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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 06:09 AM Jul 2015

Too hot to sleep.....anyone else?

75 degrees right now, and just humid enough to make me feel slightly nauseated.
The only thing that works is being in front of a box fan AND kicking the house A/C down to 73.

My poor friends back in Oregon and Seattle....hell of a heat wave for them, and A/c is rare up there.



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Too hot to sleep.....anyone else? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 OP
Ridiculously hot here! Suich Jul 2015 #1
We were too chilly at 75 on the thermostat. trof Jul 2015 #2
Too chilly at 75, lol. LWolf Jul 2015 #10
I'm sooooo glad I have a waterbed. noamnety Jul 2015 #3
Wow...they still make them? My husband had one when we met. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2015 #11
I got mine used in the 90's noamnety Jul 2015 #44
I'm in OR without AC. LWolf Jul 2015 #4
Window fans are nice ailsagirl Jul 2015 #6
In California... ailsagirl Jul 2015 #5
Neither can I. Thank God it's been a little cooler here in SoCal the past few days. calimary Jul 2015 #16
I've considered that too ailsagirl Jul 2015 #19
It's been a mild summer awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #7
Thankfully the cooling down came last night and todays high so far is mackerel Jul 2015 #8
Same, but it might be me as well (overheat). sakabatou Jul 2015 #9
I am SO curious....why are DU posts always lacking a comment on location? Does Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2015 #12
Sorry, Lodi, San Joaquin Valley, CA but it's a dry heat lol mackerel Jul 2015 #14
Are you stuck? KamaAina Jul 2015 #21
LOL! I was once but I happily moved back 3 years ago. You just can't find good Zin anywhere else. mackerel Jul 2015 #29
I'm partial to cab pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #32
If you like Cab a good one is McManus you can get it for under $10, it's outa Ripon. mackerel Jul 2015 #33
Thanks for the tip pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #34
I had a nice Zin from, of all places, the Sierra foothills a couple of years ago. KamaAina Jul 2015 #43
Maybe the Kautz brothers? They're from Lodi by they have zins & cabs all the way up to Murphy's mackerel Jul 2015 #45
Valid point. But NSA knows where I am dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #24
I was really somewhat surprised at the way American houses are built trinidad Jul 2015 #13
I am guessing you are not in Texas Skittles Jul 2015 #18
Originally from Trinidad trinidad Jul 2015 #20
I know the feeling Skittles Jul 2015 #22
Down here the old building styles are called "dog trot" or "shotgun" houses dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #25
Ah yes trinidad Jul 2015 #26
No sex threads is the lounge. Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2015 #15
Lol! calimary Jul 2015 #17
I know no sex threads and a perfect opening for a joke wasted again olddots Jul 2015 #46
Hell yes and it's got my Grandpa singing this song ... seveneyes Jul 2015 #23
i'm in northern colorado and may have to close the window tonight fizzgig Jul 2015 #27
Not lately. 47of74 Jul 2015 #28
We spent the weekend at our cabin. Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #30
You volunteered to do that???? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #31
The weather forecast said highs around 80° with Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #39
A wise old bird once told me years ago dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #40
I grew up in a small town where Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #42
One of the perks (?) of growing older Contrary1 Jul 2015 #35
I normally set the A/C at 85 pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #36
I probably wouldn't need the AC at all... Contrary1 Jul 2015 #37
Thank God it has cooled down a little here in Southern Cal. nirvana555 Jul 2015 #38
One of them many reasons I left my beloved Puget Sound in Wash. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #41

trof

(54,255 posts)
2. We were too chilly at 75 on the thermostat.
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 07:24 PM
Jul 2015

Bumped it up to 76.
We have heat pump that really takes the humidity down.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
10. Too chilly at 75, lol.
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 09:35 PM
Jul 2015

I don't have AC, but if I did, 65 would be perfect, summer and winter.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
3. I'm sooooo glad I have a waterbed.
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 09:50 PM
Jul 2015

It doesn't trap heat against your body like a mattress - which is basically like trying to sleep on a fur coat.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
44. I got mine used in the 90's
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 05:39 PM
Jul 2015

and we replaced the mattress once since then (no problems with the old one, but we knew it was hitting the end of its life span.)

I am surprised they've gone out of fashion. To me they are the answer to everything - dust allergies in particular. I love that you can just wipe it down, and you don't have years of dust/dust mites/random crud accumulating in it - it made a huge difference in my allergy misery, and I don't ever want to go back to a regular mattress because of that!

