show a clear trend that the science is correct and it is time to stop making excuses and start getting serious. We are way past the point of getting serious.

By the way I expect el rushbo to tell us how this is not real, when during the winter we have worst snow storms, again predicted by the damn science.

[kestrel91316]

36. Explain why all the record high temps of late seem to have occurred

since the early 1990's instead of evenly spread out since recordkeeping began.

I'll be waiting.

Does your gig pay well? After all, the oil companies do seem to still be making recordbreaking profits.

[tammywammy]

37. Oh good, please point out where I said anything negative about global warming.

Specifically anything, any post - you can search my history since 2005, where I denied it.

And no, I don't work for an oil company.

[RKP5637]

32. This is a great graph! Really says it in one graph IMO. n/t

[hatrack]

20. Yes, more than 1,000 all-time record highs since June in the Lower 48 . . .

It's just high pressure.

[Joe the Revelator]

40. You obviously don't understand weather vs climate.....thanks for playing

[hatrack]

42. James Hansen? Is that you?!?

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

35. What DOES climate change look like, pray tell, since you seem to know better

than everybody else??

Did you miss the part about it leading to WORSE EXTREMES, hotter hots, colder colds, worse rainstorms, worse droughts?

Seriously. What a tool.

[Name removed]

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[Lorien]

9. The deniers are unreccing this. Geez-I hope they don't have A/C

and live in Phoenix! :evilgrin:

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. San Diego apparently would work too

Thankfully I am by the coast.

Added the trends too

[RKP5637]

12. I hope the air conditioner holds out here. It's old, really old, 27 years, but in good

shape, just keeps cranking and cranking cooling the whole house. As they say, you can't stop a Trane, guess that's true.

[Avalux]

21. Rush Limbaugh will tell you those temps are fake...

and that liberal scientists are trying to make us believe it's hotter than it really is, as some sort of devious plan to make us all believe in climate change.

He said that today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I know, it is amazing... the evidence is starting to stack up

[aquart]

30. Going from air conditioned studio to air conditioned limo?

[felix_numinous]

29. When I lived in AZ, it was 100 at night-some things I did:

Drink lots of lemon water, unsweetened if you can, the lemons contain the salt that you need. Carry water everywhere, don't leave home without it.

I wore a wet scarf around my neck, in front of the fan it stayed cold, gauzy cotton is the best for this. I kept a wet scarf around my neck & shoulders.

Also I filled the bathtub with cold water (I put sea salt in it so it stayed fresh) and got in it periodically to cool myself down.

Good luck~~

[patrice]

33. I'm trying to be conservative about this, but I'm thinking it actually is a certified BITCH of a sit

uation.

[malaise]

43. Now why would you trouble your beautiful mind

with facts? :evilgrin: