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Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. Ann  Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos Florida 101 with humidity 125 heat factor in parking lot 145 Major caution out for Central Florida It was like this for the last 2 days > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are > expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > > Ann > Florida 101 with humidity 125 heat factor in parking lot 145 > Major caution out for Central Florida It was like this for the last 2 > days That explains why I haven't heard from my sister in a while. Their pool isn't very big, but she will be in it. Can't use the computer there. Jo > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are > expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. Good advice. And it goes without saying that if people have cats they allow outdoors, it's much better in the very hot weather to keep them inside if their home is cool. We feed a little stray we call Mooch and we only wish he'd let us bring him into the air conditioning, but he won't. As for our three girls, they're all indoor cats anyway and they're lying around the house, oblivious to the furnace raging outside. (Canadians are crazy. We put up with ultra-hot summers and super-frigid winters - I guess its a cultural quirk.) > > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > outside. (Canadians are crazy. We put up with ultra-hot summers and > super-frigid winters - I guess its a cultural quirk.) I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! Mooch will probably be okay as long as he has fresh water. Our cats are lounging around also oblivious to the electric meter, which is probably about to spin off the pole. :-) Sherry sridd...@aol.com wrote: > I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! Mooch will probably be okay > as long as he has fresh water. > Our cats are lounging around also oblivious to the electric meter, > which is probably about to spin off the pole. :-) > Sherry The forecast says that here in Toronto it's hitting 97 F today, and again tomorrow. About Mooch, he gets a fresh container of cold water in this weather every few hours with ice cubes! Funny, though. Cats are descendents of desert creatures and don't drink much water - but apparently when they do they store it up, as does Mooch. Oh please - don't bring up the subject of hydro meter and the bill that's sure to follow! There's an incentive plan here in which you get a discount if you use less electricity. Do without our air conditioners these days? Har! > sridd...@aol.com wrote: >> I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! Mooch will probably be okay [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > you use less electricity. Do without our air conditioners these days? > Har! YOU TELLING ME BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAYING HEY FROM FLORIDA WHERE A/C IS PART OF LIFE "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in > sridd...@aol.com wrote: >> I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! The Okanagan Valley can also get scorching hot. > Do without our air conditioners these days? Har! The heat index here has been soaring into the hundreds for over a week, with no end in sight, high humidity too. Not much fun when you have no a/c. > "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > The heat index here has been soaring into the hundreds for over a week, with > no end in sight, high humidity too. Not much fun when you have no a/c. Have you ever seen those neckerchief things that have silicone stuff in them? You soak them in water, and the beads swell up and keep the thing wet. Some ladies' club was making them for the GI's in Iraq & selling them as fundraisers. They are *great* to keep cool. Something about keeping your neck cool & moist makes an amazing difference. Want me to send you one? Sherry > Have you ever seen those neckerchief things that have silicone stuff in > them? You soak them in water, and the beads swell up and keep the thing > wet. Some ladies' club was making them for the GI's in Iraq & selling > them as fundraisers. They are *great* to keep cool. Something about > keeping your neck cool & moist makes an amazing difference. > Want me to send you one? Sounds great, Sherry. I've been keeping a wet towel around my neck but it doesn't help very much. >> "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Sherry Sherry, Any links where I can purchase one of these? Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com >>Have you ever seen those neckerchief things that have silicone stuff in >>them? You soak them in water, and the beads swell up and keep the thing [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Randy > http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com Do a search on "neck cooler". Some of the sites even tell you how to make them. Sandy >>>Have you ever seen those neckerchief things that have silicone stuff in >>>them? You soak them in water, and the beads swell up and keep the thing [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Sandy Thanks Sandy. I'm checking them out now. Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com > Any links where I can purchase one of these? I saw this nifty gadget on an infomercial this morning. Today this would be a welcome relief. But I think I'll just stay inside in the AC. http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SI758SL2 SignatureCheryl >> Any links where I can purchase one of these? