The Weather.
- Thread starter Moll Flanders
- Start date
-
- Tags
- weather
The weather is all upside down. It's crazy! So far, it's been pleasant this morning, but we have an excessive heat warning that's supposed to kick in around 11 a.m.
yup, that's the same one that we are getting and it is going to get worse before it get's better - I live on the 10th floor, with a balcony and although facing north east makes growing plants difficult at least we don't get that afternoon, evening sun - in case the power flucuates I have lots of ice which I froze in bags and containers and lots of water both for drinking and for flushing as if the power goes out the water will also - we do have air conditioning which I try to keep to a dull roar, set at 25C (77F) and then before going to bed run it down to 22C and then back up to 25C and hope it doesn't come on over night, which so far it hasn't - I think that is about to change and will likely turn up the setting to 26/27 - Monday and Tuesday are now forecast to be 99F and with the humidity 117F - craziness
the challenge is keeping your core temperature down and that is tougher for older people and pets if there is no a/c - I have lots of gas in our vehicle so that if it gets really bad we can go for a drive in its a/c and if really bad then Lake Ontario is close by and although it is polluted close to the edges I think there will likely be a lot of people going in for a dip
maybe I am over preparing however I have never been sorry to have too much of anything as I have a lot of elderly neighbours and they may need help
Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com
I have cooling scarves from years ago that I have barely used and yet are amazing - you just dunk them in water and they cool your neck - they don't have to go in the fridge or the freezer - I think a wet cloth or a wet tshirt is just a effective - don't think I could stand a fan, hope it works for you.
Stepped outside for a bit and then came in and the temp difference is crazy and I haven't even put the a/c on yet today - sitting at 25.5C / 78F inside and that is pretty comfortable.
Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com
I caved and put on the AC. Way too hot for me. The older I get, the worse I do with humidity, which I've always been sensitive to. My body hates it. It saps the life out of me.
Chryssie
Internet Junkie
Just talked to my brother who lives near Cincinnati and he said it was 97 there!
I think I have one of those...you wear it on your neck and it has a small fan on both sides? I purchased it to wear while I walk to keep the pesky bugs from flying in my face but sadly it didn't work. I ended up donating it.
Same. But I've always been sensitive to it. Definitely worse now.
33°C today with temps reaching 34-35°C later on this week. This weather is draining and bad for one's health.
It looks like this.
www.johnlewis.com
John Lewis Neck Cooler Fan, White
Buy John Lewis Neck Cooler Fan from our Fans range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £70.
the rest of today and then one more day and it's going to break.... can't come soon enough - so thankful we haven't lost power - by 5pm we will be 97 feels like 115 (36C feels like 46C) - I can't imagine not having a/c and there are tons of people who don't
Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com
Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com
34°C over here today but if feels like it's 38°C. It's also very humid and we have tons of mosquitoes.
I actually do not put the AC on as it's too expensive. I've been working at home all day long doing chores and decluttering. When it gets too hot at night, I will start to put it on.
the building we live in has water based chillers / central air that we can then control the temperature individually - when we moved in the utilities were included in the rent and so now it is grandfathered in - people who moved in the last few years do not have that luxury and so I am very grateful - I try very hard to act as if I do pay for it and so run both the a/c in the summer and the heat in the winter as little as possible - they did put in smart thermostats last year so we can't put the a/c below 21.5 and can't put the heat above 23 or 24, which is just fine with me
there are no mosquitos on the 10th floor...
Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com
I choose not to have air conditioning at my place; I would have had it when I had companion animals had they needed it, but they never did. But everyplace else does.... and I feel a slightly unpleasant chill almost everywhere else I go indoors.
That's better looking than what I had.It looks like this.
John Lewis Neck Cooler Fan, White
Buy John Lewis Neck Cooler Fan from our Fans range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £70.
