It's only 111

[David64]

I don't know about where you are, but here in Kentucky it's a little warm.

And by "a little warm" I mean it's 111 degrees and it's not quite the hottest part of the day yet. Why am I telling you this ? Because it's too damn hot to go outside, so I thought I'd write a thread about it being too damn hot to go outside. I know there are folks who work in these conditions all the time, but they're getting paid for it.

I'm not, so I'm not going out there.

I'm gonna sit here, eat popsicles and complain.





All joking aside, if you have to be out in this, stay hydrated and take frequent breaks in the shade if you can. If you have outside pets, bring them inside. We have about a dozen stray cats that hang around and we make sure there's fresh water for them. I wish I could do more, but they're outside cats and there's no way to get them inside. I leave the garage door up about a foot and they come in and lay on the cool concrete, so at least there's that.

Heat like this is no joke.  It can and will kill you.

[UltraBudgie]

stay cool!

for europeans, that's 232°C

[argentus]

It's   also hot here  well south and east of you in the Caribbean. Not as hot as you, but probably more humidity.  I don't HAVE to go out in it -- I am fortunate enough to have the ability to schedule my work when I choose to do it, within reason.   

But, I choose to go out in it.   I believe this is a cyclical conjunction of things causing the jetstream to arch higher, along with other variables, such as being in the middle of Solar Max.   The climate is changing.   The multivariate ENSO cycle may or may not be winding down.   

Those are theories.   They are substantiated and measured,  but not written in stone.   Pragmatic me says, "you must get acquainted with this pounding heat and dire humidity, because if a hurricane comes by and kicks the snot out of everything, you can't spend the rest of your life huddled around a 2500 watt a/c unit, run off batteries and such.  So.  Me and my Darlin' spend early mornings outside (her definition of "early" somewhat different than mine), and do outside work until 10:00 or so.   Warm water hydration.   NO icewater.   Move slow, but keep moving.   Then again after 4:00, during mosquito-thirty.   We have homemade mozzie traps all around the place and they make a real difference, particularly for me, who is allergic to DEET.

Sure, I'm a bit of a moonbat, me and Mrs. moonbat, but it seems increasingly possible or even probable that the world might change radically soon.   Of course, my ancestral moonbats have been saying that for decades.  Still, I would hate to die of heat prostration simply because I failed to achieve a tolerance.

[AlroyFarms]

Man I'm sorry but not sorry!

I can't stand all you buttercups out there complaining about the summer heat constantly.

Y'all don't even know heat until you've worked construction while carrying a toolbelt and full gear (long pants, heavy boots etc.) climbing poles with spike boots, working in unventilated warehouses, digging trenches to lay pipe, shoveling steaming asphalt all on a 115+ day.

And I'm a big husky boy too! 

Having said all that yeah F the heat. I'm a winter.