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SI758SL2 Looks interesting. Thanks for the link. Randy http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com >> The heat index here has been soaring into the hundreds for over a >> week, with no end in sight, high humidity too. Not much fun when you [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry I picked up a couple of Misty Mate personal coolers for John and I to use when we work at the art shows. The setup/teardown process is purely physical labor and it's easy to be overwhelmed by the heat. It also is unbearably hot just sitting there greeting folks as they wander in to look at paintings. They sell them at Walgreen's. I got the BIG ones that look like an insulated drinking cup; they clip on your belt or waistband and have a coiled hose with a mister-nozzel attached. Just push a button and ooooh! Nice cool mist on your face, neck, wherever you want! Jill > > "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Sherry I had one for a while, but after a few days it sprang a leak, and little "blops" of gel stuff leaked all over the place. Joy > "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > with no end in sight, high humidity too. Not much fun when you have no > a/c. I grew up in Washington DC in the fifties when almost no one had central AC (or car AC). On the really hot nights mom would put sheets in the washer to get them wet and then to spin most of the water out. We would go to sleep on the floor in the basement covered with the damp sheets. Then as the upstairs would start to cool off we would wake up and wander upstairs to our beds. If you couldn't get heat stroke any other way, there was always summer church "camp meetings" and tent revivals. Now I wonder how we survived. But I know plenty of people still do. Jo >> "Bobcat" <bob_catt@hotmail.com> wrote in >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Now I wonder how we survived. But I know plenty of people still do. When my family moved back to Nashville, Tennessee in 1976, my father initially refused to have air conditioning in the house. He was skinny, and found most people's preferred level of air conditioning to be too cold. He changed his mind after a couple of years, but we still had air conditioning only downstairs, not in my attic bedroom. I used an electric fan in the attic, and, until my sister moved out to attend graduate school, I slept on the living room couch during the hottest part of summer. During the no-air-conditioning period, my father would sometimes go sit in the basement. I tried that at times; while it was cooler than upstairs, the humidity was literally at the 100% mark, with moisture condensing on the walls. I would usually go back up to ground level after only a few minutes. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > sridd...@aol.com wrote: > > I didn't know it got really hot in Canada!! Mooch will probably be okay [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > you use less electricity. Do without our air conditioners these days? > Har! I try to conserve as much as I can. I never use the dryer, I hang everything out. Try to be mindful of the lights. But I cannot do without A/C, no way. And I use a lot of electricity watering outside. I can't just let everything die out there. Sherry > The forecast says that here in Toronto it's hitting 97 F today, and > again tomorrow. About Mooch, he gets a fresh container of cold water in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > you use less electricity. Do without our air conditioners these days? > Har! I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in Ottawa. I kept my blinds drawn and the windows closed. That seems to be able to keep the cool air in as I did have the AC on last evening. Rusty doesn't seem to mind the heat. He went behind the blinds to sun himself. Winnie > I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in > Ottawa. I kept my blinds [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Winnie It's HOT here, but not as hot as it's been in the past. However, I'm not dealing with it very well at all. Maybe it's age, or maybe it's the asthma. I can't BREATHE this year! My inhalers are getting a workout. I miss being young. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >> I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in >> Ottawa. I kept my blinds [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita The first half of the year was the warmest on record for the United States. The government reported Friday that the average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/14/D8IRSULOB.html Cheers & Beers (COLD beers) H. >>> I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here >>> in Ottawa. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees > Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century. Interesting... in West Tennessee it didn't start getting "hot" (80'sF) until June. Up until then and even a few times after, the temps were a glorious 60's-70's. Even when it hit the 80's in June the humidity was virtually non-existent. Of course all that has changed, now. It's going to be 100F tomorrow with 98% humidity. I just stay indoors and Persia is an indoor cat :) Jill > The first half of the year was the warmest on record for the United States. > > The government reported Friday that the average temperature for the 48 > contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees > Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century. So regardless of the arguments as to whether it's man-made, a natural climatic shift, or a combination of both, it would appear "Global Warming" is definitely upon us! > So regardless of the arguments as to whether it's man-made, > a natural climatic shift, or a combination of both, it would > appear "Global Warming" is definitely upon us! Except I didn't feel the effect of Global Warming during the deep freeze in the winter. Maybe the freeze didn't last as long as before. But it sure felt like it lasted too long. Winnie > Except I didn't feel the effect of Global Warming during the deep > freeze in the winter. Maybe > the freeze didn't last as long as before. But it sure felt like it > lasted too long. I think global warming (from whatever cause(s)) isn't expected to simply make everyplace uniformly warmer. We should be getting more extreme weather, and in some places that might mean fiercer storms. It's really hard to judge climate shifts thought; they just don't occur on human scales. SignatureCheryl >> So regardless of the arguments as to whether it's man-made, >> a natural climatic shift, or a combination of both, it would [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Winnie The deep freeze in the the winter could be very much another symptom of global warming. