friggin 109 yesterday. 109 today. suppose to hit 109 tomorrow. highest recorded number ever in

[seabeyond]

amarillo.

130 DAYS...ONLY 0.19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN.

no one in our neighborhood with huge yards are watering. grass is a little green, mostly yellow. i water once a week and do a tad bit of spot watering. the water sits on the top, the ground is so hard and dry.

my air conditioner cant keep up. it is miserable.

i hate it. hate it. hate it

AND. i am getting new windows so thurs and friday i had gaping holes where windows use to be, while air went.

just bitchin. cause i really hate it.

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. MAybe the folks in the PNW or in the UK can tell us about their glorious weather and how it never

gets above 75 and rains all the time.

[seabeyond]

2. i dont know pnw.... but you made me laugh. i am trying to figure out where i could go

to the mountains close by, that will be cooler and get rain.

[Motown_Johnny]

94. I used to know people who would summer in the mountains of Colorado

and winter in Arizona, they pretty much had the best weather possible all year round.


They had to work seasonal jobs at tourist areas, but I believe there was a health issue where moderate weather was an advantage (this was a long time ago and my memory has faded).


I must admit, I miss living in the mountains of CO. Spring and fall were "mud seasons" but the summers and winters were great.

[seabeyond]

95. silverton, colorado. went two years ago, in july and had to buy jackets.

it was so grand. lots of the business people told us in winter they move out. it is snowpacked in winter.

[Motown_Johnny]

100. One year I was pulling people out of the snow on July 4th weekend

Long ago, Clinton was President (1993?).

A hurricane came up from the gulf and it's remnants made it to us. I was working at a place called Shrine Mountain Inn, around 11,200 ft. elevation and up that high we got lots of snow out of that storm.


I think Loveland and Arapahoe Basin opened a few runs that weekend, I know there was skiing but I forget exactly where.



Edit to add for clarity: Pulling people out of the snow = using my four wheel drive truck to pull people's cars out.

[stevedeshazer]

19. Okay.

Here's the obligatory post from the PNW.

65 and partly cloudy today.

[seabeyond]

20. where the hell is pnw. i want to be there. lol. nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

26. pnw = Pacific NorthWest.

Of course at 109, I could probably make you jealous with our 93 degree weather but I'm just as miserable as you and the a/c downstairs went out, so I'm using fans trying to stay alive.

[seabeyond]

37. lol. i hear ya. i hate 93, too. but i was actually like, looking at it like it was a good thing,

earlier.

the pacific NW. gotcha. my favorite. i would love to live in the seattle area.

[Shagbark Hickory]

38. Who wouldn't?

Of course then I'd bitch about it never stop drizzling and never warming up.


California has the weather thing nailed. Look at the forecast for LA. Could it be any more perfect?

[seabeyond]

40. Who wouldn't? my friggin texas husband, lol.

lived in carmel valley. the best weather. one year it rained/drizzeld evey day for like three month. LOVED it. wouldnt bother me at all

[Shagbark Hickory]

101. Texas truly has the most awful weather in the country.

You get such temperature swings (80 one day, 30 the next), plus hurricanes and tornados and very regular severe thunderstorms with hail. I wouldn't be surprised if you're on a fault line too and have a volcano nearby.

[seabeyond]

103. bah hahaha. lol. there have been a few awesome times

standing out in front yard (remembering one in particular) where it is hot and cold front comes down and drop tempt 30 degrees. truly awesome. and you are right. i have only lived in the west states, but i have found the most perculiar weather here. being on high plains, such a high elevation and flat line, the skies are so powerful in the evenings, with sunsets

[Shagbark Hickory]

105. Well I really feel for you. Everytime I turn on the weather and they're talking about Texas...

I'm grateful I'm not there.

Then again there's someone in california saying the same thing about here right now.

