Midwest heat wave...

[MuleKicker]

Anyone else have to work in this shit? 100F with 81F dewpoints. Im on day 2, with 1 more that is suppose to be worse. I got more work than I can handle with my new shop. Just cant get nothin done cuz its so blasted hot. On the bright side, I put a sign out for a deal on A/C charging...... Its working well

[Mud Mechanik]

I feel your pain there Mule, check out the weather in south Mississippi. Drink more

[MuleKicker]

Its killin me. This yankee boy aint plumbed to handle this shit.

[Mud Mechanik]

This redneck ain't either, I'm too old and fat.

[Braz]

I've got a week long motorcycle/camping trip starting tomorrow. Normally I look forward to these trips. Not this time.

[rtalbigr]

Hottest summer I can remember in about 20 yrs. It's killin me too. Hell, where I'm workin now I'm in the sun all day, no shade at all. I'm havin to drink a gal to gal and a half a water just to keep my head from spinnin. With hard hat, safety glasses, fall protection harness by 2:30 I'm dyin on the vine; 3:30 I'm burnin rubber to get home to some AC.

Big R

[Mud Mechanik]

I'm burnin rubber to get home to some AC.

Big R

+1 for A/C, the 2nd best invention for man.

[LWTCS]

Heat index of over 100 every day last week. Humidity for dayz.......

Damn near stroked out.
End of the day,,,,,broke my last drill bit and could not finish the job....... Pissed off so bad I dern near compelled my self to kill my helper out of meanness....
But I soon realized I had not the strength to kill him. Nor the strength to load my truck by myself if I did kill him. Barely enough strength to wipe the sweat from my brow.

Sides,,,,he's a perty good little helper and I'da felt real bad after wards.....

Just gotta suck it up and stay well hydrated ladies.

[hackware]

heh...

this coward is staying inside...

friggin trailer can wait...

sure would like a couple of nips tho...

[Prairiepiss]

Yes its kicking my A$$. Yesterday I was trying to do a job couldn't get anything done from the swet poring off my head. I had to wipe it out my eyes every 30 seconds.

It's not even August yet. And they are talking this will go into September? Holy crap!

[LWTCS]

We get it well into October.....

[Prairiepiss]

We get it well into October.....

That's why I wouldn't live down there. I'm starting to wonder why I live here.

[bentstick]

Working inside but no A/C. Damn hot it is like working in the attic, but could be worse last year we were out side buildin this.

[Fastill]

I have to work on hot cars in this heat. Everything I touch looks like I sprayed water on it from the sweat dripping off me. Humidity so bad you can't see for over 4 miles and I am used to crotch deep snow and -10f.
This heat is driving me nuts!!! 5 garden hose showers a day..

P.S. It's only in the low to mid 90's here...

[Tater]

Hot here also .Ac units breaking down are keeping me busy.

[LWTCS]

This is money weather for you A/C mechs.

Thank god mine went down in the winter months.

[ammo man]

Oh, it is hell to be retired so you don't have to get out in this mess. Cry your hearts out my distilling friends.

Before you all jump on me like a hen on a June bug let me say I am just teasing, and hope to heck that it cools off soon for you fellows that have to get out in it.

Bert

[banter_king]

yeah we've have 100+ here on and off with only break in the mid 90's plus the humid humid humid afternoons. YUM

[olddog]

100+ is pretty normal in summer down under


OD

[hackware]

after 30 years in california desert, mississippi humidity + heat just down rite sux...

4 months behind setting up my rv trailer to live in...

gonna take longer watching from inside...

[blind drunk]

58-68 F here. Sleeping with the duvet on. And lot of rain, lately

[Prairiepiss]

58-68 F here. Sleeping with the duvet on. And lot of rain, lately

I don't like you right now!

[cob]

in this corner of the world the normal weather pattern would be 3 to 5 weeks of temps near to, to well above 100 f. that same time frame this year the temp has barely made 90. todays temp 74 and rain . darn near the end of july and the desert is still green and growing. it's going to be a great fire season ! cob

[Mud Mechanik]

58-68 F here. Sleeping with the duvet on. And lot of rain, lately

Bragger, bitch, dammit, lucky, whats a duvet? It comes and goes here in Dixie, heat and dry then wet and humid, nowhere is perfect except where LW lives

You know I'm jealous BD

[blind drunk]

58-68 F here. Sleeping with the duvet on. And lot of rain, lately

Bragger, bitch, dammit, lucky, whats a duvet? It comes and goes here in Dixie, heat and dry then wet and humid, nowhere is perfect except where LW lives

You know I'm jealous BD

A duvet? You'll hate me even more - it's a big cover blanket that's filled with goose down! In the middle of summer!!

[Mud Mechanik]

Not Hate there BD, just jealousy It has been 100+ here in the southern US, no rain for 3 months at my house, cows still eatin hay, and I have not had to mow grass yet this year.

[Prairiepiss]

I'm still not liking you even more now BD.

[HookLine]

The tropical north coast of Oz where I live is a bitch for 6-8 months of the year. It is either drenching monsoon rain, massive cyclones, and mould everywhere. Or blazing tropical sun with temps around 95-100 F and humidity rarely below 65-70, often much higher.

Worst time is Oct-Nov, just before the rains hit, known as 'the build-up', ie crazy season. That is when the real drinking starts.

Air-cons in almost every house. And they ain't the evaporative type.

Even now in the coolest season max temps are still around 85-90 F, though humidity is way down, so it is quite comfortable in the shade.

[blind drunk]

I used to live in Toronto and that humid heat just stinks. They're having a similar heat wave there, right now. I think it's the same system the Midwest is having. When I lived there, me and my friends used to sit outside till the wee hours of the morning 'cause there was no way of sleeping. Just blinking made me sweat. Seemed like the entire city was awake. Where I live now, we get a couple of those sweltering days a year. We do get dry bouts, though. That's when it seems like our whole province is on fire. That's when I get a little scared.

[KY1792]

Pretty much in the midst of the craphole heatwave, I too am a misplaced Yankee who cowers inside during the relentless heat, a normal summer or not I await for autumn to finish my house siding or any outside activity. I volunteer and work almost every weekend as the addle headed farmers I work with seem to want the 100 million degree days off as if it was fun.

In the four years I have lived here (foreclosed house) I still do not have heat but as certain as the day is long I absolutely have air conditioning, you can always put cloths on when cold but can not take enough off enough to be cool. I moved here from Wisconsin for 1/4 the taxes and twice the growing season - self sufficiency at its best.