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > It's HOT here, but not as hot as it's been in the past. > However, I'm not dealing with it very well at all. Maybe it's > age, or maybe it's the asthma. I can't BREATHE this year! My > inhalers are getting a workout. I miss being young. Be very careful this week, Jane. It's going to be in the upper 90s most of the week. Purrs for your health. SignatureCheryl > It's HOT here, but not as hot as it's been in the past. However, I'm > not dealing with it very well at all. Maybe it's age, or maybe it's > the asthma. I can't BREATHE this year! My inhalers are getting a > workout. I miss being young. I think that's true for all of us over "that certain age"! (When you figure out what we can do about it, let us know.) ;-) > I haven't turned on the AC yet today. It is also hot and humid here in > Ottawa. I kept my blinds [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > behind the blinds > to sun himself. Remember, a cat's normal body temeperature is a few degrees higher than a human's - consequently they don't feel the heat quite as soon as we do. I think their fur provides a certain amount of insulation, too. (Arab nomads in the African desert wore wool robes that covered them from head to toe, apparently because they insulate against the worst of the heat.) Also, cats have the good sense to simply lie around doing nothing, when the weather is REALLY hot. >> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning >> most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >allow outdoors, it's much better in the very hot weather to keep them >inside if their home is cool. Except for the kittens, I think my cats mostly stayed outside all day, except to come in and drink. Water consumption was up and food consumption was down. They are free to chose, and they chose the heat. A few of them came in around dark. I, on the other hand, stayed inside in the air conditioning. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead >>> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this >>> morning [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > heat. A few of them came in around dark. I, on the other hand, > stayed inside in the air conditioning. Once we moved from Alaska to California, our Sam couldn't get enough of the heat. He would go out and lie in the sun in the orchard on the hottest days. There were times I'd go pick him up and carry him inside because it worried me. But it never seemed to hurt him. He lived a very long life. As much of it in the sun as he could manage. Jo >>>> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this >>>> morning [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >worried me. But it never seemed to hurt him. He lived a very long life. >As much of it in the sun as he could manage. Many years ago, when I first started living with cats, I read that they were probably most comfortable around 65 degrees (F). Later I found out that they originated in a hot climate. I think somebody forgot to tell the cats that they are supposed to like it cooler - I have never found one that did. Late last night, four of the adults, and the kittens, joined me in bed, but when I got up this morning, only Tigger, Spooky, and the kittens were around. Tigger and Spooky are largely indoor cats by choice. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead > >>> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this > >>> morning [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Jo You moved from Alaska to California? That's interesting. My mother did the reverse - when she was 80. She lives in Valdez (She's 93 now.) Where did you live? Joy "Joy" <joygaylord@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:XZUug.122355$>> >> Once we moved from Alaska to California, our Sam couldn't get enough of > the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joy All moves courtesy of the USAF and the American Taxpayer. I grew up in DC and married Charlie when he was stationed at the Pentagon. We were moved to Anchorage to work at Elmendorf AFB from 1968-1971. Then to Beale AFB in northern California. The area around Valdez is so beautiful. Jo *melts* It's 33 degrees outside. I don't know what that is in 'real money' but I'm not happy. I live in Lancashire because I don't like the heat, FFS. Anyway, this was probably NOT the right time to take in a foster kitten, she's in a curtained room with lots of water and a frozen plastic pop bottle to play with / lie on. She's ten weeks old, half wild but handleable, tortie and white and I've named her Bodie, which is short for Boudica, named after the redheaded Iceni queen. If she wasn't with me, she'd be in a pen at the vets though, or even worse, living rough in someone's back garden. She's loud and timid, a combination I've not encountered before. :-) Love Jeanette > *melts* > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeanette That's the advantage of living on the coast, it was only 28°C (82°F) here today, about right for me and my clowder. Purrs for Bodie to soon become a lap fungus. Have you ever seen Lord Bath, the owner of Longleet Safari Park, on television? He has a d-thing called Boudica. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > That's the advantage of living on the coast, it was only 28°C (82°F) here > today, about right for me and my clowder. Purrs for Bodie to soon become a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Cats leave pawprints on your heart. > http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk If it's not cooled off by Thursday I'm gonna drive to Blackpool :-) No, I didn't know about Lord Bath's d*g. It's a cute name anyway, Bodie has two littermates with different fosterers. We've found that they tame up more quickly when they're split up, She has a white and ginger brother named Whitney, and a tabby and white brother called Bradley. Mum is now speyed and returned to where she was living half-wild. If the woman who is feeding her can get her to a 'pickupabble' state, we'll take her in for rehoming. A thousand curses on whoever abandoned Bodie's mum. Grrr. It's going to be even hotter here tomorrow. Jeanette > Anyway, this was probably NOT the right time to take in a foster > kitten, she's in a curtained room with lots of water and a frozen [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > worse, living rough in someone's back garden. She's loud and timid, > a combination I've not encountered before. :-) Purrs for you and Bodie. