Help! I'm Melting!
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Goodness. And you're looking forward to winter?Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Uh, yeah.... $39 is significantly more than the usual mid-20s, thanks to the increased a/c usage.
Fortunately, my natural gas bill this season has been lower than normal, as the furnace isn't operating, and the water heater needs to work less to heat up the incoming water (due to the heatwave). The gas bill has been averaging about $15/month this summer.
Winter will be a different story, when the furnace is operating and the gas bill shoots up to about $180/month.
I honestly cannot imagine living where you are, land-locked. I've always been by the water, thanks to the Navy and because of my love of the sea. Seattle winters get me down. -
Here where I am now, it has not been raining from the day I come till now...mmmm should be one month liao
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i hope it does not ran here cos i dun like to drive in the rain....
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Where are you at?Originally posted by SpeedStar:i hope it does not ran here cos i dun like to drive in the rain.... -
size of nickels .....Originally posted by jetta:Whoa! Heavy? How big?
it hailed big time, and then it's poured ....
the car's okay .... (american cars are built like tanks ...
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but I think there's a few dents on the neighbour's camry ...
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if it hail here...i think my car going to deform...korean car are damn weakOriginally posted by Fatum:size of nickels .....
it hailed big time, and then it's poured ....
the car's okay .... (american cars are built like tanks ... )
but I think there's a few dents on the neighbour's camry ... -
It's only 7:15 a.m. and the temperature outside is already 84°F; we're expecting a high today of 100°F with a heat index of 110°F.
There is supposedly some relief in sight: a cold front is expected to pass through this area sometime midweek and drop the temps into the 'bone-chilling' 80s. -
Getting high of 35 deg C but factor in humid index, we gonna get 41 deg C today.
But I'm gonna count myself lucky. I heard on the radio that West Coast of US not too good. Mercury recording 48 deg C. And over hundred deaths liao, mostly elderly.
But the air-conditioning in the office is darn cold. I need a sweater.
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Rained all night. Bliss.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:It's only 7:15 a.m. and the temperature outside is already 84°F; we're expecting a high today of 100°F with a heat index of 110°F.
There is supposedly some relief in sight: a cold front is expected to pass through this area sometime midweek and drop the temps into the 'bone-chilling' 80s.
But I hear that the heat we've been having is on it's way to you. Hang in there. 100+ people here have died due to the heatwave here. Hope nothing like that happens where you are. -
Today:
... + humidity of 55% = heat index of 110°F.
Folks, this is the hottest weather I've ever experienced in my 16 years of living in the US. Heat of this magnitude is a physical force; it literally drains your energy and makes you short of breath from doing even simple things outdoors. The short walk across the parking lot after work to get to the bus stop became an endurance test as the sun-baked blacktop had absorbed the heat of the day and was literally too hot to walk on. A number of parked motorcycles had fallen over as their kickstands had sunk into the softened asphalt surface.
The bus was blessedly air-conditioned, but when I got into my car at the park-&-ride lot (after opening both doors and letting it 'cool down'), I reached for the seat belt and promptly burned the tip of my finger on the metal tongue of the belt buckle.
And the irony of this whole situation? Seven months from now, when it's -15°F outside with 20" of snow on the ground, I'll be wishing for the weather we're having now. -
You know what they say, after a hot summer, winter's going to be very very cold.
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Too bad Sg doesn't have 4 season..Originally posted by jetta:You know what they say, after a hot summer, winter's going to be very very cold.
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bodies have short memories ....
I was prancing around in bermudas and T-shirts when it was -1 or 2 during the thaw .......
it dropped to 16 yesterday and I found myself digging around for a sweater ... -
MG, is that the bank you work for? Open 7 days? Great! Makes me want to bank there.
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Oh, im happy having just one Season... WINTER !Originally posted by MosPosterior:Too bad Sg doesn't have 4 season.. -
No, ma'am! That branch of Twin Cities Federal happens to be on the way back from the park-and-ride, so it's super easy to just pull into their parking lot and snap a quick picture of their "time and temp" board.Originally posted by jetta:MG, is that the bank you work for? Open 7 days? Great! Makes me want to bank there.
Tomorrow's high is forecast to 'only' be in the lower 90s. Oooohh... break out the parkas!
Oh, and I would recommend against doing business with TCF. They may be open 7 days a week, but they have a well-deserved reputation for abysmal customer service. -
Sweltering heat!!! Seven morning eight morning, mercury showing me 30 deg C liao.
And weathermen said "high of 45 deg C!!!!" A record breaking day!!!
We even need to import energy yesterday!!!! Winter....winter...where are thou???? -
45°C?? HOLY @#$%^&!!!Originally posted by littlestream:Sweltering heat!!! Seven morning eight morning, mercury showing me 30 deg C liao.
And weathermen said "high of 45 deg C!!!!" A record breaking day!!!
We even need to import energy yesterday!!!! Winter....winter...where are thou???? 
And I thought we had it bad down here! -
Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota:
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through l8 inches
of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you're proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each Year,
because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too Spendy", you
might live in Minnesota.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might
live in Minnesota.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, You
might live in Minnesota.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Minnesota.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
you might live in Minnesota.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, Edina, Shakopee ,Winton and Ely,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,
you might live in Minnesota.
"Vacation" means going up north past Virginia for the weekend. You measure
distance in hours. You know several people who have hit deer more than once. You
often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without
flinching.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
Where men are men and so are the women.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Zups Grocery Store At
any given time.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.
You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
You consider Minneapolis exotic.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your Blue
spruce.
Down South to you means Iowa.
A brat is something you eat.
You go out to fish fry every Friday.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly.
You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your
Minnesota friends -
Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota:
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through l8 inches
of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you're proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each Year,
because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too Spendy", you
might live in Minnesota.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might
live in Minnesota.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, You
might live in Minnesota.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Minnesota.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
you might live in Minnesota.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, Edina, Shakopee ,Winton and Ely,
you might live in Minnesota.
If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,
you might live in Minnesota.
"Vacation" means going up north past Virginia for the weekend. You measure
distance in hours. You know several people who have hit deer more than once. You
often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without
flinching.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
Where men are men and so are the women.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Zups Grocery Store At
any given time.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.
You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
You consider Minneapolis exotic.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your Blue
spruce.
Down South to you means Iowa.
A brat is something you eat.
You go out to fish fry every Friday.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly.
You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your
Minnesota friends
It really is your turn to experience the heat we had. This is the second day of cooler temps we've had. Hang in there guys.
You a Blue Collar fan too? -
I don't get this ....Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota:
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Minnesota. -
Prancing ardOriginally posted by Fatum:bodies have short memories ....
I was prancing around in bermudas and T-shirts when it was -1 or 2 during the thaw .......
it dropped to 16 yesterday and I found myself digging around for a sweater ... -
Neither do I, but I think it's got something to do with how seniors don their caps.Originally posted by Fatum:I don't get this .... -
Yes, it's a cap thing. They wear it high and pushed back. *too much blue collar tv*Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Neither do I, but I think it's got something to do with how seniors don their caps. -
It's actually starting to cool down... in fact, it raining outside right now!Originally posted by jetta:
It really is your turn to experience the heat we had. This is the second day of cooler temps we've had. Hang in there guys.
You a Blue Collar fan too?
Not really a "Blue Collar" fan per se, but I do enjoy JF's comedy routines.