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
4. I'm in OR without AC.
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 01:51 PM
Jul 2015

It's mostly dry here, so that helps a little.

I have a fan. I have an oversized, loose, comfy cotton shirt that dries easily. I turn on the cold water, soak the shirt, put it on, and lay on the bed in front of the fan. Evaporative cooling without the duct work, lol.

The worst is during the day; I'm not getting anything done.

ailsagirl

(22,854 posts)
6. Window fans are nice
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 04:56 PM
Jul 2015

Even though they don't bring down the temperature, they at least keep the air moving

ailsagirl

(22,854 posts)
5. In California...
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 04:54 PM
Jul 2015

it has finally cooled down-- last week the temps shot up in the 90s-- along with fairly high humidity

I honestly can't understand why so many people love summer-- spring and fall are nice seasons because they're mild compared to summer or winter

Can't stand the heat!!

calimary

(80,874 posts)
16. Neither can I. Thank God it's been a little cooler here in SoCal the past few days.
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 01:52 AM
Jul 2015

Right now I feel almost tempted to sleep outside on the deck.

ailsagirl

(22,854 posts)
19. I've considered that too
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 04:28 PM
Jul 2015

...but there are spiders and other unwelcome creatures lurking, so I don't.

Today is much nicer-- mild and breezy



mackerel

(4,412 posts)
8. Thankfully the cooling down came last night and todays high so far is
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 06:49 PM
Jul 2015

88 degrees, we've only got the fans running.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. I am SO curious....why are DU posts always lacking a comment on location? Does
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jul 2015

everyone think the NSA is reading? LOL.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
32. I'm partial to cab
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 12:23 AM
Jul 2015

Gotta love a glass of good cabernet with grilled steak. I was more into wine in the early '70s, but I remember zin being pushed then as a good wine to go with hamburger.

And SoCal has had some humidity lately from monsoonal moisture. A few days ago local news said some places in the greater L.A. area would have 70% humidity. In the high dez it felt muggy in the morning when it hit 31%, but it soon dropped to the teens and felt much better, even with triple digit temps. Then the next day it hit 77% here.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
34. Thanks for the tip
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:22 AM
Jul 2015

I've always liked Charles Krug, and I've also had good luck with Beringer and BV. And Vons has had discounts going on those for a while, plus mfr. coupons.

I remember when the California cabernet grapes first came in, when there was a surplus, so for a while they were blending them into all the table reds and there were a lot of very cheap reds that were great! It was fun while it lasted, until the market for CA cabs developed.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
43. I had a nice Zin from, of all places, the Sierra foothills a couple of years ago.
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 12:21 PM
Jul 2015

Apparently Fairplay is the new Napa. Or something.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
24. Valid point. But NSA knows where I am
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 08:46 PM
Jul 2015

and my puter knows, esp. Google ( tho it is off by 40 miles)

Semi-tropical Alabama is where I am..meaning not as far as mid-Fla, where the tropics start.
Heat and humidity =high heat index.

To my DU friends in the SW, I can appreciate the "dry heart" but after 100 degrees, all bets are off for comfort.

 

trinidad

(14 posts)
13. I was really somewhat surprised at the way American houses are built
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 10:24 PM
Jul 2015

I was really somewhat surprised at the way American houses are built, especially in the very hot regions of the country. No open floor plans to ensure cross breezes. Cool basements are often too expensive to build in cheaper houses. I got used to going without air conditioning. Our house is not open floor, but we can generate some cross breezes. It's probably not all that hot, except maybe in June.

Skittles

(153,058 posts)
22. I know the feeling
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 07:27 PM
Jul 2015

my dad was in the military and my mum was a Brit who always wanted to go back home so I moved back and forth between America and England

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
25. Down here the old building styles are called "dog trot" or "shotgun" houses
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 08:51 PM
Jul 2015

Numerous examples can be found in older parts of Southern cities and in outlying rural areas.
The style was that you go from the front door thru the house directly to the back door, leaving both open
( with screens) to catch a breeze.
Problem is....hot sticky air settles in with no breeze for days unless you are on the water.
Ceiling fans are the great blessing down here. Amy thing to keep the air moving.

and enclosed porches, if big enough, are a treat after a thunder storm goes thru and the temps drop by 20 degrees.

