Blastfurnace 2020: The Forcefield strikes back

[Guadaloopy 10973]

Can’t tell you how much this thread makes me want to come back to TX.  High of 71 in my little slice of SoCal today.  

[phdhorn 6224]

So... gettin' near 100° today, will probably make it Friday and Saturday.  Then the high moves west and temps come down into the mid-90's.



"Hot day."
"I've seen worse."

[WhatTheBuck 28783]

10 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

High of 71 in my little slice of SoCal today.  

That sounds AWESOME. 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Not me, but Spencer:

Sunday and Monday’s forecast highs of 106 and 107 degrees in Austin would be the hottest temperatures we have recorded in two full years. The hottest we were last summer was 105 degrees. In July 2018, Austin’s highs reached 110 degrees.

https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/todays-forecast/

[Neonmoon 38129]

25 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Not me, but Spencer:

Sunday and Monday’s forecast highs of 106 and 107 degrees in Austin would be the hottest temperatures we have recorded in two full years. The hottest we were last summer was 105 degrees. In July 2018, Austin’s highs reached 110 degrees.

https://www.kxan.com/weather/forecast/todays-forecast/

[Orange&White 5528]

Jim rolling out with 106 and 107 as the highs while my other weather sources are rolling with 100 and 102.

Jumpin' Jimbo's never been known to sensationalize anything, has he?

[MissingInAction 25082]

The dog gets walked at 6 am, 11 am, then 9 PM so as not to melt into the earth. 

[Trey3216 15346]

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

The dog gets walked at 6 am, 11 am, then 9 PM so as not to melt into the earth. 

We cut the 11am walk out because it’s too damn hot in July/August for a dog’s feet on pavement at that point.   
 

I walk my dog for 5+ miles every morning at around 6:30/7.   We sometimes go at night for another 1-2 miles if the wife wants to walk, which is sporadic right now since she’s 6.5 months pregnant 

[NoRagrets 1125]

Once it gets up to 100, my primary ac just can’t keep up. House won’t get below 78 until 8pm or so.

[Hate 20108]

Holy shit. I don’t let my house get above 74, upstairs and downstairs. The AC for downstairs is set to 68 at night so I can sleep and 71 upstairs for my son. I can’t sleep if it’s hot.

[MissingInAction 25082]

51 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

We cut the 11am walk out because it’s too damn hot in July/August for a dog’s feet on pavement at that point.   
 

I walk my dog for 5+ miles every morning at around 6:30/7.   We sometimes go at night for another 1-2 miles if the wife wants to walk, which is sporadic right now since she’s 6.5 months pregnant 

My complex is overflowing with massive oak trees so it is easy to keep her in the shade. All the sidewalks here are shaded.

Some dip fuck who moved here from califuck, never experienced a Texas summer,  actually complained about the trees because of the birds shitting all over his precious Audi. Just wait until he sees the log I'm gonna lay on the hood.

*pics of preggo wife's fat milkers plz.

Edited July 7, 2020 by MissingInAction

[Nicole44 22060]

This is why I only come here for rain stuff. Raining in 78717. 

[SDG 3319]

Another hot weekend coming up.

 

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

3 minutes ago, SDG said:

Another hot weekend coming up.

 

“But it’s a dry heat”

[Blotto 23518]

7 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

“But it’s a dry heat”

Well......it is. Give me 13% humidity over 45% humidity any day in the summer. I don't know how you fuckers in Houston handle it. 

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by Blotto

[Lerka Lerka 1087]

Dry heat doesn't count. 

[texhorn 351]

Well here we go

[Guest Lobo]

10 degrees above average for the 20th day in a row for the 20th year in a row.  Nope, nothing to see here.  All made in the shade.  

This is not gonna have the intended Covid-19 effect that many thought.  

[Trey3216 15346]

11 minutes ago, Lobo said:

10 degrees above average for the 20th day in a row for the 20th year in a row.  Nope, nothing to see here.  All made in the shade.  

This is not gonna have the intended Covid-19 effect that many thought.  

But we’re not 10 degrees above average right now 

[Guest Lobo]

At this exact moment?  No.  But we're supposed to top off at 95 on a typical July 11.  We're headed quickly towards ten degrees above that, again.  And of course, year after year we are way over the usual highs.  Which of course, drag the averages up with them.  But yeah, I get it.  Texans love it at 105 and nothing is wrong  

[SimonBolivar 10958]

I'm not complaining about summer this year. Sure a few hot days are coming up, but there was some good rain in early July and quite a few great weather days this summer. We'll see if I feel this way September 1.

Edited July 11, 2020 by SimonBolivar

[XYZ 2154]

On 7/7/2020 at 3:35 PM, Larry T. Spider said:

“But it’s a dry heat”

I flew in from Phoenix yesterday. 114 degrees. Fuck that. The “dry heat” is fucking bullshit. You stand there and the hot wind cooks your face.

[MissingInAction 25082]

The heat in an oven is pretty dry.

[XYZ 2154]

and Phoenix feels like you’re in an oven. It’s horrible, that place.

[texhorn 351]

I'm not complaining about summer this year. Sure a few hot days are coming up, but there was some good rain in early July and quite a few great weather days this summer. We'll see if I feel this way September 1.

What rain in early July? It’s dry AF. Haven’t seen shit here (78633) since early June. Amazing we aren’t in a burn ban.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

What The Forecast reading surly for material?

[SimonBolivar 10958]

52 minutes ago, texhorn said:

What rain in early July? It’s dry AF. Haven’t seen shit here (78633) since early June. Amazing we aren’t in a burn ban.

