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Post by Cranky on Jun 18, 2016 14:45:54 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow!
You want heat?
How about 45.C daytime temperature?
How about 38.C at 10 in the evening?
House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven?
You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun.
The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s.
I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day.
The a/c can't keep up.
No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat.
Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags....
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 23, 2016 10:18:59 GMT -5
The hottest place I was in was Haifa, Israel in 1996 ... 51 degrees with the humidity ... I find the importer I'm looking for and go into the office only to find all of the Israelis sitting in air conditioning with big bottles of water on their desks ... I walk in and it looks like I just came out of the pool ... the guy I'm talking to says, "hot out there, eh" ... then he motions to the chair for me, takes out another big bottle of water and says, "here, drink this" ... of course, I had completely evaporated by the time I left ...
Cheers.
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Post by franko on Jun 23, 2016 12:12:57 GMT -5
The hottest place I was in was Haifa, Israel in 1996 ... 51 degrees with the humidity ... I find the importer I'm looking for and go into the office only to find all of the Israelis sitting in air conditioning with big bottles of water on their desks ... I walk in and it looks like I just came out of the pool ... the guy I'm talking to says, "hot out there, eh" ... then he motions to the chair for me, takes out another big bottle of water and says, "here, drink this" ... of course, I had completely evaporated by the time I left ... Cheers. beats me. I survived 49° in Phoenix a number of years back. Chaperone for a group of teens. Lots of medical care needed -- not from dehydration, bur from even greater stupidity: a bunch of them decided to go barefoot, and had to cross a couple of roads . . . tar was a little hot (almost melting) . . . feet did not do very well. duh. |
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Post by seventeen on Jun 23, 2016 12:45:30 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow! You want heat? How about 45.C daytime temperature? How about 38.C at 10 in the evening? House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven? You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun. The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s. I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day. The a/c can't keep up. No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat. Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags.... Crazy. But....the electricity to power your air conditioner can come from anywhere, wind turbines or coal plants. The difference is the coal plants will help keep those temperatures coming, year after year, while the wind turbines won't. There's a cost to everything, it's just not always converted to dollars and cents and factored in. |
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Post by blny on Jun 23, 2016 13:13:43 GMT -5
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Post by Willie Dog on Jun 23, 2016 13:24:04 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow! You want heat? How about 45.C daytime temperature? How about 38.C at 10 in the evening? House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven? You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun. The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s. I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day. The a/c can't keep up. No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat. Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags.... If you can get it there, Coconut water is the best, your body absorbs it quickly and you don't need to drink litres of it. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 23, 2016 13:43:20 GMT -5
The hottest place I was in was Haifa, Israel in 1996 ... 51 degrees with the humidity ... I find the importer I'm looking for and go into the office only to find all of the Israelis sitting in air conditioning with big bottles of water on their desks ... I walk in and it looks like I just came out of the pool ... the guy I'm talking to says, "hot out there, eh" ... then he motions to the chair for me, takes out another big bottle of water and says, "here, drink this" ... of course, I had completely evaporated by the time I left ... Cheers. beats me. I survived 49° in Phoenix a number of years back. Chaperone for a group of teens. Lots of medical care needed -- not from dehydration, bur from even greater stupidity: a bunch of them decided to go barefoot, and had to cross a couple of roads . . . tar was a little hot (almost melting) . . . feet did not do very well. duh. Got to like that dry heat ... could be in the 90's but you're not sweating ... hit the shade and it's instantly 15 degrees cooler ... heard a few stories from some temporary flyovers in Somalia ... they were brought over to assist in the pack up and thought they'd get 'emergency tans' in during their down time ... a few of them were burnt so badly that they couldn't complete the tasks they were sent over for ... some ended up going home in bandages (there was talk about having them charged for self-inflicted wounds, but it never happened) ... they could have avoided that had they asked a few of the soldiers (who had been there for six months already) how easy it was to get burnt ... duh ... Cheers. |
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Post by Cranky on Jun 23, 2016 15:20:39 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow! You want heat? How about 45.C daytime temperature? How about 38.C at 10 in the evening? House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven? You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun. The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s. I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day. The a/c can't keep up. No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat. Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags.... Crazy. But....the electricity to power your air conditioner can come from anywhere, wind turbines or coal plants. The difference is the coal plants will help keep those temperatures coming, year after year, while the wind turbines won't. There's a cost to everything, it's just not always converted to dollars and cents and factored in. It was just as hot 49 years ago....but we just buried the old folk back then. After all, who needs a/c.... Just for the record.....solar peaks at noon and drops off before and after. ....and there is very little wind. So for 20 our of 24 hours, greenwashing means absolutely nothing to those whose lives are really at risk. Including my 98 father. |
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Post by seventeen on Jun 23, 2016 15:22:00 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow! You want heat? How about 45.C daytime temperature? How about 38.C at 10 in the evening? House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven? You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun. The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s. I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day. The a/c can't keep up. No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat. Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags.... If you can get it there, Coconut water is the best, your body absorbs it quickly and you don't need to drink litres of it. Yes, don't drink too much. Side effect is an extremely tough skull that tends to unexpectedly fall and hit someone else. |