[Aerows]

66. I'd take the UP of MI about now and -10

It's so damn hot down here on the coast, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

[seabeyond]

75. I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.

love it. funny

[panader0]

3. My GF's parents live in Fritch

Mama claimed it was 114 yesterday.
I don't care much for Fritch but Amarillo is cool. We were antique shopping on 6th and had food and beers at some biker type bar. It was great.

[seabeyond]

9. lol, was gonna say, amarillo is certainly not a fritch. my mom owned a shop

across from that rest/bar. well, unless is was the biker bar at the end of the street. there are like 3 biker bars on 6th street,lol. skooters is the bar my neighbor owned at end of streets. big time biker. we live right by the area.

how fun

[applegrove]

4. And in Ontario we have had a really wet spring. Colder than normal too. Climate change: grrrrrr.

[seabeyond]

10. i have to move, north, far far north. ontario sounds good, lol. nt

[bemildred]

5. I feel your pain.

:hug:

[Texasgal]

6. Didn't you know that we should move?

That we shouldn't live in such dry climates?

:sarcasm:

I feel your pain, we are in the same situation just south of you.

[seabeyond]

11. lol. i am taking it there was a conversation about this, lol. ah ha. you are the second one

to suggest we are to blame for our misery.

hasnt it been absolutely horrible. i have never seen the like. and we have had dry and hot in that past. not like this. my air condition on and the high in the house hit 87. i think it is starting to go down now

[Whisp]

33. lol! no where to go what with hurricanes and quakes and such.

blizzards, floods and wot wot.

such silly people living where they are. ha

[Auntie Bush]

7. Move to Vermont!

We have plenty of rain and only 1-2 days in the low 90ies.

[seabeyond]

12. i could so do that. i married a texan. they NEVER move, even when they promise before marrying

he says it was "courtin"

you get the humidity though, dont you? i cant do humid either

[Melissa G]

36. LOL! Texas men and courtin talk. I feel your pain!

Been there, had that. It's not so bad since I'm a native Texan and have no real desire to move. (yet)

Right toasty down Austin way as well, but at least we had some cloud cover today.

How cold are the nights down in Palo Duro canyon? Lovely place. Maybe you could go camping? The weather map says you are still in the 60's and 70's at night. http://www.palodurocanyon.com/tour.php



We don't normally get that kinda day/night temperature range in Central Texas. We do have Barton Springs though!http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/bartonsprings.htm

[seabeyond]

39. we had our highest low the other day.... lol. must have been for that time. can you believe?

highest fuckin low. that is like saying it COOLED down to 106. where is the COOL in that.

i am not going outside to cam in some canyon with dirt and fuckin 109 degree weather.... lol. are you mad. lol

look at the water you get. no water here.

love your pictures.

[Melissa G]

48. LOL! No, I am not mad!

If I was stuck in 109 temps and the map said I could get into the 60's at night I'd be in the damn car! You might be mad for being too afraid of dirt!

They do have cabins there you know, but $110 per night is pretty damn steep. I blame the repubs!


Whatcha complaining about? You get 73 as a low? Ascension Academy is showing 62 degrees!http://www.palodurocanyon.com/weather.php

We are 87 right now and may get into the mid 70's, but often it is not that cool this time of year here. :hug:

[seabeyond]

50. 93 right now, at 10:52. ascension is lyin. suppose to be the private school with highest academic

achievement. guess they fail.

[Melissa G]

58. Sucks!

probably too hot and sticky to hug you...:hug: virtual hug anyway...

[seabeyond]

60. lol. i am starting to feel the airconditioning. not so grumpy now, lol. nt

[cantbeserious]

57. I'm A Texan And Live In New York State - You Can Come And Live With Me

eom

[seabeyond]

61. you moved into yankee territtory and new yorker at that, gasp. i dont believe... lol

good for you

i am a calif adn probably be buried in this state. actually, hubby is plannin on movin after kids are out of highschool. he doesnt think i can stick around much longer. he is getting.... concerned.

