Blastfurnace 2024

[txduck87 972]

Went out to scrub pool for 20 minutes at 10am. Came in dripping with sweat. Fuck this.

[MissingInAction 24253]

Jesus fuck we deserve whatever mother earth does to us.

What would you do if a virus was literally burning you alive?

[closetohumping 17249]

Patience my fellow Texans.  Cold front on Thursday. 

[Storm the Field 5232]

Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, it's actually been legit Autumn for several weeks, and is about to be Winter up in the mountains. Lot of ski towns will be getting their first big snowfalls of the season this week. 

 

[closetohumping 17249]

2 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, it's actually been legit Autumn for several weeks, and is about to be Winter up in the mountains. Lot of ski towns will be getting their first big snowfalls of the season this week. 

 

Those are current temps.  Many of those 60s and 70s become 80s as well.

[Storm the Field 5232]

Dude, we're still routinely hitting 90 and the lows the next few days don't get below 70, even with clouds and rain chances. Nighttime and Morning temps in the 40's and 50's warming up to 80 in the afternoon is not the same thing at all.

We're 5 weeks into "Autumn" and have spent less than 24 hours below 60 degrees thus far.

[UTGrad98 2173]

So would you rather have 40 straight days of temps over 105 each year but fall comes like it should and October- May is normal weather or would you rather have a year like this with a half way decent summer but with shit stretched out having Sept and Oct being 95s and 90s resp all month. 

 

I will always trade 80 or 90 days of over 100 for a year like this but I'd be tempted to have a shit month of 30-40 days of 105s but get my normal fall and spring weather. My threshold is probably close to 45-50 days before I'd keep it as it is currently. 90s in late Oct feels wrong and shitty. 

But ask me again in late August and I'll likely have a different answer. 

[closetohumping 17249]

Even Vegas is cooling down.  Damn

[Snake Diggity 4541]

Over the past 7 weeks, the average high temp in Austin has been a full 10 degrees higher than the average historic high for that time of year.  Concerning.

[Brisketexan 103007]

1 hour ago, UTGrad98 said:

So would you rather have 40 straight days of temps over 105 each year but fall comes like it should and October- May is normal weather or would you rather have a year like this with a half way decent summer but with shit stretched out having Sept and Oct being 95s and 90s resp all month. 

 

I will always trade 80 or 90 days of over 100 for a year like this but I'd be tempted to have a shit month of 30-40 days of 105s but get my normal fall and spring weather. My threshold is probably close to 45-50 days before I'd keep it as it is currently. 90s in late Oct feels wrong and shitty. 

But ask me again in late August and I'll likely have a different answer. 

TLDR; the best we can hope for is getting fucked in different ways.  "Not being fucked" is simply not an option.

[jimmyjazz 45019]

I don't care nearly so much about how hot it is or how long the heat lasts as I care that we are persistently short on rainfall.

[Brisketexan 103007]

Just now, jimmyjazz said:

I don't care nearly so much about how hot it is or how long the heat lasts as I care that we are persistently short on rainfall.

It's okay.  We'll make up for it with a flood that is both incredibly devastating in the immediate term, yet not substantial enough to appreciably fill the lakes.

It's like you're new to this hellscape or something.

[InkaUtexas 24774]

One time FEMA ain't gonna come.

[closetohumping 17249]

High of 80 in Philly on Halloween.  That’s normal

[The Ace of Aces 4945]

3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

High of 80 in Philly on Halloween.  That’s normal

It’s going to suck. I’m pissed. The humidity will be 65-70% too. 

[InkaUtexas 24774]

Nice evening tonight. Breeze was enough to feel.

[mchookem 15408]

82 in Denver today 😳 been breaking records all month. 

but we are finally getting our first cold front tomorrow. 

[HenryJames 64762]

Humid as fuck this morning.

[Storm the Field 5232]

11 hours ago, mchookem said:

82 in Denver today 😳 been breaking records all month. 

but we are finally getting our first cold front tomorrow. 

It's snowing hard in Aspen/Snowmass and Crested Butte this morning. Looks like Denver should get it's first dusting tomorrow and seems likely y'all are done with temps above 60 for the foreseeable future. 

[Fudge Nuggets 18811]

It’s fucking shitty this morning. When is the god damn humidity going away?

[ztejas 42730]

On 10/28/2024 at 1:10 PM, UTGrad98 said:

So would you rather have 40 straight days of temps over 105 each year but fall comes like it should and October- May is normal weather or would you rather have a year like this with a half way decent summer but with shit stretched out having Sept and Oct being 95s and 90s resp all month. 

The latter. It being 92 in November sucks but 90 is liveable. 

105+ for weeks when the sun doesn't go down until 8 pm is just suffocating and barely liveable imo. 

Not that I'm a fan of either option. 

On 10/28/2024 at 3:48 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I don't care nearly so much about how hot it is or how long the heat lasts as I care that we are persistently short on rainfall.

Well those things are related.

[closetohumping 17249]

On 10/28/2024 at 1:49 PM, Brisketexan said:

It's okay.  We'll make up for it with a flood that is both incredibly devastating in the immediate term, yet not substantial enough to appreciably fill the lakes.

It's like you're new to this hellscape or something.

At least you have your own electric grid

[Storm the Field 5232]

3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It’s fucking shitty this morning. When is the god damn humidity going away?

Middle of next week, maybe. Until then expect days like today.

At least there are some actual water droplets falling from the sky in my area. Almost forgot what that looked like. 

[Fudge Nuggets 18811]

It’s fucking worse this morning. Just terrible.