Weather

[imp]

Originally Posted by dmforcier

I'm not going to dispute the crazed part, but it really isn't that bad on a bike. Constant 20+ mph breeze and very breathable clothes. Plus you'll see that most are rather thin, with a high surface to volume ratio for more efficient cooling.

Still, even when I was thinner (relatively speaking) and in fairly decent shape, about mile 80 I'd start to wear out. Always made it home, though.

Ohh, honey pie, anyone who voluntarily rides hundred miles through some of the bad heat years we've had has simply got a screw loose, LOL. The last couple years have been more moderate temp wise for the race ( still miserable hot though), but this year seems to be going in the direction of cookin' it up and up for the end of August. Last year, I think it was, the temp.s at ground level on those poor bike tires was 120.

This year might be one of those years where you really don't want to fall down on the pavement. Might be hot enough to cauterize any road rash though.

Maybe I just think it's crazed as I am old and not a cyclist; motors are my friend and air conditioning even more so. I just hope all come in safe this year.

[AlittleSalt]

There was a fire to our south today. We couldn't see flames, but the smoke was heavy in the air. With almost no wind and humidity around 55% - there's no telling how far away the fire was. I'm glad we didn't have to go out and water everything down - or worse.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

There was a fire to our south today. We couldn't see flames, but the smoke was heavy in the air. With almost no wind and humidity around 55% - there's no telling how far away the fire was. I'm glad we didn't have to go out and water everything down - or worse.

It was me smoking a big ole bong.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Worth1

It was me smoking a big ole bong.
Worth

Either pass it this way or cut that out.
It still smells like smoke out here. We need a cold front

[bower]

I got a blast of woodsmoke here right around dusk last night. There had just been a light shower - first in many days, suddenly the smell of smoke was right through the house. I went out and walked around checked the paths etc and it was nothing immediately close, seemed to be blowing from south. My mother said she smelled it too, about 5 minutes drive west of here. But it dissipated pretty quickly so whatever it was, somebody put it out asap.
I am right in the woods so in these dry conditions, a forest fire would be hard to stop.
This is top of my list of reasons to cut more trees and clear everything close to the house.

[AlittleSalt]

Weather is one of my hobbies in-a-sense, I have paid a lot of attention throughout my life to the local conditions and what causes them. But over the past few years, I've been looking at the temperatures and precipitation that happens in so many other areas. An example is tonight - the overnight low in Washington DC is supposed to be around 81F = exactly the same at DFW Airport, Texas. Tomorrow's highs will be around 100F in both places.

That is normal Texas weather for this time of July, but I don't think of it as normal for Washington DC. Maybe I'm wrong?

About the gardening part. RKN and Fusarium Wilt were basically thought of as southern gardening problems (Just two examples). However, they have existed in northern states, and with the past 3 years of hot weather reaching throughout America - I don't see certain gardening diseases as defined to a specific locality. The one exception would be RKN. Up north where the ground freezes - it is supposed to kill RKN, and I believe that can be possible without permafrost.

I don't see the difference in the temperature in Philadelphia being 97F for a month or so being that much different than 100 for a month or so in Texas or anywhere else. The soil is going to become hot without a lot of mulch, shading, and watering no matter where you're at. I put a ground thermometer in the ground here a couple days ago. It read 95F at 4.5" deep. I could go on forever.

I didn't include my Canadian friends and those from across the planet.

I know, this thread is about weather, but

[SteveP]

It's gonna be another hot one. 8am it is 82f, 76rh and no breeze. Dog days of summer. Everything I am going to do gets done in the morning by 10a and then I stay indoors. We keep our house 73f year round.

[mensplace]

Another scorching day in the "sunny south" with a real feel that is just ridiculously high, 100 percent humidity, and code orange air quality. That said, I wish I had discovered my invalid's garden approach many years ago. Beautiful fruit of substantial amounts with no hint of sun scald or BER. The clay down deep retains the moisture, the layer of mulch provides plenty of nutrients, and the hay and leaves combine to shade both the soil and the fruits.

[AlittleSalt]

Steve, It's the same here. I need to get outside things done early in the morning. When I was younger and healthier, the heat didn't bother me so much, but now, I have to learn to quit being so stubborn. Wednesday, I got so hot that my wife told me I had to stay inside. My head and throat felt swollen and I was dizzy. Hours later, I looked in the mirror and it was obvious that I had pushed myself too much.

It took me a long time to write the above paragraph.

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Steve, It's the same here. I need to get outside things done early in the morning. When I was younger and healthier, the heat didn't bother me so much, but now, I have to learn to quit being so stubborn. Wednesday, I got so hot that my wife told me I had to stay inside. My head and throat felt swollen and I was dizzy. Hours later, I looked in the mirror and it was obvious that I had pushed myself too much.

It took me a long time to write the above paragraph.

Salt, I hear ya. If we don't take care ourselves, who's gonna do it? I outgrew the Superman syndrome several years ago. I don't baby myself by any means, but I don't fool myself into thinking I am 25. Both of my brothers have passed and by the time my dad was my age (64) he had 8 heart bypasses. I figure my days left are numbered and I am going to try and enjoy them. I can only do that if I treat myself well.

[mensplace]

You are SO lucky! My first stroke that left me unable to walk for two years came from walking from the parked car across the hot asphalt to go inside the grocery. My tongue suddenly became numb on one side and then I collapsed on the asphalt. Fortunately, I ALWAYS carry aspirin and nitroglycerin which prevented a more severe stroke. As it was, it impacted my memory, thinking, and walking. MY dad was a vegetable for two years. My brother has now been three years. The other day I used my walker to get to the garden just out in my front yard. On the way back I had to lie down in the shade to make it back. I couldn't breathe in the heat and humidity. A few minutes ago I opened the front door to go out and the heat hit me like a wall. With a 109 real feel, 100 percent humidity and code orange air quality, no garden is worth another stroke or FAR worse. This kind of heat can kill!!!!

[Cole_Robbie]

I looked at the weather, 97 and heat index of 113 today. I thought it was a little hot. Hand-watering a greenhouse of flowers is becoming a lot of work. Dwarf sunflowers have to be soaked every day. I am definitely building some tables that will hold water, to make things go faster.

[Salsacharley]

Where are you? From you description it sounds like hell. I felt sorry for myself when our humidity gets to 40 and the temp is 93.

Originally Posted by mensplace

You are SO lucky! My first stroke that left me unable to walk for two years came from walking from the parked car across the hot asphalt to go inside the grocery. My tongue suddenly became numb on one side and then I collapsed on the asphalt. Fortunately, I ALWAYS carry aspirin and nitroglycerin which prevented a more severe stroke. As it was, it impacted my memory, thinking, and walking. MY dad was a vegetable for two years. My brother has now been three years. The other day I used my walker to get to the garden just out in my front yard. On the way back I had to lie down in the shade to make it back. I couldn't breathe in the heat and humidity. A few minutes ago I opened the front door to go out and the heat hit me like a wall. With a 109 real feel, 100 percent humidity and code orange air quality, no garden is worth another stroke or FAR worse. This kind of heat can kill!!!!

[Worth1]

I went though 80 ounces of water and a giant bottle of Gatorade today at work and on the way home.
I stopped at a gas station down the street from work went in the bathroom took my tee shirt off got it soaking wet and put it back on.
It was dry in the 30 some odd mile drive to the house at 70 miles an hour.

All day I kept pinching my skin to make sure I wasn't dehydrated.

[Hoosier]

Temp here is 94 with a dew point of 78 which yields a heat index of 110.