[cantbeserious]

106. Come On Up - The Weather Is Fine

eom

[Shagbark Hickory]

27. And universal healthcare. And all the Ben & Jerry's you can ask for. nt

[patrice]

8. Hang in there, seabeyond. I know, easier said than done, but we're here

for you, so bitch away!

[seabeyond]

14. ah hahaha. that is so cute. i have air... ceiling fan, and hubby brought in another fan, lol

air is going and our house hit a high of 87. cooking is hell.

that is funny. thanks.

you guys are getting the rain. i was smart aleck a month ago, saying i would forgo the rain with all the tornados you were getting. this morning i was thinking.... i would take the threat of tornado for some rain.

[pinboy3niner]

13. "It's hot. Damn hot! Real hot! ...Fool, it's hot!"

"Hey, uh, hi, can you help me, what's your name?

"My name's Roosevelt E. Roosevelt."

Roosevelt, what town are you stationed in?

"I'm stationed in Poontang."

Well, thank you, Roosevelt. What's the weather like out there?

"It's hot. Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking."

Well, can you tell me what it feels like?

"Fool, it's hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot! I saw... It's so damn hot, I saw little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot! Do you know what I'm talking about?"

What do you think it's going to be like tonight?

"It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle."

Thank you, Roosevelt. Here's a song coming your way right now. "Nowhere To Run To" by Martha and the Vandellas. Yes! You know what I mean! Whew. Too much?"

:rofl:


Hope you get a break soon! :hi:

[seabeyond]

16. ya, that. lol.

:hi:

[drokhole]

76. "Yeah, it's hot, too!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z_CbSHVYU8

:-)

[pinboy3niner]

82. LOL!

Good Morning Vietnam: Weather Report with Roosevelt E. Roosevelt (0:32)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwsyU0PD1zc

[drokhole]

87. HA! Was trying to remember what that was from! nt

[TBF]

15. Yikes, that is worse than here. We were above 100 every day the past

few weeks but we finally got rain this week (not very much, but enough to bring the temps down to mid-90s). For those of you who don't live in Texas, it's like walking into a sauna when you walk outside.

[seabeyond]

18. houston has to be miserable with humidity. at the least, we dont have that. nt

[kentauros]

46. Well, for a lot of people, humidity = miserable.

For me, I can't live without it. When the humidity is as "low" as 60%, my sinuses start to dry up and bug the hell out of me. 80% and above, now that's Heaven! :D

[jwirr]

17. You know how our snow birds come south for the winter - you may

have to reverse that process. Unfortunately that only works if you are elderly and retired.

[malaise]

21. Rain is coming very soon

Hang on in there.

[seabeyond]

23. not on my 5 day forecast. when? i want to know when? a month, two, possibly snow in dec.... lol

ok. i will have faith,

thanks.

[malaise]

25. You made me laugh with the

snow in December. And yes the heat is unbearable this year

[seabeyond]

109. spooky....

Monday Night

Chance of T-storms
20% chance of precipitation

[Gregorian]

22. I totally sympathize.

I was never so upset in my life as the years I lived in weather that was hot, and equally as hot at night. Horrible.

It hasn't gotten over 69 degrees here. And I'm more thankful than could be.

For some years now I have been thinking that as the planet heats up people are going to begin leaving for the coasts.

[seabeyond]

24. ahhh, my ideal place i have lived was carmel. we lived in carmel valley.

that was my ideal weather.

[Shagbark Hickory]

29. And by "coasts" you mean the pacific coast. Because the atlantic & gulf is hot as fucking blazes.

[blogslut]

28. The worst part is it's not cooling down at night

At least, not until the wee hours.

In the Panhandle we've always been able to depend on the fact that once the sun started to hit the horizon, the temperatures dropped to a reasonable level but shit - it's nearly 10PM and it's still 98 degrees. It's the worst I've ever seen it in all my 50 years.

[Shagbark Hickory]

30. OK that's really bad. The panhandle gets really bad temperature extremes. nt

[seabeyond]

41. ninety fuckin four last night and i go to bed late. like one in the morning.

it is really odd this year.

