Houston hits record high with 104 degrees

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 10:02 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/06/25/heat.wave/

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Houston, Texas, had a record high temperature Wednesday as a heat wave continues to grip the nation's midsection, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
The city sweltered with a high temperature of 104 degrees Wednesday, a record high for June 24, forecasters said. The previous record high for the date was 99 degrees, set in 1980.

And, I might add, even more significantly, at 60+% humidity.

http://www.kwtx.com/weather/headlines/49040706.html

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Unofficially, temperatures of 109 degrees or higher were reported in some areas Wednesday

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Experts say those without air conditioning should close window shades and use cross-ventilation and fans to cool rooms, however they say electric fans won’t prevent heat-related illnesses once the temperature reaches 90 degrees.

Ummm... those without A/C are DEAD!

It's gonna be a long, hot summer. My biggest fear: I will take a spill on my Suzuki and end up unconscious on the asphalt. I'd be fried to death.

FIREWALL · 06-25-09, 10:12 AM

ADVICE: Buy lots of ICECREAM.

mookiemookie · 06-25-09, 10:18 AM

I've been fighting with my apartments for the past week and a half to fix the damn A/C in my apartment. It works, just not at 100%.

I'm painfully aware of how hot it is. The Allen Brothers sure picked a dumb place to set up a town.

Frame57 · 06-25-09, 10:32 AM

I have a neighbor who like to BBQ only when it is about 100 degrees outside. Cracks me up because it is too damned miserable to be outside to enjoy it.

SteamWake · 06-25-09, 10:54 AM

Been in the 100's here for nearly a week.

Still not a record which was set back in 1944... so much for GW conspiricay. :rotfl:

Max2147 · 06-25-09, 11:18 AM

I was in Paris back in 2003 when that huge heatwave hit. It was above 100 for the entire week I was there.

Now I can here the Texans and Floridians here scoffing, but remember that there is no air conditioning in Paris. In the entire week we spent about 2 hours in an air conditioned place (the Louvre). At night some people resorted to dousing their sheets in water to try to stay cool. It was brutal.

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 03:03 PM

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Ummm... those without A/C are DEAD!

typo corrected

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mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I've been fighting with my apartments for the past week and a half to fix the damn A/C in my apartment. It works, just not at 100%. I'm painfully aware of how hot it is. The Allen Brothers sure picked a dumb place to set up a town. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have a neighbor who like to BBQ only when it is about 100 degrees outside. Cracks me up because it is too damned miserable to be outside to enjoy it. __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Been in the 100's here for nearly a week. Still not a record which was set back in 1944... so much for GW conspiricay. :rotfl: __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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06-25-09, 11:18 AM	#6
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was in Paris back in 2003 when that huge heatwave hit. It was above 100 for the entire week I was there. Now I can here the Texans and Floridians here scoffing, but remember that there is no air conditioning in Paris. In the entire week we spent about 2 hours in an air conditioned place (the Louvre). At night some people resorted to dousing their sheets in water to try to stay cool. It was brutal.