Friday, September 28, 2018

A Big Difference

When I arrived at school yesterday morning at 7:00, it was 58 degrees.  When I left school at 4:00, it was 107.  Almost a 50 degree difference in temperature.  When the hot weather comes, we are not usually so cool in the mornings.  Must mean fall is here!


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  1. VinceSeptember 28, 2018 at 7:30 AM

    I mean to be very blunt here so KFO. We got one year that summer came close to what you have on a cool day and we w-a-l-l-o-w-e-d in it.

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    1. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)September 28, 2018 at 4:20 PM

      The grass is always greener, of course. While we get really mild winters, the extreme heat is wearing on me. I'd rather in a place that's cold and rainy most of the year than HOT for over half of it. It's too hot to wallow in anything but your sweat. :)

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    2. VinceSeptember 30, 2018 at 12:28 AM

      We've had summers that browned off the grass. Even the woodland path I bring Jessy gets burnt most years, but not this one. This one it was really lovely, days hovering at C25, little rain. I cooked for nigh on five months on the BBQ. I burnt out two jets. Used the warranty to get a new one of course, but I used the old one enough it failed.
      But of course I feel you. I doubt I'd survive more than a week in LA. If the people didn't shoot me for a mouthy European that walks the heat would.

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    3. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)September 30, 2018 at 9:49 AM

      You got lucky this year. A mild summer is something I can only dream about anymore. "Back in the day" they were more common, but we are hotter and it goes for so much longer now, about half the year really.
      I'm glad you are getting a good use on your bbq. I had to get a new one this summer. My "fancy" one broke out of warranty, but only a couple of years old. This time a bought a cheapy and it's been great. If it breaks after two years, well at least it wasn't an arm and a leg like the last one. This time of year our nights are cooling, so it is pleasant to cook and eat outside.

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    4. VinceSeptember 30, 2018 at 11:31 AM

      Ohh it wasn't mild. It was HOT. At least for us it was. We had days, d-a-y-s that were over 30, two of them :-D.

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    5. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)October 1, 2018 at 12:49 AM

      Two of them? Ha! That's so cute. ;)

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  2. KellySeptember 28, 2018 at 9:01 AM

    Ha! At least it's "dry" heat!! (come share my humidity) :D

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    1. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)September 28, 2018 at 4:24 PM

      I DO NOT disagree with that. Everyone jokes at that "At least it's a dry heat" saying, but it's so true. Humidity just saps energy from you. The AC works better in the dry heat too, so the inside does cool off. I remember being in Arkansas several years ago as a kid and would need another shower just getting out of the shower. We were always just WET.
      However, in the climate changes we've been going through here, just in my life time, we are more humid than we used to be. When most of the year we would run under 20% humidity (away from the ocean) we have had several days in the 40% range, which is nothing for you but almost double for us. Yuck!!!

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    2. KellyOctober 2, 2018 at 6:26 AM

      I thought about you on my walk this morning. Beautiful blue sky, 70 degrees.... and 100% humidity!!

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  3. BobSeptember 28, 2018 at 11:54 AM

    107???? That’s not a typo?!

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    1. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)September 28, 2018 at 4:30 PM

      I know, right?!?! No, it is not. It's almost like so much of the country flips a switch on the first day of fall (even September), but our switch doesn't flip anymore until like January. Too hot for me!!

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  4. EdOctober 1, 2018 at 6:12 AM

    I've experiences several days in my lifetime with similar temperature changes, but to my recollection, they have all been the other directions, hot to cold.

    One thing I have learned about BBQ grills after ruining a very expensive one, never cover them. Those covers they sell trap humid air that condenses on the inside of the cover and rusts out your grill much quicker. Once I stopped putting a cover on them, their lifetimes increased five fold.

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  5. Hena TayebOctober 1, 2018 at 11:50 AM

    107! wow.
    We are in the mid 60's to high 70's right now..

    http://www.henatayeb.blogspot.com

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