Comments on: The not-enough-long-green blues

By: funny

funny — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:43:04 +0000

@ threadbndr: Good grief! 102 with 90% humidity would be stifling. We suffocate when we have 30% humidity.

When I lived in Arabia, we were right on the Persian Gulf, and temperatures did rise into the 90sand 100s with humidity so high water would precipitate out of the air. I remember as a little girl standing in the yard under a clear blue sky when it started to rain. And in the mornings, water would be dripping off the eaves as though it had rained (it hadn’t: it was just dewfall) and pooling in puddles near the house. Little kids didn’t know any better, but our parents must really have suffered in weather like that.

By: threadbndr

threadbndr — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:12:52 +0000

I was going to mention the library, but ‘scholar’ beat me to it – the computer room is over run with kids who are trying to get out of the heat, too. But the reading room is blessedly quite and cool.

BTW, up here in KS, we are ‘only’ at 102 F – but with 90% humidity. Think sauna – with your clothes on.

By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:13:40 +0000

We’ve had a record-breaking summer here. To add to above: I go to the places with good air-conditioning. That would be the public library and Goodwill, which just got an upgraded system. Both have been packed! Often libraries have films, lectures, etc.

Last night, we walked downtown, which had some music for Bastille Day.

I never go to the mall, and the closest one is 30 minutes away, but I would mall walk if I had one close.