OT: Is so hot here, they're closing the outdoors!
Live: Forest Service closing Boundary Waters due to fires and extreme heat
Growing-up in the midwest, you get used to a few 100 degree days once in a while, they're pretty rare...We avg 13 90+ degree days over summer.
It's pretty rare we get 7+ days in a row at 93-95+ and heat indices 100+.
Massive heat dome here until Sunday at the earliest.
I know, I expect a "hold my beer" from u southerners..
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it”
We're in the mid-80's today with 64% humidity in Northwest Montana, while East of the Continental Divide (East of the mountains), it may have gotten to 118 degrees (they are verifying it...if so, it would be an all-time record temp for the entire state). They for certain recorded 114 degree readings from yesterday.
Not taking it for granted here. Just blessed that we avoided the mega-heat. At least Minnesota doesn't get much summer humidity (LOL).
Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.
When the feels like temp is 92 degrees at 5:30 am in the morning, call me!
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StickierBuns wrote:
When the feels like temp is 92 degrees at 5:30 am in the morning, call me!
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Man, do u ever get used to that?
Ive been in Jax for biz in August...A nice air conditioned hotel, clothes hanging in the closet felt wet the next am.
When we were a younger family, we vacationed in Tampa/St Pete in August, b4 school started. Always stayed at The Pink Lady and the waters were so warm down there, great memories.
I luv it in Fl Jan-Mar though!
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
Man, do u ever get used to that?
Ive been in Jax for biz in August...A nice air conditioned hotel, clothes hanging in the closet felt wet the next am.
When we were a younger family, we vacationed in Tampa/St Pete in August, b4 school started. Always stayed at The Pink Lady and the waters were so warm down there, great memories.
I luv it in Fl Jan-Mar though!
This has been bad for south Florida....its been like this for 3 to 4 weeks. That's unusual. Unrelenting. We've had Saharan dust for a month and its kept alot of rain away and temps high. But it also keeps hurricane wave formations from forming off the coast of Africa and moving here....
StickierBuns wrote:
This has been bad for south Florida....its been like this for 3 to 4 weeks. That's unusual. Unrelenting. We've had Saharan dust for a month and its kept alot of rain away and temps high.
Thats rough dude.
Super El Nino this year...Probably going to have a warmer, less snowy winter up here is the prediction.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Ive been to Arkansas in late July... fuck that noise, it was in the mid 80s at 530AM, 99% humidity, nope, no place for me.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
JimmyinSD wrote:
Ive been to Arkansas in late July... fuck that noise, it was in the mid 80s at 530AM, 99% humidity, nope, no place for me.
Yah, I had my fair share of Bentonville and back over a career...Glad u jarred my memory
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
purplefaithful wrote:
Man, do u ever get used to that?
Ive been in Jax for biz in August...A nice air conditioned hotel, clothes hanging in the closet felt wet the next am.
When we were a younger family, we vacationed in Tampa/St Pete in August, b4 school started. Always stayed at The Pink Lady and the waters were so warm down there, great memories.
I luv it in Fl Jan-Mar though!
I lived in Jax from 2000-2010. Loved being able to walk around in T-shirt and shorts at night for 6 months of the year. It was going out in sunlight that was occasionally a problem!
purplefaithful wrote:
Thats rough dude.
Super El Nino this year...Probably going to have a warmer, less snowy winter up here is the prediction.
So like the majority of winters here in the last 20 years.
kmillard wrote:
So like the majority of winters here in the last 20 years.
I luv all the farmers almanac stuff!
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
I’m about an hour north of Millie lacs. It is brutal
I’m about an hour north of Millie lacs. It is brutal
purplefaithful wrote:
Man, do u ever get used to that?
Ive been in Jax for biz in August...A nice air conditioned hotel, clothes hanging in the closet felt wet the next am.
When we were a younger family, we vacationed in Tampa/St Pete in August, b4 school started. Always stayed at The Pink Lady and the waters were so warm down there, great memories.
I luv it in Fl Jan-Mar though!
The Pink Lady, otherwise known as The Don CeSar. Great hotel, but even better beaches. Wowsa! That stark white, fluffy, soft sand at your feet and turquoise water you can walk out forever. Great spot. Had a business event there and loved it!
The humidity sucks, but being close to water makes it much better, IMO. I just don't like smelling like wet dog after being outside in it for a few mins. So gross.
Conversely, as many people couldn't imagine themselves in Florida in the summer, being in the North or Upper Midwest in December through March would be a nightmare. I put my dues in when I was younger, never again.
RS_Express wrote:
I lived in Jax from 2000-2010. Loved being able to walk around in T-shirt and shorts at night for 6 months of the year. It was going out in sunlight that was occasionally a problem!
That's 12 months a year in SoFlo for shorts, t-shirt and flips! And like you say, stay in the shade with some breeze/fans and you'll be ok. Always take a Christmas Day photo of swimming in the ocean to send to friends and relatives, lol.
AGRforever wrote:
I’m about an hour north of Millie lacs. It is brutal
Careful up there....These fires are for real and spreading. NG has been called out.
Air quality hazards issued today for the entire state.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
StickierBuns wrote:
That's 12 months a year in SoFlo for shorts, t-shirt and flips! And like you say, stay in the shade with some breeze/fans and you'll be ok. Always take a Christmas Day photo of swimming in the ocean to send to friends and relatives, lol.
Oddly enough, I've never been to SoFlo. Orlando, Tampa, the Pan Handle, but nothing south. In fact there are only two major cities in America I've yet to visit: Miami and DC. Maybe I'll do a winter trip to Miami toward the end of the year and cross that one off.
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it”
MaroonBells wrote:
Oddly enough, I've never been to SoFlo. Orlando, Tampa, the Pan Handle, but nothing south. In fact there are only two major cities in America I've yet to visit: Miami and DC. Maybe I'll do a winter trip to Miami toward the end of the year and cross that one off.
I'm not a fan of Miami....shit town IMO. I'd recommend the southwest part of Florida: Naples, Ft. Myers, Marco Island....or areas on the East north of Miami like Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Jupiter. But knock it off your list, there are cool areas of Miami! The closer to the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico you are in those places, the better. The more inland, the worse it is IMO.
StickierBuns wrote:
I'm not a fan of Miami....shit town IMO. I'd recommend the southwest part of Florida: Naples, Ft. Myers, Marco Island....or areas on the East north of Miami like Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Jupiter. But knock it off your list, there are cool areas of Miami! The closer to the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico you are in those places, the better. The more inland, the worse it is IMO.
Good to know. Knowing me I'll probably stick mostly to the urban areas. From what I've been reading, Wynwood, Little Havana and Coconut Grove sound more my style. Do you think I could find a good Cubano down there somewhere? 😜 I've done the beach thing aplenty. I'm more into getting to know the city, the history of it, its neighborhoods.
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