[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

When were the flyover states forested? Every book I have read said that it was like a sea of grass - almost no trees. Early settlers lived in sod homes - not log cabins because there were no trees.

That’s what happens when you believe what in book. Not in Kansas Toto..

[Rwirish]

Hot temps need to be reported and stressed to achieve a certain political objective.

[Carlsondm]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

In the news lately, why, in most parts of the country, are people having trouble dealing with 90+ degree heat?
Isn't this something we all expect every year in July and August nationwide?

I don't like to hear about the heat related fires that is taking place out west, but I need to say.

We Floridians experience 90+ degree days for months on end and we don't make the news....

Maybe people just have to use a little common sense in the heat.

We have homes prepared for the heat..AC. Many places ..Spain, England, and some northern states are seeing record heat. They often don't have AC or at least AC designed for current temperatures. Don't look at just daily or short-term temperatures, look at annual averages.

Just a few degrees increase in our high temperatures, plus the humidity and we are in serious heat stress conditions. Something to think about. Florida weather stations say we are trending upward already. Time to AC the golf cart.

[Glowfromminnesota]

Me too! From White Bear Lake, MN.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Rwirish

Hot temps need to be reported and stressed to achieve a certain political objective.

When you have a hammer everything is a nail... ahem.

[Nucky]

We struggled our first year in The Villages. Second year we started pounding down massive amounts of water and that really seemed to do th trick. The heat is not a big issue for us anymore. We manage the time of the day that we do the things we need to do.

There have been days where we still did the things that normally work and we were still begging for the next breathe. We also had a chance to get a Atomic A/C Golf Cart for a great price but decided against. We actually enjoy the heat on our old bones.

[Velvet]

I remember last July in TV it is said it could have been the hottest July on record. It was my first summer in TV and like I do up north had late breakfast and at noon I started to hand weed in the full sun. My neighbor came over and laughed, he said, do you have to do that at the hottest part of the day? Then I noticed everyone else was gardening in the early morning. Lesson learned, one adapts.

[Michael G.]

I believe I read where anything above 90 degrees the human body cannot cool itself effectively and starts to shut down.

Around our house June through September, we try to do our lawn work before 8 - 9 a.m. and that's only one day a week.

Again, common sense prevails

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I believe I read where anything above 90 degrees the human body cannot cool itself effectively and starts to shut down.

Around our house June through September, we try to do our lawn work before 8 - 9 a.m. and that's only one day a week.

Again, common sense prevails

I think that is based on if the temperature outside your body is higher than the temperature inside your body heat will not escape, instead you body will be heated. However, at that point your body has the ability to sweat and when the sweat evaporates it cools your body. People live in Phoenix (I did) and there are steaks of temperatures above 100 everyday all day for up to 2 months. You can survive there if you drink enough, because you lose a LOT of water through sweating. It is not uncommon for people visiting Phoenix during one of those streaks to have heat strokes because they don't understand just how much water you need to drink.

So, my advice to everyone here, especially if you have migrated here from up north in the past couple years is to drink soon, before your are thirsty, drink often, even if you are not thirsty. It is far better to drink too much than too little in the summer. Carry a bottle of water with you if you are going to be outside. And drink a liter in no more than an hour. (Tip: Freeze a bottle of water and take it with you, then drink it as it melts)

[rsimpson]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

In the news lately, why, in most parts of the country, are people having trouble dealing with 90+ degree heat?
Isn't this something we all expect every year in July and August nationwide?

I don't like to hear about the heat related fires that is taking place out west, but I need to say.

We Floridians experience 90+ degree days for months on end and we don't make the news....

Maybe people just have to use a little common sense in the heat.

This is Media selling stories and clicks and blaming mankind on global warming. Funny how they know that in 4.1 billion years, earth (and Scranton, PA) never got this hot before.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

In the news lately, why, in most parts of the country, are people having trouble dealing with 90+ degree heat?
Isn't this something we all expect every year in July and August nationwide?

I don't like to hear about the heat related fires that is taking place out west, but I need to say.

We Floridians experience 90+ degree days for months on end and we don't make the news....

Maybe people just have to use a little common sense in the heat.

Well........Florida is less affected than the midwest because we are an island surrounded by ocean and gulf water which moderates our daily high temperature. London has had temps of 104 degrees recently. Their airport runways have been shut down due to sections actually melting. Rail lines have been shut down in England due to fears of the steel rails buckling. Italy has had many heat-related deaths. The US has had many temperature records set in cities in the last 2 years. There is that video of a YOUNG UPS driver delivering a package to a home and then collapsing due to the heat. Glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate and also oceans are rising and worrying scientists, who are trying to warn US citizens that they are leaving a mess for their grandchildren.
.......A US heat map shows Florida in orange while Texas, Oklahoma, and other midwestern states are shown in dark RED indicating extreme HEAT and DANGER for outdoor activity. And in Texas, the indoor use of A/C is once again threatening the breakdown of the electrical grid. Florida has to worry about increasingly strong hurricanes for the next months due to the high temperatures of the surrounding water.
......All these facts and many more make it hard for me to NOT come to the conclusion that the globe is dangerously WARMING.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by rsimpson

This is Media selling stories and clicks and blaming mankind on global warming. Funny how they know that in 4.1 billion years, earth (and Scranton, PA) never got this hot before.

Funny how they know that when you flip a light switch the light bulb will turn on. It's called Science. They actually have very accurate estimates of temperatures over the past few million years. They also have very accurate (not perfect) models that predict WHAT changes affect the climate. Sure they are not perfect, but every year they get better.

[tophcfa]

Last time I checked, people generally like to be warm. Once people from up north reach retirement age they are buying up homes in places like Florida and Arizona as fast as they can build them. How many southerners are buying homes up north to be in a colder climate when they retire? And how about places like the YMCA’s and Fitness Centers that need to provide things in demand by their members/customers. Many of these places have steam rooms and/or saunas, but I have never seen a room members go into in order to get cold!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

It helps your post to make sense if you let us in on who you are referring to.

If you were referring to me, that is absolutely wrong. I am open to discuss anything. But a driveway snarky post with nothing to back it up is not discussion.

Actually the rules for this sandbox is that people refer to the POST, not the individual. Not a bad rule, actually.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Glowfromminnesota

Me too! From White Bear Lake, MN.

Go Polars!