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Post by seventeen on Jun 23, 2016 15:24:03 GMT -5
Crazy. But....the electricity to power your air conditioner can come from anywhere, wind turbines or coal plants. The difference is the coal plants will help keep those temperatures coming, year after year, while the wind turbines won't. There's a cost to everything, it's just not always converted to dollars and cents and factored in. It was just as hot 49 years ago....but we just buried the old folk back then. After all, who needs a/c.... Just for the record.....solar peaks at noon and drops off before and after. ....and there is very little wind. So for 20 our of 24 hours, greenwashing means absolutely nothing to those whose lives are really at risk. Including my 98 father. I get that, but I have lots of power and there isn't a dam anywhere near me. I'm sure there are places in Greece that are windy most of the day or night. You just need a long extension cord. |
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Post by Cranky on Jun 23, 2016 15:32:37 GMT -5
The hottest place I was in was Haifa, Israel in 1996 ... 51 degrees with the humidity ... I find the importer I'm looking for and go into the office only to find all of the Israelis sitting in air conditioning with big bottles of water on their desks ... I walk in and it looks like I just came out of the pool ... the guy I'm talking to says, "hot out there, eh" ... then he motions to the chair for me, takes out another big bottle of water and says, "here, drink this" ... of course, I had completely evaporated by the time I left ... Cheers. beats me. I survived 49° in Phoenix a number of years back. Chaperone for a group of teens. Lots of medical care needed -- not from dehydration, bur from even greater stupidity: a bunch of them decided to go barefoot, and had to cross a couple of roads . . . tar was a little hot (almost melting) . . . feet did not do very well. duh. I've been in Arizona a few times over The years. As hot as Greece but they don't have the humidity that Greece has. Also, not as many a/c shelters. One thing I can't forget is their 32 and 64 ouch soft drinks. Sugar high anybody? In Greece, i squeezed a few oranges or lemons from my garden into a 1.5 liter bottled water, froze it and kept it in the trunk in a cooler before I went out. Gave me about 4-5 hours of cool water. |
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Post by Cranky on Jun 23, 2016 15:42:15 GMT -5
It was just as hot 49 years ago....but we just buried the old folk back then. After all, who needs a/c.... Just for the record.....solar peaks at noon and drops off before and after. ....and there is very little wind. So for 20 our of 24 hours, greenwashing means absolutely nothing to those whose lives are really at risk. Including my 98 father. I get that, but I have lots of power and there isn't a dam anywhere near me. I'm sure there are places in Greece that are windy most of the day or night. You just need a long extension cord. There is nowhere in Canada that has 45 degree heat day after day. We get weather alerts at a downright balmy 35. I have a stone house at 5000ft. 35 in the day and 10 at night. The house is self air conditioned through shear mass. Great.....but for my father, the oxygen reduction creates another problem. Heat is an annoyance to us, but past 80, it's life and death. |
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Post by seventeen on Jun 24, 2016 2:03:59 GMT -5
Didn't mean to suggest it wasn't serious. You're absolutely right. I can't handle heat well at all and don't like it above 35. Hope it cools, fast.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 24, 2016 6:58:11 GMT -5
Didn't mean to suggest it wasn't serious. You're absolutely right. I can't handle heat well at all and don't like it above 35. Hope it cools, fast. I'm not good in the heat but Mrs Dis and I go to Cuba a minimum of once a year ... she's on the beach and I'm usually at the central bar (sometimes I won't have any alcohol until after supper), in the shade, wearing sunscreen 60 and reading my book ... this is usually anywhere in the January to March timeframe and when I get home people look at me funny when I open up my winter coat to the elements ... I love getting out of Dodge in the winter, but I can only stand it for a while ... right now we're looking for some snowbird destinations (Mexico/Cuba) because that's what she wants to do (sigh, so do I), but I do prefer the cooler climates ... Cheers. |
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Post by Cranky on Jul 10, 2016 13:38:55 GMT -5
I love the "Heat Warning" issued when it hits 30 and humid.
What are they going to call 45 degree weather? "Caution, Imminent Death On Contact"?
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Post by Gogie on Jul 10, 2016 15:05:27 GMT -5
I kept forgetting to bring my infrared temperture gun when i visit Greece. So this year, i finally remembered to pack it...and....wow! You want heat? How about 45.C daytime temperature? How about 38.C at 10 in the evening? House? 55.C on the concrete roof and 48.C under it and in the bedrooms. Ever try sleeping in an oven? You need a towel to touch the steering wheel if your dumb enough to leave the car in the sun. The pavement sticks on your shoes...because it's in the mid 60s. I'm going through about 10 liters of water/fluids a day. The a/c can't keep up. No wind. No relief in sight. Just heat. And more heat. Solar energy and wind turbines? Laughable. If it wasn't for that evil, nasty coal plant 60km from here running flat out powering airconditioners 24/7, there would be a landslide business in body bags.... The missus and I will be spending a couple of days in Athens the latter part of September before embarking on a cruise. Hopefully the heat will have subsided a bit by then. Anything in particular you could suggest to do, Crank? We were there 15 years ago and saw quite a bit of Athens as well as Delphi. I think we'll do another visit to the Acropolis and then visit Corinth (never been there). I've hired a local driver for the day and he's flexible so we can make changes if we like. We're staying near the Acropolis. |
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Post by Cranky on Jul 12, 2016 2:26:31 GMT -5
The missus and I will be spending a couple of days in Athens the latter part of September before embarking on a cruise. Hopefully the heat will have subsided a bit by then. Anything in particular you could suggest to do, Crank? We were there 15 years ago and saw quite a bit of Athens as well as Delphi. I think we'll do another visit to the Acropolis and then visit Corinth (never been there). I've hired a local driver for the day and he's flexible so we can make changes if we like. We're staying near the Acropolis. It's hard to recommend something because we may have different tastes. Also in the method of travel. Here are must sees... Olympic site Mycenae Meteora Knossos in Crete Also there is the Acropolis Museum. And a many other less important but no less intereting. You are time limited and that is really the last way to see Greece. Getting to some of these sites takes 3 or 4 hours. |
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