Blastfurnace 2018 Thread

[Post Oak 20349]

109 right now in Waco.  Forecast looks like we have to make it until next monday before we get back to low to mid 90s.   I'll be dead by Wednesday

 

[C-Man 27387]

We had 110 and 111 at my place near Love Field on Saturday and Sunday. This is blisteringly hot. Saturday was close to 40% humidity too.

[C-Man 27387]

4 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

109 right now in Waco.  Forecast looks like we have to make it until next monday before we get back to low to mid 90s.   I'll be dead by Wednesday

 

Yeah, appears we don't see a high less than 100 until next Monday and then we're looking at 96, 97 and 98 through the middle of next week.

[Post Oak 20349]

5 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Yeah, appears we don't see a high less than 100 until next Monday and then we're looking at 96, 97 and 98 through the middle of next week.

That'll feel like scarf weather

[Trey3216 15381]

112 at Hewitt Elementary WU station right now down the street from my house.  Luckily my A/C problem was just the capacitor that kicks the compressor on.  $200 fix rather than the bigger one I don't want to deal with today.  

 

Weather Channel saying we have a 40% chance of overnight thunderstorms tonight.  God I hope so

[Wally Pryor 5315]

109 at Mabry.   Good for another degree or two.

[RiceOwl 74]

Only 100 at the office in Plano right now. Child’s play. 

[Trey3216 15381]

Waco breaking all time record high today of 112.  It's 114 at the same Elementary now 

[texhorn 351]

111 at my place in Georgetown


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[phdhorn 6224]

35 minutes ago, RiceOwl said:

Only 100 at the office in Plano right now. Child’s play. 

The blob shifted south, and for the first day of this heat wave, Austin's got the hottest temps in the state (along with the Del Rio area, where it's 'posed to be hot).

Tomorrow temps plunge 10 degrees more frigid.  Wait for it.

[Surly Bevo 25539]

Only 98 with clouds at the moment in NE Tarrant County...I may have to put on some long johns.

[atomheartbevo 90113]

Took my kid up to his elementary school to meet a bunch of kids/parents from his class. 

All three of my weather apps said 109.

[solamente73 1132]

1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

Only 98 with clouds at the moment in NE Tarrant County...I may have to put on some long johns.

No kidding.  Driving home from the office right before 3PM my truck was telling me it was 104 (hey, better than the 114 from our parking lot last Friday).  Just now I was putting a few things away in my 107 degree closed garage when I decided to take out the trash.  I opened the garage door, walked out, and WHOOSH! A coolness hit me so refreshing that I literally couldn’t believe it.  I think I had a brief flash-daydream of skiing.

[Newdoc 3465]

Video of some coworkers in the parking lot this afternoon.

[Beau Vine 54941]

So we're having rolling blackouts in Hays County, and now an AquaTexas well pump broke.  First we got a boil water notice, but that's kind of pointless, because now we have zero running water.  

[Bevo Num1 1060]

So we're having rolling blackouts in Hays County, and now an AquaTexas well pump broke.  First we got a boil water notice, but that's kind of pointless, because now we have zero running water.  

Do you have PEC? I haven't seen anything from them about rolling blackouts.

[RPM 26431]

Got some relief today in DFW. Clouds rolled in about 2pm then a front must have passed through because the wind shifted NW and it cooled down to the upper 80's. It tried to rain for a while but it was evaporating before it hit the ground. 

[Machinator 32099]

 

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by Machinator

[BrazilHorn 6660]

6 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

 

My poor son is at UT baseball camp. Jeez

[Trey3216 15381]

7 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

 

There are some really bad fires right now in between Killeen and Gatesville.  Almost entirely volunteer FD’s.  Been fighting 3 days.   There is a spot in Pidcoke where they are taking ice.  That’s all they asked for.  If anyone can help get some ice there that’d be great.   They have men and equipment failing and are seriously just asking for ice to help cool the firefighters and the tires on the trucks, etc, down enough to continue operations. 

[SimonBolivar 10961]

2 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

There are some really bad fires right now in between Killeen and Gatesville.  Almost entirely volunteer FD’s.  Been fighting 3 days.   There is a spot in Pidcoke where they are taking ice.  That’s all they asked for.  If anyone can help get some ice there that’d be great.   They have men and equipment failing and are seriously just asking for ice to help cool the firefighters and the tires on the trucks, etc, down enough to continue operations. 

This wind can't be helping.

[Trey3216 15381]

14 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

This wind can't be helping.

It’s been calm all day but has really kicked up.   I’m working a bunch of lines up here trying to see what we can do, but without a refrigerated truck it’s gonna be hard to get any significant amount of ice 70 miles when it’s still 98 at 9:15.   

