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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will,, Trenton,,,New Jersey on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 07:34 am:

It's just to hot to enjoy the car, It's like driving in a dryer on high. It's even to hot to put the top down on my daly driver. I know you guys south of me are getting it worse than me so I dont have much to talk about with temps at near 100 for six days but I just have to vent. They are calling for 102 for Saturday. Just wait,,, I'll be complaning about this winter also........


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 08:52 am:

Welcome to Kansas. Actually, your heat is probably worse. Several years ago at a family reunion here the relatives from Arizona were suffering from the humidity, while the east coast cousins from Virginia were enjoying how nice and dry it is out in Kansas. Last year we had more than fifty days over 100º, so this summer with lots of days only in the nineties is a lot easier to take. This old house has never had AC, so in the evening I like to bed down on the front porch swing. A little breeze from the south makes it comfortable. After midnight, when the temperature has dropped under 90º, I can go upstairs and spread out on my bed. If the generator in my touring was working, I'd do some evening Model T driving.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 08:55 am:

Living in the Southeast all my life and seldom traveling outside that region, I am surprised at the high Summer temperatures in the North. It seems it gets just as hot there as here, but I guess you don't get it for nearly as long as we do. I once saw a humorous e-mail circulating that said we get 4 seasons in the South: Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, and Christmas.

We just got back from four days volunteering at the Old Thresher's Reunion in Denton, NC. You know what's worse than 100 degrees? Sitting on a traction engine at 100 psi (338 deg) in 100 degree heat.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Katy, Texas on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 09:00 am:

Will, you have my sympathy as the Texas Gulf coast had 105 early in June. In fact the earliest date and the hottest temp for that date on record. At least I seldom have the opportunity to complain about winter weather, LOL. Have you got time and the ability to take a vacation in your T to the northern parts of New England, even Maine? Maybe you can find a cool spot in some mountains.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 09:18 am:

So far in July, we've had just an extension of June Gloom. The low clouds didn't burn off at all yesterday, so it didn't hit 70 here by an ocean of some size.

We watch you all suffering record heat, smoke and storms, and are thankful we're not there. Looks to be a tough year for the midwest crops, too. France expects to export more wheat this year than the US will. 3/4 of the US is in a drought this year, compared to 1/3 last year.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bernard Paulsen, San Buenaventura, Calif on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 10:06 am:

I'm just glad that global warming is a hoax. 69 degrees on 4th of July here in So Cal's olde Mission town San Buenaventura, with some June gloom, as Ralph stated. T-time for us here!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 10:31 am:

Southern California daily forecast in May and June:

Late night and early morning low clouds and fog, burning off around noon. High 77º, low 61º.

Folks visiting from the East are often fooled into thinking it's going to rain, but it's not.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony Bennett on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 10:54 am:

Is it a hoax that 96% percent of published & peer reviewed science is wrong?

Ask the people of Greenland...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill dugger on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:07 am:

Steve: OT, how is the roof coming. Done yet? Winter weather will be here later. Snow flying, Ice storms Snow and blowing wind and BURR cold.


Bill D


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill dugger on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:11 am:

To all: Well our weather guy says by the weekend we will have 105 maybe and lower humidity
Redding Cal to be exact, the beginning of our hot weather is near.

Bill D


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:51 am:

Seems like every memory I have of Redding in the summer includes HOT...grin...used to visit my oldest brother when he lived near Keswick dam there.

But dang, based on what's going on back east, I won't complain about our cooler than normal weather here in Oregon anymore.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steven Thum on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:53 am:

Here in St. Louis we have had a record breaking 105 to 108 degrees for a week now. High humidity makes it feel worse. Unusual for this region.

Steven


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Nevin Gough on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 02:31 pm:

For something a little different, we had a minus 8 degree c frost here in Mosgiel, in the South Island of New Zealand. It went as low as -11 in some places. Froze my pipes and when the sun thawed them out later, I had two burst in my ceiling!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 02:38 pm:

For those who are wondering, -8º C is about 18º in American degrees.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth H. Spratlin on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 02:40 pm:

It's too hot here in eastern NC. Whew. I was supposed to clean out the garage and my T parts, but I said to heck with it, I'll wait until it cools down some. It got up to 105 last weekend, which is crazy for here.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 02:43 pm:

It's nearing 100º here today......AGAIN.
I took the touring car to get mail, coffee, stop at the shop........I'm going to switch to the Tudor.
With the windshield cracked and the vent open it's a much more comfortable ride....... :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By R. S. Cruickshank on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:26 pm:

I've lived on North Carolina for over thirty years and expect some hot weather but not for this duration. We are having our week long tour with the HCCA in a couple of weeks and sure hope it gets a little cooler. I think that all this clean air we have as a result of all the government programs is the cause of this. We need more smog and smut. I still blame Al Gore for this.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:36 pm:

You keep blaming the messenger (Al Gore)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 12:11 am:

Shoot the messenger; yep, that'll fix the message.