[justabob]

70. that is the part that gets me

I am in Dallas, where the temps have been hovering around 100 for the last month with only a quick thunderstorm here and there. Miserable.... 100 degrees at midnight, it never, ever goes below 80, even in the dead of night. I hate Texas summer. And just think, we have at least three more months to go of this wretched weather. Argh!

[Auntie Bush]

102. Get out while you can. In a couple years with these temperatures

and global warming more people will be heading north than south. All this week it will be in low 80ies day and mid 50ies nights. Can't beat that! Very rarely do we get floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes. I still say more to Vermont and we have great congressmen to boot.

[Whisp]

31. just some friendly advice. don't water. it's too precious for lawns. nt

[seabeyond]

44. parks and golf course have stopped watering too. only key places on courses.

yellow grass everywhere. i worry about the trees, not so much the grass. the tress are getting into bad shape

[kentauros]

47. Growing up, my father would water our younger trees with this device

that he'd stick into the ground a few feet down. I've since learned it's called a "hose-fed root-feeder". This site explains it at the bottom of the page, though you might find a different method to use that you like, too:

Watering New Trees - The Secrets to Success

[seabeyond]

51. my husband was talking about this yesterday. his dad did, too.

thanks for the site. i will let him look at it.

[kentauros]

55. It may be something you have to order online.

I'm not sure if it's sold at most gardening supply houses.

As for your lawn, one thing that was taught to me by other organic gardeners was to add more compost to your lawns. The same effects it has for gardens is in play, where it loosens the soils and makes it retain more water. I'm sure it's too hot right now to do that, so maybe in the fall or next spring. One interesting source of both nitrogen and organic material is sheep feed, or alfalfa pellets, spread like fertilizer pellets :)

[seabeyond]

62. that is interesting. we were going to ariate this year and didnt.

but that sounds like a good idea next year when we do that. i will have to get that info.

[kentauros]

69. I only hope I've given you good information.

I haven't had a garden in well over fifteen years, and living in an apartment means I don't have a lawn to care for. However, I do still love gardening, and collect info for when I have one again :)

So, look what I found in my bookmarks:

Organic Lawn Care For the Cheap and Lazy

Okay, not only is it very informative, but funny, too! :D

[Incitatus]

32. How is your attic insulation?

I've heard from a few people that the blow in insulation makes a huge difference. The machine rental is free at Home Depot if you buy a certain amount of insulation and it is pretty easy to do yourself, and a lot cheaper than hiring someone.

[seabeyond]

42. we might check into that. one of the reasons we are getting new windows.

reality though... the house is to big for this one unit on one side of the house. it needs two. and i am not gonna spend the money

[DemoTex]

34. We have fire crews in Arizona and Texas

But it is drying out here, rapidly, with lightning in the forecast for mid-week. By July 4th, we will be into fire season.

[seabeyond]

43. yes. they are actually going to take people to jail if they have fireworks. no ticket. and

they have made it illegal to sell. walmart and other sotres have had to take fieworks off shelf, no little booths outside city line, and they are having a laser show instead of city fireworks.

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. "I was watching a couple play tennis outside. The man served, the woman returned.....

they burst into flames"

(A comedian from long ago describing a similar situation.)

It's hot.

[kestrel91316]

45. We've had runs of 115F-116F like that. Dangerous heat, you think

you're gonna die and then you WISH you would just die.

It WILL end. Hang in there.

[JCMach1]

49. That's the regular Summer temperature here in UAE... plus high humidity

We don't start sweating until it's over 120

[dixiegrrrrl]

68. What is your secret for staying cool there?????????

Desperate to know, I am.

[JCMach1]

88. Shade yourself, sleep in the afternoon

If you must go out, do so only at night.

Literally, the country has to take the afternoon off. It will kill you. Most outside jobs will have morning and night shifts.

Oh yeah, and constant AC.

