Houston hits record high with 104 degrees - Page 2

SteamWake · 06-25-09, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

It's going to be an interesting hurricane season for the Gulf Coast.

I hate really hot & humid. Then again we have snow on the ground up to seven months per year so we don't really get hot weather here. It's pretty warm now though, about 77 Fahrenheit. Maximum heat here like, ever, has been around 95 deg F.

The uhhh hurricane predictors actually have predicted a mild season with fewer storms.

Which of course means its going to be one rough summer

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 03:03 PM

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

typo corrected

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Max2147

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.

Yep, I understand, without having A/C to rely on, a week of 100 degrees in Paris is hot!

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Lol, 104... around here in june it can get into the 109 degrees, I think it has gotten as high as 111-112 degrees. lol.

thought it usualy starts about july... still in the 90s here...

around here...where??

FIREWALL · 06-25-09, 03:18 PM

This will fix you up NEAL.

Task Force · 06-25-09, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

around here...where??

The lovely state of virginia.

Sailor Steve · 06-25-09, 04:31 PM

And here in Salt Lake it's a balmy 90. And our average annual humidity is only 15%.

Of course we also only average about 15 inches of rain per year.

That was the first thing I noticed when we were all in Houston - the humidity. Wet, wet, wet.

geetrue · 06-25-09, 06:28 PM

I'll never forget going broke in Houston back in 81 ... I had gone to high school in Houston and lived in Houston before, but when I went broke all I had was my van.

I would park it in the middle of an empty shopping center parking lot with the windows down and pray for a breeze. Sometimes I couldn't go to sleep till 3am in the morning.

I could never figure out how the first Houston natives made it to the airconditioned homes and buildings they have now.

I use to work in Seabrook, Texas just southeast of NASA on Galveston Bay and many times would need another shower before noon.

Murr44 · 06-25-09, 06:41 PM

We had our first extreme heat alert of the season yesterday here in Toronto. It was so miserable that I didn't bother to go outside. My a/c & pedestal fan have been going pretty well non-stop. Had a severe T-storm come through earlier today which washed some of the humidity out of the air. It's still pretty unpleasant outside (hot) right now...

06-25-09, 06:56 PM

its holding about 85 Here in Wisconsin during the day.

Torturous for me really, once it gets past 70 I pretty much break down.

No A/C either.

Platapus · 06-25-09, 07:04 PM

All I can say is that it serves you right for living in texas.

Spent way too much time in texas in the military, could not wait to unass that state.

I am sure there is some advantage to living in texas but damn if I could ever find it.

But to each his own.

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 08:23 PM

Well, where else are us Texans gonna live? Ohio? Vermont? Oregon? Hell, we wouldn't be Texans then, and what would be the point of living?

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Originally Posted by Task Force

The lovely state of virginia.

Wait, what part of Virginia gets to 112 ??

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Toronto: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/...onto-heat.html

So, 30C = 86F ?

Torplexed · 06-25-09, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, where else are us Texans gonna live? Ohio? Vermont? Oregon? Hell, we wouldn't be Texans then, and what would be the point of living?

Y'all can move on up to Alaska. It's not so dang hot and you get the "who's got the biggest state?" bragging rights back.

Don't mess wit Texalaska.

Onkel Neal · 06-25-09, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Y'all can move on up to Alaska. It's not so dang hot and you get the "who's got the biggest state?" bragging rights back.

Pshaw! If all the ice and snow melted in Alaska, the remaining land mass would be about the same size as South Dakota

Task Force · 06-25-09, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, where else are us Texans gonna live? Ohio? Vermont? Oregon? Hell, we wouldn't be Texans then, and what would be the point of living?

Wait, what part of Virginia gets to 112 ??

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Toronto: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/...onto-heat.html

So, 30C = 86F ?

eastern virginia... its hot, the air gets humid, get a ton of rain at times (5 inches in 2 hours last week), and has lots of water.

one summer during july acouple of years ago it got up to 112.

06-25-09, 03:18 PM	#20
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	This will fix you up NEAL. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-25-09, 04:31 PM	#22
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And here in Salt Lake it's a balmy 90. And our average annual humidity is only 15%. Of course we also only average about 15 inches of rain per year. That was the first thing I noticed when we were all in Houston - the humidity. Wet, wet, wet. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-25-09, 06:28 PM	#23
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'll never forget going broke in Houston back in 81 ... I had gone to high school in Houston and lived in Houston before, but when I went broke all I had was my van. I would park it in the middle of an empty shopping center parking lot with the windows down and pray for a breeze. Sometimes I couldn't go to sleep till 3am in the morning. I could never figure out how the first Houston natives made it to the airconditioned homes and buildings they have now. I use to work in Seabrook, Texas just southeast of NASA on Galveston Bay and many times would need another shower before noon. __________________

06-25-09, 07:04 PM	#26
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,382 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	All I can say is that it serves you right for living in texas. Spent way too much time in texas in the military, could not wait to unass that state. I am sure there is some advantage to living in texas but damn if I could ever find it. But to each his own. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-25-09, 06:41 PM	#24
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	We had our first extreme heat alert of the season yesterday here in Toronto. It was so miserable that I didn't bother to go outside. My a/c & pedestal fan have been going pretty well non-stop. Had a severe T-storm come through earlier today which washed some of the humidity out of the air. It's still pretty unpleasant outside (hot) right now...

06-25-09, 06:56 PM	#25
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	its holding about 85 Here in Wisconsin during the day. Torturous for me really, once it gets past 70 I pretty much break down. No A/C either.