Going from imperfect memory of the year so far:

One of the warmest winters on record.
2,000 heat records broken this spring/summer.
25" rain in Florida from a tropical storm.
3/4 of the US in drought.
Gobsa' tornados.
Glaciers receding faster.

Warming shows itself in more violent and extreme weather.

The only question is the percentage of man's contribution. Simple to figure: add all the CO2 released by coal, petroleum and nat gas each year and compare that to 50 or 100 years earlier. Has any denier done that?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 12:24 am:

A couple of winters ago every snowstorm was the occasion for much ostentatious guffawing about how it made a monkey out of Gore. We're not hearing much out of those folks now. Somebody observed that Dubya talked to us like he was a third grader, but Gore talked to us like WE were third graders. However annoying the messenger may have been to some of us, that doesn't mean he was wrong.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 01:08 am:

All I know is that I'm in Shanghai and it is hot with high humidity.
They tell us what it is in C but I think in F so it means nothing to me until I go outside
My glasses steam up, I begin to drip sweat, and the heat is like a hair dryer.
I have been next to an operating glass furnace and been more comfortable!

The hotel requires that you to insert your door card to activate the AC and lights to save energy when you're not in the room.
And China has a law to limit how cold the AC can be set in hotels to save energy.
Combine the two and the hotel room never cools off or gets almost comfortable just about the time I leave in the AM
I complained and their fix was to give me an extra card so the AC would run all the time.

So much for saving energy! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 02:04 am:

You guys need to come out the great pacific northwest. I think summer started on the 4th. Today was full sun and the hottest day in the last month and a half. The high temp here was 73F and low was 42F. Of course if you came in the last month, the standard outdoor attire was rain coat and rubber boots.

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith g barrier on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 09:05 am:

Hummm, Hot here in TN too, but last week the weather man said the high temp tied the record in 1952, so don't know so much about all this global warming. KB


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 09:13 am:

Gonna get all the way up to the high 70's here today.
Pretty low humidity, too.
It finally got warm enough yesterday to paint a couple fenders that I've had ready for a month.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 10:16 am:

I have little doubt there is global warming, but have a lot of doubt about how man can affect it. 50-75 years is NOTHING compared to the age of the earth. I believe it is cyclical and always has been and always will be. If you could see a graph of temperature vs time since the beginning of time, I believe it would be relatively flat until you zoomed in on it and it would look like those magnified pictures you used to see of the groove in a record album. Then you zoom in further until all you can see is one increasing line. There's your 50-75 years.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Whaley, Georgetown Ontario Canada on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 10:23 am:

We are in the middle of another heat wave today......already 38 (100) - and it's only 10:30 am.

Wednesday was just gross - with the humidex it felt like 45 (113). I don't mind the heat - the humidity is the killer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George_Cherry Hill NJ on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 11:16 am:

Fred,

You do NOT go to Shanghai in July...learn, learn...100+/100 is the norm for central China this time of year even though the first hundred is in Fahrenheit and doesn't mean much to them...but the second hundred is humidity...point is, even I leave Central China for months once it starts to cook!

You might find it amusing....it starts to cook end of May and I leave the AC on and set for 80 at the house in China. The whole house is Mitsu split units so it takes maybe 5 minutes to get it balanced when there. Yet when I come back to the house it is always turned off! 'They' just can't understand why the dumb foreigner would want to waste resource and they don't appreciate my 'I pay my own electric bill' answer. Crazy foreigners, they think and in the Chinese way, they just keep reminding me that I am 'forgetful' :-)

Funny, was thinking of Charles original comment as I opened this, I live maybe 30 miles from Charles when I'm home and I've been home less than a week and out racking up miles on the Hack without a complaint and enjoying it immensely...