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > outside. (Canadians are crazy. We put up with ultra-hot summers and > super-frigid winters - I guess its a cultural quirk.) My cats have a cat flap, so they go in and out as they please. During this heat wave, they spend most of the day indoors, enjoying the air conditioner, which is set at 78F. Joy > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are > expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. I think I prefer our 110 out here! Although southern California is far more humid than it was forty years ago (more people = more lawns and swimming pools), it is still less so than the upper midwest or most of the rest of country. > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this > morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in > Connecticut we are expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high > humidity. Highs have been over 100 here since Friday. Very unusual. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning >most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are >expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > >Ann Here in Nashville, Tennessee, it is currently 96 degrees Fahrenheit (36 Celsius), with a moderately high humidity. This has been a typical mid-afternoon high temperature for the last few weeks, after a long spring with highs in the low 80s Fahrenheit. I try to get most of my outdoor activities done either in the morning or after sunset. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria We are headed for 104 today, 106 tomorrow and 105 the next day. That should create enough of a pressure variant to drag in an ocean breeze by Wednesday. Not that I have any intention of going outdoors in the heat. I'm not normally a morning person but when you have to do anything you want to do by 10AM including wearing out a 9 month old Border Collie you get up early. The cats think we are crazy to want them in at night. They would much rather go out after dark and come in when it gets hot. Jo > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are > expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > > Ann > We are headed for 104 today, 106 tomorrow and 105 the next day. That should > create enough of a pressure variant to drag in an ocean breeze by Wednesday. > > Not that I have any intention of going outdoors in the heat. I'm not > normally a morning person but when you have to do anything you want to do by > 10AM including wearing out a 9 month old Border Collie you get up early. Same here. I went out for groceries arount 9 am. yesterday. Stayed put at home after I got home. I skipped two free outdoor concerts at the Governor General's residence. I feel sorry for the ceremonial guards with their heavy hats. Winnie >> We are headed for 104 today, 106 tomorrow and 105 the next day. That should >> create enough of a pressure variant to drag in an ocean breeze by Wednesday. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Winnie My company's annual picnic is this Saturday. I plan on going, but don't plan to over-exert in the heat. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning >most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are >expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > >Ann Going to try something new here seems Road news server is being a pain Same here it has been over 100 everyday with humidity factors ranging near 120's > Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning > most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are > expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity.//// The UK is due to hit 35 degrees Centigrade this week. Today it hit 32, tomorrow more of the same. I'm lucky as I'm used top the tropics. The cats are so hot, they don't know what to do with themselves apart from sleep in the flowerbeds in the shade. Helen M >> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this >> morning [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > cats are so hot, they don't know what to do with themselves apart from > sleep in the flowerbeds in the shade. My house faces NNE. This is not good in the winter, but when it is as warm as this it remains fairly cool until evening. Both Kitty & Boyfie stay in most of the day at the moment as it's cooler in the house than outside. They tend to go out at dawn and dusk and the rest of the time get their 18 hours in on the spare bed. KFC will sunbathe sometimes - she likes the heat but it's even a bit hot for her this last couple of days. It won't last long, we'll have a thunderstorm soon ;-) Tweed loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring on the heat. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos > loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > on the heat. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ann Installing two new Carrier systems today as a matter of fact. > loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > on the heat. So you're sweating all the way to the bank! > loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > on the heat. Last year I couldn't even get a repairman to come and do maintenance work on my AC in June. So this year I called him in April to come clean the AC unit. Winnie > loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > on the heat. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > You can't shout down a troll. > You have to starve them. Well, maybe you can answer this. We have a 4-ton, 17-seer heat pump. I think we bought a larger unit than we needed, because the variable speed air handler never gets off of low speed, even when it's 100 degrees outside. I can *make* it kick in by cranking down the thermostat, and I have, just to see if it works. Then here's the question: Is it more efficient to run a larger unit on low speed, or a smaller unit where the air handler occasionally kicks on high speed? Sherry >> loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring >> on the heat. