Californias heat wave has now come my way in Eastern NC-Its now HOT and HUMID here-the place where I work is on LOAD MANAGEMENT for the whole week.Means we have to run our transmitters and other loads on the Cat generator.For air conditioners-esp household units-most are sized to give an indoor temp of 20 degrees below what is outside-During the extreme heat--simply set your unit's thermostat to be no more than 20 degrees below what the high temp outside is going to be-will be easier on your unit and your electric bill!I don't like very cold winters-the reason I like living out here in the Southeast.Hate snow.However it means I have to put up with possible Hurricanes-I remember Floyd!!At one of our transmitter stations--the staff was trapped there for a week due to flooded streets going to the place-they couldn't leave and no one could come in to releive them.We don't have any water problems here at this time.Don't water my yard-it doesn't need it.Don't mow it either when it is real hot-best to leave it-not going to grow anyway-the grass is going to conserve energy like anything or anyone else out there.
Is the Earth’s Cycling On Its safety Thermostat?
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Hi Robert
The pic is my front garden, Chester has a lot of the Black & White houses...we get a lot of Japanese tourists walking down wanting pics etc...
Keep Kool, Mike
Hi Robert
The pic is my front garden, Chester has a lot of the Black & White houses...we get a lot of Japanese tourists walking down wanting pics etc...
Keep Kool, Mike
Thank god for Air Con...
Well...all i can say is thank god for air con...as Nathan said, we swelter here in Qld from November to January and considering the days have been a lovely 25 degrees celcious and this is still Winter for us here!...then i can see its going to be another long hot summer!
Leon
Well...all i can say is thank god for air con...as Nathan said, we swelter here in Qld from November to January and considering the days have been a lovely 25 degrees celcious and this is still Winter for us here!...then i can see its going to be another long hot summer!
Leon
Mike: I beleive we generally call Black & Whites *Tudor-style* homes here.
Nathan: Just to remind everyone on th esite that Novemeber is summer for you, winter for many of us.
How's this for economy of water?
Santa Catalina island (California) uses salt-water to flush its toilets!
Nathan: Just to remind everyone on th esite that Novemeber is summer for you, winter for many of us.
How's this for economy of water?
Santa Catalina island (California) uses salt-water to flush its toilets!
it's currently 3.9 degrees here. (whatever that is in oldfangled?? maybe 40?) Certainly COLD.
I went to yoga practise at the local hall - wooden floors, tiny gas heater - our 1 hour yoga class was about 55 minutes warmup exercises, 5 minutes real yoga! It's COLD. send some warms here please!
Chris.
I went to yoga practise at the local hall - wooden floors, tiny gas heater - our 1 hour yoga class was about 55 minutes warmup exercises, 5 minutes real yoga! It's COLD. send some warms here please!
Chris.
Thank you baby Jesus! The heat has broken and it's a comfy 75-degrees in SW Minnesota today. It's also raining. A lot. We need it. Weather Channel sez we could have up to 6 inches by tomorrow morning. I can hear my lawn sucking it up. Hopefully it hasn't gone completely dormant and I'll have a nice green lawn for the duration.
YAY, Eugene I'm with you. The temperature has dropped 22 degress and its cloudy, its so nice not to see that blazing sun for one day!!
Gosh Chris that sounds just wonderful, please send some of that cool weather our way and we will send you our heatwave if you want it.
Gosh Chris that sounds just wonderful, please send some of that cool weather our way and we will send you our heatwave if you want it.
The heat in the East Bay was really oppressive for the past two weeks. Thankfully now it's returned to our normal pattern of cool nights and warm days.
Normally during a heat wave I'm able to cool the house down overnight, and shutter it during the day to keep the cool air in and the hot air out. But mid-way through this latest heat wave, that technique stopped working so well, and some nights it got up to 85 inside before I could open the windows at night and cool it down. It was really miserable, and difficult to get much done.
No A/C in my home, usually never need it. But after this I might go out and get one of those portable roll-around units - not a window unit - for the couple of weeks a year when it might be needed.
Re: why people die in heatwaves. I think most of the deaths are of the elderly, who are in poor health already, or not able to take the proper measures (plenty of fluids, light clothing, etc), and so they succomb. Additionally, failure of A/C systems, or power outtages, took their tool. Finally, many people don't think they live in an arid hot climate here, so they are not used to taking precautions. The buildings may not be constructed to deflect or shed heat efficiently, as well.