Life is all relative, I guess....lol...95/70 is just a heck of a lot easier on the system than 100+/100


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Allen Vitko on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 11:24 am:

The third I finally cleaned up my touring for the parade on the forth. New plugs and points starts in a quarter turn and runs strong. Overcast here about 55 reports say 60-70 all next week. Lawn is green and growing fast, had rain off and on most of last week.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 11:50 am:

My hot weather solution. You could freeze meat in there.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Whaley, Georgetown Ontario Canada on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 11:59 am:

Charlie - they really got the AC systems right on those LTD's - we had one that was the same way - no worries about the ice cream melting on the way home from the grocery store.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 12:23 pm:

I don't own a car with AC.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 12:32 pm:

LOL! I have the simplest explanation of all which has explained this kind of weather for hundreds of years and has nothing to do with Al Gore or Dubya. It's July and we're in the middle of summer. Not only that, but I can pretty much guarantee you that it will be cooler come December. Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 02:32 pm:

Forecast for tonight? Darkening with a hint of sunshine around dawn. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By TODD W BRUNSON on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 02:48 pm:

WESTERN KANSAS (DODGE CITY)HAS THE BEST WEATHER
COOL IN THE WINTER -15
WARM IN THE SUMMER 118
BREEZE 30 TO 40 WITH GUST TO 60 MPH
(NO SMOG)
WE DONT HAVE MANY TREES ( NO LEAVES TO RAKE THE WIND BLOWS THEM TO CANADA)PS WE HAD BETTER LUMBERJACKS
AWESOME SUNSETS
ITS FLAT ...(SO FLAT YA CAN SEE YOU DOG RUN AWAY FOR 3 DAYS)
YOU ALSO CAN SEE OUR SMALL STORMS AND TORNADOS COMING
LOTS OF FRESH AIR (WE HAVE LOTS OF FEEDLOTS AND DODGE CITY HAS 2 PACKING HOUSES WITCH PROCESSES UP TO 30,000 HEAD OF CATTLE A WEEK)

YES KANSAS IS THE BEST STATE MEANIE


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark McWethy on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 03:06 pm:

I can't tell you how nice it is. It finally cooled down to 98 here in southeast Arizona. Most of June it was close to 100 and alot of days over. I' really lucky. When I want to work on my TT I just go out to the garage with my first cup of coffee, turn on the a/c, come back out with my second cup of coffee to work. It's not perfect but on 110 days I can keep it around 90. Way too hot to be working outside.Keep up the great work guys, and thanks for all of your help. I hope to take my work in progress to it's first show in August if I get it back on the road and the weather permits.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 03:35 pm:

Doug, that reminds me of the George Carlin's perpetually stoned Hippie Dippie Weatherman bit from the sixties:

"Tonight's forecast...Dark. Mostly continued dark, changing to widely scattered light in the morning..."


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 03:51 pm:

Todd didn't tell you about the western Kansas wind gauge. It's a six foot piece of log chain attached to a post. If you look out the window in the morning and see the chain standing straight out parallel to the ground, you know it's going to be a windy day. If the chain is whipping back and forth and links are snapping off, it's going to be a really windy day.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gene Carrothers Huntington Beach on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 04:29 pm:

I told the guys in Nebraska on the Heartland tour that "Thank God we had seatbelts in the Torpedo otherwise we would been blown out of the car with the wind there! hee hee

This ole Iowa farm boy sure doesn't miss the Iowa weather. Like Ralph here in Surf City we might get a little warm weather next week up to maybe 85 for the first time this year.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 04:29 pm:

Jim, I think that is where I remember it from.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Friday, July 06, 2012 - 04:54 pm:

I tried frying an egg on the driveway but it got up and ran away. Tried watering the garden but all I got out of the hose was steam. Even the stray cats are swimming in the pond. The dogs won't go outside to pee unless I hold an umbrella over them for shade. My model T is now steam propelled. I dip the weather chain in my coffee pot to get it to boil. Even the FEDEX guy stayed for 10 minutes in the AC to cool off. Seriously though, the night before last we had a very strong thunder storm. Many are without power in the county and this is the second day of 100 plus temps.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gerry .D .Best (NZ) on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 08:18 am:

Hi Folks,
Just to add my bit here in Temuka South Island New Zealand,We had 14deg F = -10c and it was cold,even to cold to work in the evening in the garage,Lets hope it warms up soon.
Cheers Gerryde(NZ)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 10:06 am:

Thanks Todd for clearing up where the leaves are coming from!

Some people complain that there's nothing to see in Saskatchewan when actually you can see everything ... cuz nothing's in the way !!

Garnet
(where it's -40°F in winter, and 100°+ in summer)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Mc Ginnis Dearborn, MI on Saturday, July 07, 2012 - 10:51 am:

Took the speedster out yesterday, it was about 100 degrees out. It sat outside a restaurant for about an hour. When I jumped back in with my shorts, I burned my legs on the black leather seats!


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