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > smaller unit where the air handler occasionally kicks on high speed? > Sherry I dunno. Is that your worst problem? Cheers. H. > >> loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > >> on the heat. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Cheers. > H. I'll tell you when the electric bill comes in. :-) Sherry > loving every second of it. I'm a HVAC repairman and installer. Bring > on the heat. Just so you don't get heat-stroke while you're out there installing them! It's been up into the 90s for 2-3 days now here in southern Indiana. Today, I kept the vertical blinds mostly closed on the parts of the house where the sun was shining in (to keep things a bit cooler). I also ran the ceiling fans, to keep the air moving. And since all that still only kept the temperature inside the house down around 80F, I put the thermostat setting up to about 80F too, so the A/C had a chance to cycle on and off semi-normally, instead of running constantly. In the hottest parts of the day it still ran fairly constanstly for long periods of time, but I had to try something to keep the electric bill under semi-control! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > It's been up into the 90s for 2-3 days now here in southern Indiana. > Today, I kept the vertical blinds mostly closed on the parts of the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > constanstly for long periods of time, but I had to try something to > keep the electric bill under semi-control! Note the moving air only makes you feel cooler. It is a waste if you aren't in the room. And the hottest air in the house is up next to the ceiling. We close a couple of bedrooms off when it is really hot or cold. Turn off the heat/ac vents and close the doors. Jo > Note the moving air only makes you feel cooler. It is a waste if > you aren't in the room. And the hottest air in the house is up next > to the ceiling. It does help circulate air, which might help if you have uneven cooling. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > It's been up into the 90s for 2-3 days now here in southern Indiana. > Today, I kept the vertical blinds mostly closed on the parts of the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com It has been either 103 or 104 for several days. I am trying to recover from cataract surgery but the dry air makes my eyes feel miserable. reading anecdotes is hard to do -- will need reading glasses. Purrs to all in need of comfort. MLB > It has been either 103 or 104 for several days. I am trying to > recover from cataract surgery but the dry air makes my eyes feel > miserable. reading anecdotes is hard to do -- will need reading > glasses. Purrs to all in need of comfort. MLB Purrs for your eyes. Can you use hydrating eye drops? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca My formula for survival without a/c goes like this: Since I am at 1250' elevation, the nights are never too warm, so at night I open one window and stick a box fan in it, sucking cool air into the house. At first I let it run on fast speed to cool down as quickly as possible. Then at bedtime I put it down on low speed and leave it on until sunrise. Then shut it down, and close the window. With the house closed up completely, it stays reasonably cool inside until the afternoon, and then warms up but not to the point of being terribly uncomfortable, especially if I am relatively inactive. If I have to be active, I wear wet clothes and turn on the ceiling fans, and if I get overheated outside, take a cold shower. This method has kept me going so far. I have not been comfortable but it's a heck of a lot better than it was out at the farm where I lived in a metal box with a black roof, very low ceilings and no shade over the top. That place heated up like an oven by 10 AM every day in the summer. >Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning >most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are >expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > >Ann We're having an air quality alert here. Ick. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this >> morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > We're having an air quality alert here. Ick. Here in North Yorkshire, UK, the temperature is a very pleasent 80°F with clear blue skies. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>> Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this >>> morning most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Here in North Yorkshire, UK, the temperature is a very pleasent 80°F with > clear blue skies. :-) Enjoy it while you can. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/17/060717182201.9novv9u4.html " Britain could soon swelter in the highest temperatures ever recorded, weather forecasters said, with a 30 percent chance that Wednesday will become the country's hottest day ever. " >Everyone be careful in this heat. I saw on the weather report this morning >most of the U.S.A. will be having a heat wave. Here in Connecticut we are >expected to have temperatures 95 to 100 with high humidity. > >Ann We're all suffering through this in Ohio. I haven't even read any other groups the last few days (not that I subscribe to very many others) because it's just too darn HOT in this room. I was going to go run errands today, but between the heat and air quality alert, I think I am just going to curl up in the Cool Room with as many cats who want to run in there, and take it easy! Wish I could cancel my medical appointments later in the week, but I guess I'll just have to suffer through those. Guess I'm just glad I've got ONE air-conditioned room in here! Ginger-lyn sweating and feeling miserable Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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