Re: Heat.....Heat.....and more Heat

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Bruce, don't sweat the heat. That's just Texas being Texas and surviving it is what makes Texas tough. Or so they think.

Texas and 100 plus degree days goes all the way back to the ice age when I was a kid on a small family farm in Fannin County, about 75 miles nortrh east of Dallas. No air conditioning. No ice. From the age nine till high school graduation, I picked cotton every day from early August through September, from sun up to sun down. Well, not every day. We stopped at noon on Saturday, bathed in a #4 wash tub that sat in the sun all day so the water was plenty hot, then piled in the wagon and let the mules pull us the four miles to town. If I had an extra dime, which was not often, I went to the movie huse which had, as I recall, something called a sump pump which pumped water in a continuous circle while fans where blowing air over it. It cooled the movie house enough to make you feel like you were on the far side of hell and a bit closer to heaven.

I can remember hitting the fields around five o'clock and already sweating. I don't regret the experience. It was the greatest impetus for going to college. I haven't picked cotton since I was 17. Jack79/IPF - UIP/dx06/05 Maine

Heat.....Heat.....and more Heat

Ok, just venting as I'm about to go out. Yes, I knew July and August were months one couldn't do anything here. But, still....knowing and then being back in it are two different things. Think I'm going to head to the mall and just walk around inside it a bit. Otherwise, cabin fever is going to take over.

So, here's today's headline:

The forecast high for today is 104, with 106 on Sunday and 104 again on Monday. But some forecasters expect it to be even hotter — 107 on Sunday and 108 on Monday.

Or the warning:

DANGEROUS SUMMER HEAT IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 103 AND 107 DEGREES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY VALUES TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 112 DEGREES. THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

Ok, should be use to it. Every day recently has been either 104 or 105. Every day in July was over 95. Maybe this will be another one of the August's where every day is over 100. Oh I can't wait for September.

[Guest guest]

Irene

It's 77 degrees in Toronto (25c). You call that heat? It's 105 here

(41C).

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> The heat is unbelievable over here, A/C is running practically all

day. Have a good time at the mall.

> Irene

> PF 03/07 Raynaud's Disease 09/07

> Crohn's Disease 03/95 Asthma 02/92

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> Heat.....Heat.....and more Heat

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> Ok, just venting as I'm about to go out. Yes, I knew July and August

were months one couldn't do anything here. But, still....knowing and

then being back in it are two different things. Think I'm going to head

to the mall and just walk around inside it a bit. Otherwise, cabin fever

is going to take over.

> So, here's today's headline:

> The forecast high for today is 104, with 106 on Sunday and 104 again

on Monday. But some forecasters expect it to be even hotter — 107 on

Sunday and 108 on Monday.

> Or the warning:

> DANGEROUS SUMMER HEAT IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND

WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 103 AND 107 DEGREES SATURDAY

THROUGH MONDAY. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE

HUMIDITY VALUES TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 112

DEGREES. THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

> Ok, should be use to it. Every day recently has been either 104 or

105. Every day in July was over 95. Maybe this will be another one of

the August's where every day is over 100. Oh I can't wait for September.

>

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Irene

Our low tonight is higher than your high today. lol

> >

> > The heat is unbelievable over here, A/C is running practically all

> day. Have a good time at the mall.

> > Irene

> > PF 03/07 Raynaud's Disease 09/07

> > Crohn's Disease 03/95 Asthma 02/92

> >

> >

> >

> > Heat.....Heat.....and more Heat

> >

> >

> > Ok, just venting as I'm about to go out. Yes, I knew July and August

> were months one couldn't do anything here. But, still....knowing and

> then being back in it are two different things. Think I'm going to

head

> to the mall and just walk around inside it a bit. Otherwise, cabin

fever

> is going to take over.

> > So, here's today's headline:

> > The forecast high for today is 104, with 106 on Sunday and 104 again

> on Monday. But some forecasters expect it to be even hotter — 107

on

> Sunday and 108 on Monday.

> > Or the warning:

> > DANGEROUS SUMMER HEAT IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND

> WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 103 AND 107 DEGREES SATURDAY

> THROUGH MONDAY. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE

> HUMIDITY VALUES TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 112

> DEGREES. THE HOTTEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

> > Ok, should be use to it. Every day recently has been either 104 or

> 105. Every day in July was over 95. Maybe this will be another one of

> the August's where every day is over 100. Oh I can't wait for

September.

> >

> >

> >

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