However, you get used to it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

104. I wonder how long it will be before the hot areas here do the siesta thing.

Our temps are rising, no doubt. We are going to have to adapt.
And when the "constant" A/C becomes too pricey, then what?

[stevedeshazer]

71. Wow. I couldn't hack it.

If it gets over 75F here I'm a shirtless F5 party tornado because it might be the warmest effin' day of the year!

:)

[JCMach1]

89. It is horrible horrible horrible

time to go on vacation

[seabeyond]

52. sigh

must be in AZ. lol. i was born there. but different when you are a kid and when you are old, lol. in az we would fry an egg on asphalt and see who could stand on pavement the longest, barefoot, lol

[kestrel91316]

53. Nope. Los Angeles.

[seabeyond]

54. really? i didnt know.

with the smog, that would be a killer... literally. i lived in bakersfield. we would get you smog on over the mountian, lol. going down the grapevine, we would see a blanket sometimes.

ah, childhood memories, lol

[JI7]

65. are you in the Valley, it's not so bad closer to the coast

but i know we usually get the really hot days around august and start of september.

[kestrel91316]

77. Yep. Actually, the west end of the Valley. Home to the highest temp

EVER recorded in LA County (119F in July about 5 years ago).

[JCMach1]

90. I also lived in the SW... the Middle-East is one step beyond when the monsoon

humidity kicks in... we get the humidity and NO RAIN.

[Maru Kitteh]

56. 0.19 inches? For the love of custard... . in what time period? This month?

I lived in El Paso for a couple of years. I was 9 months pregnant in El Paso in August, without air conditioning.

Oh boy, do I feel your pain.

[seabeyond]

59. we had a little snow feb 10. (i just read this, how i know). ytd .68. from feb 10th

to today we have had .19. that was out at the airport. 20 minutes out of town. i think they got a little more than we did, lol.

i have inlaws in elpaso. we visit often. i wouldnt want to live there either, and would DIE i tell you, without air.

[Maru Kitteh]

86. I threw up a lot.

And I spent a lot of time in the shower. I spent a lot of time at the mall. I spent a lot of time in my underwear on the floor.

[WolverineDG]

63. Imagine those temps without A/C

:hi:

I'm praying they can fix my a/c on Monday.

dg

[seabeyond]

78. YIKES... not good. nt

[Aerows]

64. I'm in MS - Gulf Coast - 106 two days in a row

It's hot as hell here. It hit 106, but mind you the humidity is very high. Finally we had some rain a few days ago. I feel for you. Several days of triple digits, and you just don't want to be outside if you can help it - which you can't because at the least you have to water the garden.

[seabeyond]

79. i tell hubby, the heat keeps me in the house more than the cold. i cannot stand going out

and i was born in AZ and raised in calif, so i know hot. but getting older, i cant stand it. cant imagine 106 in humidity. the funny? i went to louisianna for three days years ago. so humid adn rained the whole time, and with all the tries, i thought i was dying of claustrophobia. i couldnt breathe. felt the sky was pressing down on me and the trees all around. was horrible. but every building i went into was freezing. was a HUGE wtf. lol. they told me needed cause of humidity. i was tired of being cold and turned off air in hotel and wow.... i know why they use the air. i tunred it on right quick

my boys and i were so thrilled to get to the open spaces of west texas.

[Aerows]

108. It's like breathing soup outside

I lived in Tuscon when I was a kid, and I'm telling you, I'd take an AZ 110 over a NOLA 98 any day of the week and twice on Sundays. I grew up in New Orleans, so I'm familiar with Deep South heat. I'm about 45 minutes from there in MS.

I've been astounded this summer, though. I can't ever remember it being this hot. It just doesn't usually hit triple digits here, especially not with the suffocating humidity.

[XemaSab]

67. It gets to 109 here

but it's way more humid there.

