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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2007Heat in the US
Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. If you can put out extra water for the animals that don't have slaves to care for them. I had a squirrel drinking from my bird bath today. 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 I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was 104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today > Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. > > If you can put out extra water for the animals that don't have slaves to > care for them. I had a squirrel drinking from my bird bath today. > > Ann >I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was >104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today You have my sincere sympathy. No wonder I haven't heard from my sister. I know what that is like, plus you have ten times our humidity, and it doesn't really cool off there at night. Jo >>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was >>104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jo Jo I went to bed last night about 1:30 am and it was still almost 90 outside with a 80% humidity factor It has gotten so humid lately that my A/C units are being cleaned every other day. I can't wait to see my bill at the end of the summer. Even with the A/C set at 60 it still is almost 80 in the house. The furballs are setting in front of my cyclone fans keeping cool I got to get a bigger central unit maybe one like from man of the house with Tommy Lee Jones http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/manofthehouse/index.html where it is so powerful that icicles grow from the ceiling but getting a a/c person out in the summer is like thinking you own a cat >>>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was >>>104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >so powerful that icicles grow from the ceiling but getting a a/c person out >in the summer is like thinking you own a cat Hi Matt, Have you thought of getting a heat pump system? They are supposed to be more energy efficient. I hope it cools down soon! I have "cat puddles" all over the house, especially under the ceiling fans and in front of the floor fans. It is amazing how flat they can make themselves when it is warm out! Mishi >>>>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it >>>>was [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Mishi We have one it just the heat and humidity is so bad right now that the systems can't keep up. I have a window 10,000 btu ac unit to help out and it even has trouble keeping it cool. At least Spirit is the smart one he is laying in front of it. It is almost 2 am and it is 85 out right now >>>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was >>>104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > is so powerful that icicles grow from the ceiling but getting a a/c person > out in the summer is like thinking you own a cat I remember the movie, and the girls stealing his pizza, but I don't remember the AC. I'll have to add that to my blockbuster queue. It would be funny again. Jo > >>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was > >>104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > so powerful that icicles grow from the ceiling but getting a a/c person out > in the summer is like thinking you own a cat Matthew, our heat pump was like yours -- it ran constantly but the house never really got cooler than 80. Our bills were awfully high. We finally had to buy a new one last year. Oh, my. It is a 4-ton, 17-seer unit. I can't *believe* the difference. Our electric bill is reduced by a full third and we are cool. We even got a nice rebate on our income taxes. Now we snarl at each other over the thermostate because I'm always too cold. Our weather is exactly like yours in Florida. High heat, high humidity, and 100+ is very common. The only difference is, it does usually cool off here at night, at least down to the 70's. Sherry >> >>I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it >> >>was [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Sherry That is good to know.Thank you. You know the higher the seer that more efficient it is. The unit has stood up to the heat before and the unit is functioning properly. I have had it checked. I called this morning after I read your post. Thanks again. There is a 6 week back order for them in all the stores for the size I would want to go up to and than it is up to another 8 weeks to get them installed. Either or I am in for a hot summer. There is some much constructions and rebuilding still going on down here that the supply and demand is outrageous. On another note if I need back up generators or hurricane shutters. They are 8 weeks backorder which would put you in the dead of the season. > I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was > 104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today Ouch!! It's been even hotter, here in Arizona, but our humidity usually runs about 15% or 20% which means it doesn't "feel" as hot. (Your humidity is usually closer to 85% or 90%, isn't it?) >> I am leaving the sinks running keeping them full here in Florida it was >> 104 Saturday 103 Sunday 102 today > > Ouch!! It's been even hotter, here in Arizona, but our humidity usually > runs about 15% or 20% which means it doesn't "feel" as hot. (Your > humidity is usually closer to 85% or 90%, isn't it?) 100% for the last few days 95 means 120 it is almost 2 am here and it is still over 80 and humid > Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. > > If you can put out extra water for the animals that don't have slaves to > care for them. I had a squirrel drinking from my bird bath today. And make sure you change outside water sources for the extra animals as well as kitty dishes, or you get mosquitos breeding. Another thing to watch is ants, slugs, and other summer critters getting in the food if you leave some outside. I put my dog's food dish inside a larger one with water in it so she doesn't eat the creepy crawlies. Cantate > And make sure you change outside water sources for the extra animals > as well as kitty dishes, or you get mosquitos breeding. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > dish inside a larger one with water in it so she doesn't eat the > creepy crawlies. Why should you care? We humans may find the idea repugnant, but so far as our furry carnivores are concerned, it's all protein! (Cats catch flies all the time, generally swallowing them in the same gulp.) >> Another thing to watch is ants, slugs, and other summer critters >> getting in the food if you leave some outside. I put my dog's food [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > far as our furry carnivores are concerned, it's all protein! (Cats > catch flies all the time, generally swallowing them in the same gulp.) If anybody out there has a cat that eats slugs, PLEASE can we borrow it for a while? (You will probably need to put it on a diet when you get it back). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. > > If you can put out extra water for the animals that don't have slaves > to care for them. I had a squirrel drinking from my bird bath today. > > Ann I keep water in the bird bath. But oddly, today it was only in the 70's. Unheard of for July in the southern U.S.! I got to sit outside for a while without melting! Jill > Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. > > If you can put out extra water for the animals that don't have slaves to > care for them. I had a squirrel drinking from my bird bath today. > > Ann I can't keep water in the birdbath when it gets really hot. But I do no have a huge ceramic dish under a dripping faucet in the back yard. Everyone takes turns. Dogs, cats (ours and the neighbors) and all sorts of birds. One day we had 14 blue jays all at once. There's a few robins out there now. They seem to abide by disaster rules. No one gets attacked while drinking. This dish is thanks to the discussion a few weeks ago on spilled water bowls. Kayla was tipping the backyard bowl over and moving it out of the drip. The new bowl is large enough that she can lie down and drink with both front paws in the bowl without moving it. Don't know why but she likes to do that. Jo > Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > read Sam's blog athttp://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ > see pictures of Sam athttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos Wasn't it just 6 months ago that we were whining about how cold it was? lol Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >> Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita Like I stated before: We have two kinds of weather: Too HOT and too COLD. MLB >>> Everyone be careful with the temperatures in the 90's or above. >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Like I stated before: We have two kinds of weather: Too HOT and too > COLD. MLB Wednesday night at 8PM --- RAIN. A few thunderbumpers and some rain. Purrs that it moves to central UTAH and pours enough to put out the fires. |
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