 

trinidad

(14 posts)
26. Ah yes
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 10:35 PM
Jul 2015

this is the technique. Catching the breezes instead of closing them off. Using nature. Really that is the entire philosophy in life, I think. Everything needs to keep moving. If you retire and just sit around, then you fade and die. If the contents of your digestion are not always moving, then food settles. That gives you cancer, the diverticular, etc. The difference between a flowing river and a stagnant pond.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
46. I know no sex threads and a perfect opening for a joke wasted again
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 02:22 AM
Jul 2015

COME ON PEOPLE !!!!!!! too hot to sleep

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
27. i'm in northern colorado and may have to close the window tonight
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 10:49 PM
Jul 2015

or at least turn off the fan. it's been rainy all day and it'll be mid-50s and damp tonight. we have satin sheets on the bed right now and that just makes it a bit miserable. but it's a good excuse to cuddle with the husbear and the kitties

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
28. Not lately.
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 11:25 PM
Jul 2015

Been having a stretch of good sleeping weather lately.

I remember growing up we didn't have A/C in the house and it was just so damn hot in the house all the time.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
30. We spent the weekend at our cabin.
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 12:02 AM
Jul 2015

It got up to 90° on Saturday. The dewpoint was 70°...and we have no electricity.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
39. The weather forecast said highs around 80° with
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 08:37 AM
Jul 2015

the low about 60°. They were wrong. Even worse than the weather was the drive home Subday through heavy traffic. I don't care about the weather, never again on a holiday weekend.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
40. A wise old bird once told me years ago
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 10:14 AM
Jul 2015

If you take time off work....take Monday and Tuesday, and even teh first 3 days of the week.
Leave Sunday, you will go against traffic
and when you come back midweek, you will only have to work 1-2 days and then have the weekend.
Much much less stressful.

I listened, and if taking a 3 day holiday was required, I stayed home, puttered, took naps.
When I DID take a few days off, I tried to arrange it for first of the week, and return mid week.

One of the marvelous things about retirement is we now live in a small rural town where a traffic jam means 3 cars ahead of you.
And we resist like hell having to go to Mobile, which has wall to wall traffic now.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
42. I grew up in a small town where
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 11:45 AM
Jul 2015

everything in was within 5 minutes. Of course, back then, distance was referred to by miles instead of minutes. We could go years without refilling the windshield wiper tank on the car. Not so in the Twin Cities.

Our plan was to come home Monday, but my nephew started to suffer from heatstroke while cutting down some trees for firewood. After he vomited, our plans changed so we could get him back home to AC.

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
35. One of the perks (?) of growing older
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:42 AM
Jul 2015

is that it doesn't seem so hot in the summer anymore. I set the AC on 75/76 and am fine. The downside is that I seem to spend most of the Midwest winters huddled on the couch under a blanket.

I long for days past when my coldest winter attire was a heavy sweater.

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
37. I probably wouldn't need the AC at all...
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 02:06 AM
Jul 2015

but the husband would be miserable. So I usually wear light weight long sleeve in the summer, and sleep under a couple of sheets.

I think back to the summers when I was a kid...we had one window unit, and couldn't afford to run it all the time. The schools I attended didn't have ac, so I got a bit used to it back then.

There were a few years in between then and now that the heat bothered me, mainly going in and out of cool/hot. Now, I prefer the warmth.

nirvana555

(448 posts)
38. Thank God it has cooled down a little here in Southern Cal.
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 02:52 AM
Jul 2015

I live in Redondo Beach and I remember when I first moved to CA in '88, many of the houses, apts., etc. didn't need A/C. In Redondo, even in the Summer at night you'd need a little jacket. No more. One of the many reasons I left Texas was due to the weather.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
41. One of them many reasons I left my beloved Puget Sound in Wash.
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 10:21 AM
Jul 2015

Could not take the constant clouds as i grew older, needed sun, did not know about S.A.D. and anti-depressants for lack of sun, years ago.
So I was happy to find myself in the South, where there is plenty of sun.

And guess what?

Western Wash. is having pre-drought conditions, week after week of glaring sun, little rain.
Plus they legalized pot, and my kids up there are sending me "neener neener" emails!!!

And we have had, for the past now 3 years, cool rainy springs and summers. (Cool meaning cooler than normal, it still is low 90's in summer here)

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