I can't imagine. :(

[seabeyond]

80. i am in west texas, which is way more north than dallas, yet, they are considered north and we are

west, whatever. texas. anyway, lol, we dont often get humidity. a little in late spring and everyone is always so surprised and a big deal with the little it is. not as dry as calif, but dry. i am surprised it gets that hot where you are. northern? i thought it would be cooler. but that is the valley i think.

[XemaSab]

85. The valley gets wicked hot

We've got mountains on three sides so we get no coastal air. :(

[Odin2005]

72. That is why I will NEVER live in the South. I'm Minnesotan, I like things cool and dry.

[Aerows]

73. I'm jealous

I could handle the cold. 106 two days in a row, and you start hoping for a hurricane to cool things down. Not a Katrina, mind you, but at least a tropical storm.

[seabeyond]

81. hey

another texas poster and i were hoping a hurricane was gonna bring us some rain. we both thought it odd, putting hope in a hurricane. so i hear ya.

[thelordofhell]

74. 109 in Phoenix today.........had to take off my coat

Brrrrrrrr

:sarcasm:

[seabeyond]

83. lol. the thing

i use to live in az. what i remember is i would always take a sweater cause the air was always up so high and i would freeze in buildings. lol. never needed a coat in winter, when i was a kid, but a sweater in the summer.

[NM Independent]

84. 110 in Roswell today. It's been since late Sept. or early Oct. since we've seen rain.

I want to move somewhere cold. Really, really cold. On the upside it should be a cool 97 on Wednesday.

[JDPriestly]

91. Have you tried cold showers?

That's what we do in LA when the weather gets too hot. We don't have air conditioning.

In spite of that and although we live far from the beach, our house stays relatively cool in the summer because it is surrounded by trees. If you can plant a few trees around your house, that might help in future years.

Sorry if I sound like a meddling know-it-all. Just hoping to help. You have to know what is best for you.

[B Calm]

92. and all it does is rain rain and rain here in Indiana. Sick and tired of mowing grass.

[seabeyond]

96. that is another thing. i pay my son to mow the yard. he has mowed total of 3 times

this year, so far. generally weekly and pretty long by the time he gets to it. getting no water. no growing. no moving. he makes no money, lol

now, it does mean i dont have to spend the money, too. upside for me.

but he does have a girlfriend and money is needed.

[JoeyT]

93. We haven't quite gotten that hot yet.

It's only in the upper 90s here in Alabama so far. Y'all can just keep the rest of the heat over in Texas. :P

We are getting month+ droughts and when we finally, mercifully, get a rain, it's a week of gullywashers that causes so much erosion trees start falling over, so everyone's crops are either burned to death during the drought or the roots rot off from the wet.

All the right wingers that insisted two weeks of below freezing "proved" global warming wasn't real are mysteriously silent.

[trud]

97. build underground? n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

98. California seems to actually be

BENEFITING from global warming. We had one of the wettest years on record when we're usually scrounging for water (California's water issues are long and sordid) plus we're having a really mild summer. I'm in the San Joaquin Valley and by the end of June we're usually well entrenched in triple digits. I looked at the forecast and, though we had a couple of 107's last week, next Wednesday it's going to be 85. That NEVER happens! And the forecasters are saying we're not going to have those gawd-aweful 34 straight days of temps over 105 degree spells.

[seabeyond]

99. i am glad to hear it. spring '10 we drove to calif. started at eureka and drove down.

(i am from calif, but my texas boys have never been). the boys were amazed how green it was and i had forgotten how green, use to texas brown. i hate seeing all the destruction of forest fires in calif. good to hear they are getting the rain.

[susanr516]

107. Typical summer day in Corpus Christi

High of 95, low of 78--for 4 solid months, minimum. At least we got 1.5" of rain last week, and we almost always have a nice sea-breeze. And winter is great. It's seldom below freezing here. I don't know how anybody lives in Amarillo, and I'm a 5th-generation native Texan.

[AverageJoe90]

110. Childress, TX hit 117 not long ago...........

......although here in North Texas we haven't been hit too hard by the heat. Not yet, anyway.