Normally during a heat wave I'm able to cool the house down overnight, and shutter it during the day to keep the cool air in and the hot air out. But mid-way through this latest heat wave, that technique stopped working so well, and some nights it got up to 85 inside before I could open the windows at night and cool it down. It was really miserable, and difficult to get much done.
No A/C in my home, usually never need it. But after this I might go out and get one of those portable roll-around units - not a window unit - for the couple of weeks a year when it might be needed.
Re: why people die in heatwaves. I think most of the deaths are of the elderly, who are in poor health already, or not able to take the proper measures (plenty of fluids, light clothing, etc), and so they succomb. Additionally, failure of A/C systems, or power outtages, took their tool. Finally, many people don't think they live in an arid hot climate here, so they are not used to taking precautions. The buildings may not be constructed to deflect or shed heat efficiently, as well.
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It has finally cooled off a bit (high 90's) here is Boise after a month of temperatures in the 100's. Although not every day was a record-breaker, the heat was unhistorically consistent and steady, not even cooling off at nights. Snowfall in the winter has diminished over the last 20 years, to the point that it really doesn't snow here anymore. Could global warming be what's happening? I am not qualified to postulate, but I sure think something is awry everywhere.
I do think appliance makers will get better at designing and building energy efficient machines without any compromises in performance. It's a good start, but more needs to be done in the automotive and clean power generation areas.
I do think appliance makers will get better at designing and building energy efficient machines without any compromises in performance. It's a good start, but more needs to be done in the automotive and clean power generation areas.
maybe it's just tilted just a little too much!
Check out this article! It's unusually cold in South Africa! The reason why we have seasons is because the earth is tilted on it's axis, so maybe the tilted just a little deeper here recently than it used to be. I wonder why no scientists have thought about this theory when they start blowing smoke about "global warming"
news.yahoo.com
Check out this article! It's unusually cold in South Africa! The reason why we have seasons is because the earth is tilted on it's axis, so maybe the tilted just a little deeper here recently than it used to be. I wonder why no scientists have thought about this theory when they start blowing smoke about "global warming"
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neptunebob
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Still hot here, it's up to 96, very hot for our area. Since we have a lot of seniors there are "cooling centers" set up in senior citizen centers and YMCAs. Don't expect any relief until the weekend. Rich, those wheel about air conditioners are a rip off, they suck air from inside the house to cool the condenser and then shoot it outside. Some have two tubes and might work better, but they are even more expensive. Best bet might be to just buy a window air conditioner, if they haven't been bought up already. They should cost much less than the "portables". The "Slim Jim" units are more permanent and do work well, but they are very $$$$$. If you really have to get out of the heat go to a theatre and see "Who Killed The Electric Car" again.
P.S. You could see "The Lake House" too, but I just can't understand those women's movies.
P.S. You could see "The Lake House" too, but I just can't understand those women's movies.
The reason why we have seasons is because the earth is tilted on it's axis, so maybe the tilted just a little deeper here recently than it used to be.
That is an interesting thought, but the sunrise and sunset times would then have changed (which they haven't)across the entire world if that were the case.
That is an interesting thought, but the sunrise and sunset times would then have changed (which they haven't)across the entire world if that were the case.
The earth axis being different...
Didn't the Boxing Day tsunami supposedly move the Earth's axis by 1 or 2 degrees... perhaps this could support that theory more, especially since it has only been happening in the last year or two?
Jon
Didn't the Boxing Day tsunami supposedly move the Earth's axis by 1 or 2 degrees... perhaps this could support that theory more, especially since it has only been happening in the last year or two?
Jon
The tsunami did indeed affect the earth's axis, but not the tilt of it. Rather, the axis wobbles between 2 and 12 meters in a circle on the surface of the earth at the poles. For complex reasons the location and strength of the tsunami has affected the nature of this wobble, which is more or less independent of the tilt of 23 degree. In any case, it would not be expected to affect global weather patterns. Much more likely is the cumulative effect of about 120 years of industrial development, more commonly known as the greenhouse effect.
Here's a link to an interesting article about the effect of the tsunami quake on the earth's wobble:
en.wikipedia.org
