too effing hot

It's 39/102 here and I'm about to go for a hike. At least there's some clouds to block the sun today, and sun will be behind the mountains after an hour or so of hiking.

xxxp That's what I thought. Less humid than, say, Houston but lil more humid than here in AZ with about the same temp currently. Really hoping this is the last stretch of blistering heat in the southwest, for her sake.
I'm somehow nearly immune to the heat, and in particular, the sun. Whereas one of my sisters and my mom cannot take it. My sister doesn't just get sunburned easily but sun poisoned. Just another thing to make me atheist: what deity would put that fucking thing up there?? Surely there must be a better way! /infomercial voice

Hol' up, since when have you not lived in Chicago?! Also, my late mom and I used to ridicule white people all the time for being the crazy people who were out and about in the middle of a summer's day when normal people are shrinking away from the heat. I've been trying all summer long to brave the heat and be environmentally responsible and just rely on fans to keep cool, but fans don't do shit when the air they're circulating is like an oven's.

Moved to AZ end of 2012!
I commend you for trying to limit your use of AC. I try too. I don't use it in my car unless it's above 100F. My home thermostat is set to 81. But if you're having legit health problems from the heat, you gotta crank it.

Confirmed this tornado warning is for radar detecting a possible fire tornado in the wildfire.

This is the first Fire Tornado Warning we are aware of in history. #cawx pic.twitter.com/aTLMuXccA0

— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) August 15, 2020

who had pyrotornado on their 2020 etc etc etc

Congrats to all involved

Death Valley soared to an incredible 130ºF today. If confirmed, it would be the world’s highest temperature officially recorded since 1931 🔥https://t.co/v8sn9fzd8m

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 17, 2020

The only two higher temperatures ever recorded on Earth were in Death Valley (1913) and Tunisia (1931), but both records have been in some dispute. At 130º today in California, we very well may have officially recorded the world’s hottest temp.

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 17, 2020

Pretty bad when you're closer to boiling than you are to freezing.

Update: I had to go to the hospital late Friday afternoon/early evening because of coming uncomfortably close to heat stroke. I had thought it was the first time I'd ever fainted but then I remembered a time before one of my surgeries when I had been so nervous prior to surgery that I ended up fainting while the surgeon was doing his prep work on me. Anyway, thank goodness someone was at my property at the time and was able to call EMS and get me transported to a hospital, where I stayed overnight to get rehydrated via IV drip and have a couple of medications administered to me, and I spent money on a cheap motel room until this morning to avoid the excessive heat we experienced over the weekend. It's no 130ºF but even 103 - 104ºF can be horrible in a house without (what turned out to be non-working) air conditioning, and I'm hoping on getting this issue resolved this week. At least it's only supposed to go up to 100ºF today. I'll be miserable but I'll survive.

42C / 108F here in san diego

mind you i am like 10 mi from the pacific ocean

that’s..... unliveable

i'm definitely not going outside today unless it involves moving in a westerly direction. only 85 at the beach which is a pretty crazy spatial temp gradient.

Tempted to pack it up and move to Hays, Kansas....

...

... on Tuesday.

https://i.imgur.com/u6BloGg.png

That temperature change in half a day sounds like a tornado recipe.

oh great now the sky has turned brown because of a 1000 acre wildfire 30 miles east of me

at least it’s not humid / tornadoes

The #CreekFire in Sierra NF has been updated to 36,000 acres now, no containment. Explosive growth. https://t.co/pZctugf7g0

— CA Fire Scanner (@CAFireScanner) September 6, 2020

The #ISO declares Stage 2 #Emergency; rotating power outages expected. #Conserveenergy now to relieve stress on the #grid and keep #electricity flowing. Learn more: https://t.co/6QtaKvLBwR

— California ISO (@California_ISO) September 6, 2020

ISO affects most of California except LADWP if I understand correctly.

that’s..... unliveable

When I was at school, we were allowed to loosen our ties and unbutton our top button after lunch on 40° days

If this reading is verified, it will be the highest temperature ever recorded in Los Angeles city limits. Nearly 121 degrees in Woodland Hills #cawx pic.twitter.com/gVdtXVErpi

— Matthew Fuhrman (@mfuhrman) September 6, 2020

something like 110 or some bullshit out in the disgusting east county San Diego backcountry where my parents live. my mom texted me this afternoon "My neighbor’s daughter lives in Crest; has an 8 year old son (wasn’t worried). Her view last night. Sycuan Casino lights are bright" with this accompanying photo that I believe qualifies as "Cursed"

https://i.imgur.com/XsMfLj0.png

alpine?

this is from Crest, just north of where da folx are by the Sycuan golf course, which is like 3 miles from the Sycuan casino, which is 3 miles from where the fire is in Lawson Valley, which is like 3 miles south of Alpine. I like the area way more in February than I do in September!

ah never heard of it. san diego county is a bigass place. been here 43 years and still learning new spots.

yup it is and I hear ya, in fact it wasn't until 4th of July this year that I learned about a really cool relatively unknown swimming spot (way less frequented than Three Sisters or Devil's Punchbowl) where the Sweetwater River flows thru Horsethief Canyon, which just happens to be a few thousand feet from where that giant fire is in that photo

seems like the pacific time zone is on fire.

mid-80s days and mid-60s nights in the 2nd half of October hurts my feelings

it's not *bad* but 66° with 85% humidity day and night is not what i want from late october

23.2°C here with 62% humidity and it's absolutely glorious.

Temperatures in the south of the UK are decent for the time of year and also oddly humid. Pissing with rain too, mind.

wonderful news everyone: it's 91°F in january

But it's a *dry* heat

Oh whoops we live in California. That's bad huh.

this is what you both deserve for leaving me

I am def not complaining about riding my horse in a tee shirt in January

Tee shirts? Pah!

https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/EC86/production/_97405506_hi013565898.jpg

I can try to up my game today but. . . woman boobs not putin boobs

Good luck to everyone in Oregon and Washington this weekend

Projected temperatures on Sun-Mon across PacNW are so extreme that I think folks are having difficulty putting them into context. There remains some uncertainty, but places along I-5 corridor from Medford to Seattle have potential to *shatter* all-time records. #ORwx #WAwx pic.twitter.com/W9yr7XXxLF

— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) June 23, 2021

wow that sucks, especially at the solstice

yeah my sister's coming to visit and we were hoping for some exquisite Seattle summer but instead we get Death

*cough*

It was 59ºF in Little Rock this morning.

xp That's rough. My housemate's whole family chose this weekend to come to town and I feel bad for them as well. It's unnerving seeing these temps up ahead and not really knowing what to expect because I've never experienced Seattle in anywhere near that kind of heat.

some people living outside are going to die probably

the city should pay for them to see five movies a day.

It hasn’t even started yet but I’m already so upset about it

Why anyone has had a child in the last two decades is beyond me

Monday is now forecast to reach the temperature at which we were allowed to undo the top button of our shirts at school

Vancouver is expected to set a record temperature for all of Canada's recorded history

Jfc

All-time temperature records are set to fall Sunday - but they’ll only remain for 24 hours until NEW all-time records are re-written on Monday across the South Coast. #BCHeat pic.twitter.com/DsZv119ZGP

— Tyler Hamilton (@50ShadesofVan) June 25, 2021

Just walked seven blocks to go get tacos and man was that a bad idea. I'm not leaving the house again till this heat wave is over.

The National Weather Service keeps bumping up the forecast high temps for my suburb of Portland. Two days ago they said 107° F on Sunday and 104° F on Monday. Now they say it will be 112° F on both days. The highest temp ever recorded for Portland stands at 107° F. Fuck.