Well yeah ATX forcefield. North of you we got 2.67" on the 7th and a bit on the 6th.

[Trey3216 15346]

104 with a 115 Heat Index in Hewitt/Woodway rt now.   
 

 

[gmr548 16580]

103/112 here in my slice of NW Austin. Dog getting anxious to go for a walk because I walked him pretty early. That's gonna be about four more hours bud.

On the plus side, tomorrow's 105 is supposed to have a slightly lower heat index because it'll a little be less humid. So there's that.

[NoRagrets 1125]

In the shade in my pool that feels like a bathtub (water at all time high of 89) with yeti filled with two beers that are already getting hot.

Fuck this. I need a summer home in New Zealand. 

Edited July 12, 2020 by NoRagrets

[HenryJames 66067]

So some ragrets?

[UT_OB1 2223]

On 7/11/2020 at 4:21 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

On 7/11/2020 at 4:21 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

What The Forecast reading surly for material?

30% humidity?  Did you have a cool front go through (Houston area checking in). 

[UT_OB1 2223]

Surly is fucked, or I can’t work an iPhone. 

 

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/tx/seabrook/KTXSEABR49

 

 

 

[hornian 5219]

Whose idea was it to build Texas so close to the surface of the sun?

[texhorn 351]

Fucking hell. 106 on the weather station. Looks like the high was 107.3 at 5:58pm (NW Georgetown). 

[The Ace of Aces 5184]

It’s been above 90 for 14 out of the last 15 days here in Pennsylvania. Buffalo hit 98 this last week. 

Fuck global warming. 

[XYZ 2154]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

So some ragrets?

After all these years, you FINALLY post something funny.

[Neonmoon 38129]

45 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

It’s been above 90 for 14 out of the last 15 days here in Pennsylvania. Buffalo hit 98 this last week. 

Fuck global warming. 

That’s cute 

[The Ace of Aces 5184]

33 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

That’s cute 

Oh ya it’s not comparable. But I’ve lost my Texas heat tolerance and a lot here don’t have AC so the increasing hot weather is a bitch.

If anyone’s been to DC or Philly in a summer heatwave can relate to how much summer fucking sucks.  
 

But yea you guys keep the 100+ bullshit. We were in Dallas last summer for those 105 degree days and I wanted to literally die, 

[Trey3216 15346]

20 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Oh ya it’s not comparable. But I’ve lost my Texas heat tolerance and a lot here don’t have AC so the increasing hot weather is a bitch.

If anyone’s been to DC or Philly in a summer heatwave can relate to how much summer fucking sucks.  
 

But yea you guys keep the 100+ bullshit. We were in Dallas last summer for those 105 degree days and I wanted to literally die, 

DC and Philly are fucking nightmares during a heat wave.  
 

living in an oven for 3 months is the very definition of insanity.  

[MissingInAction 25082]

AC went out last night, and I can't hide out at a cafe or bar because rona. 

Guess I'll drink beer in the car until it gets fixed.

[DaysOff 7951]

Go to girlfriend's

Bang

Profit

[Kavinsky 417]

"I'll cut the grass at 9:30 this morning, I'll finish up before 11 just before it gets hot"

10:30 95 degrees, 50% humidity

Fuck this, I'm paying some high school kids to mow my lawn. ZFG

Edited July 13, 2020 by Kavinsky

[Orange&White 5528]

3 hours ago, Kavinsky said:

Fuck this, I'm paying some high school kids to mow my lawn. ZFG

I don't know where you live but that has not been a thing anywhere near where I live in at least a decade. Kids now are lazy and don't know how to mow. Prepare to pay $60 a pop.

[Updawg 2266]

I’m in sw Austin and get kids to mow from next door. I’ve been too busy working from home to do it myself this summer. I find kids to take the oak leaves a couple of times a year as well. Only problem is it usually a father forcing his kid to mow to save for college, so eventually they do go off to college so you have to find a new one. Always good workers as well since their dads are probably hard asses

[deter 314]

Summer of '69 worked as a flagman on Hwy 84 in Waco (initial construction of i-35).  28 days in July over 100. Average 101.6. Nothing new here.

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

19 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

That’s cute 

Was in Pa last week. Was also muggy. It sucked. Not as bad as Texas but definitely sucked.  The people up there were dying. I completely soaked on shirt on a hike that looked like I’d jumped in the lake with it. I spent an hour breaking camp at 9:00 am and it was pretty miserable. It was hot enough that we went and bought a portable trim AC for $350 at Loews. Walmart was all sold out of their portable AC’s. 

Edited July 13, 2020 by Wulaw Horn

[Native Horn 3504]

10 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Was in Pa last week. Was also muggy. It sucked. Not as bad as Texas but definitely sucked.  The people up there were dying. I completely soaked on shirt on a hike that looked like I’d jumped in the lake with it. I spent an hour breaking camp at 9:00 am and it was pretty miserable. It was hot enough that we went and bought a portable trim AC for $350 at Loews. Walmart was all sold out of their portable AC’s. 

I thought the portable trim was in the tent?

[Storm the Field 5294]

Over the past 5 years or so , I've really grown to dislike the scorching July/August weather in Texas, but god damn does this year take the cake.

At least at in the past you could catch a baseball game or a movie, or meet up with friends at a well-shaded bar with fans on blast. Weekend activity options are basically now limited to (i) sit inside house in AC, (ii) jump in pool that feels like luke-warm bath water, or (iii) die.

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

3 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

I thought the portable trim was in the tent?

Ha. That was supposed to be portable room AC.