[RPM 26431]

Ever think of calling the ice company and ordering a pallet? They deliver.

[Shmitty 112]

I'm severely dehydrated, is it possible to re-hydrate with green tea?  That's the only cold beverage i have available.  

Edited July 24, 2018 by Shmitty

[Trey3216 15381]

51 minutes ago, RPM said:

Ever think of calling the ice company and ordering a pallet? They deliver.

Called several.  A lot are running thin due to the excessive prolonged heat.  Emergency Ice is delivering a full truck straight to the place in the morning on a refrigerated truck.  That’s the main thing.  It was so ho that you couldn’t get much ice there on an hour and 15 minute drive.   The VFD’s also have equipment breaking down and they don’t have funds like a city FD.  Temps in and around the fires are pushing 140-150.   They were literally having to waste water spraying the trucks down because tires and mud flaps were on fire from getting too hot.   Just trying to help some fellow Texans out the same we did during other situations.    Will keep on.  Just gonna get some funds to help them out at this point when the Emergency ice folks get there tomorrow 

[Paper_jam 838]

Son of a bitch it's midnight and it's still 90 degrees+

 

 

 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Shmitty said:

I'm severely dehydrated, is it possible to re-hydrate with green tea?  That's the only cold beverage i have available.  

cool( not cold) water is best... but some folks avoid it for some reason.

[Post Oak 20349]

114 yesterday. Hottest day ever in waco

Edited July 24, 2018 by Post Oak

[Beau Vine 54941]

And we still have no water...

 

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[Brewin’1up 34]

I rode my motorcycle to work yesterday. The morning ride in was nice. The ride coming was f-ing brutal.

[Steamboat1874 4175]

Granted I was parked up against the west side of our building in Hutto but this was the reading at 5PM yesterday when I got in my car.

Driving 30 minutes on the toll road it only dropped to 111 degrees.

 

[phdhorn 6224]

LOL I felt the "cold" front actually go through this a.m. (accompanied by some showers).  It really qualifies as a decent front because it's going to knock temps down 10 degrees or more.

But when it gets "down" to 101°, I guess it's all kind of relative.

Anyway the heat wave's over, more typical lste July  temps, a few days not even to 100° and.... increasing chances of rain by next week?  Heh yeahright...

[Steamboat1874 4175]

5 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

LOL I felt the "cold" front actually go through this a.m. (accompanied by some showers).  It really qualifies as a decent front because it's going to knock temps down 10 degrees or more.

But when it gets "down" to 101°, I guess it's all kind of relative.

Anyway the heat wave's over, more typical lste July  temps, a few days not even to 100° and.... increasing chances of rain by next week?  Heh yeahright...

Only in Bee Caves evidently.

[Wally Pryor 5315]

Especially warm on Ben White yesterday.

[texhorn 351]

Why does that remind me of the big Tex fire?


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[Beau Vine 54941]

We still have no water. 

Supposedly, they "fixed" the pump, but when they turned it back on, so much water came flowing out that it broke again.

 

Is there a shittier company in the world than AquaTexas?

[demos 3019]

Especially warm on Ben White yesterday.

That hits close to home (really). Is the Arby’s ok?

[phdhorn 6224]

Damn, Caver's is my favorite Western shop!

[3adays 454]

3 hours ago, texhorn said:

Why does that remind me of the big Tex fire?


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That was the first thing that came to mind for me too. 

[Shmitty 112]

5 hours ago, 3adays said:

That was the first thing that came to mind for me too. 

because both had no flaming penises on display?

[Michael Knight 13051]

 

[Jameslaw121 4455]

Real glad that window in my car decided to not roll up anymore

FML

[CleverNickname 1335]

On 7/22/2018 at 6:14 AM, slorch said:

Spraying mesquite with what...olive oil?  BBQ sauce?

8oz of Remedy to each gallon of diesel. 

[Shmitty 112]

6 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Real glad that window in my car decided to not roll up anymore

FML

It could be worse, you could have had both decide not to roll down anymore after your AC stopped blowing cold air.  I drove from McKinney to Irving in 109 degrees and was drenched by the time I got there.  

[Hate 20164]

On 7/24/2018 at 11:09 PM, Michael Knight said:

 

This video  reminded me of this.

 

[phdhorn 6224]

or this:

[Steamboat1874 4175]

[MissingInAction 25318]

Chocolate starfish

[El Diablo 4232]

18 hours ago, Shmitty said:

It could be worse, you could have had both decide not to roll down anymore after your AC stopped blowing cold air.  I drove from McKinney to Irving in 109 degrees and was drenched by the time I got there.  

Irving? They probably didn't notice.

[Shmitty 112]

On 7/27/2018 at 4:20 PM, El Diablo said:

Irving? They probably didn't notice.

Que?