Too hot to cook.

17 years ago

I can't believe this weather! It is Nov. 15th and it is 90Âº outside on the deck. It was suppose to get in the 80's this weekend but they never said anything about it being 90Âº.

I have all the fans going, no AC, and don't want to cook. What should I make for dinner? I got steaks to cook on the grill tomorrow and am going to make potato salad but wasn't planning on it being so hot today.

Clae

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jimtex
17 years ago
90+ is the norm here for most of the year Clare so I feel your pain. I think I'd make a nice salad and a big pitcher of iced tea.
James
lindac
17 years ago
Pah!!!
Linda C...in Iowa!
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I'm the most naive 54 year old on the planet. I should think about you folks like I do the guys at work. Never take anything said at face value. The weather is perfect here right now and we aren't freezing or burning or too hot to cook so I'll be on my way to a good nights sleep so I can fish all day tomorrow.
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JessieÂÂ.

With all the freeways closed how would we get there? I really feel bad for all the people who lost their homes. It finally got me to get out the camera and update my household inventory pictures. It was about 85 here today but no wind. It still makes me nervous when all the fire bugs come out.

Hope everyone down in socal stays safe.

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lindac
17 years ago
OMG!! I didn't know it was THAT bad!! I knew there was a fire in Santa Barbara....but.
Oh!! I am so sorry! It's hard to think of paradise having flaws like that!
Linda C in Iowa....where a little snow doesn't seem so bad now....
mustangs81
17 years ago
I was just watching the news about all the folks forced out of their homes. I'm sorry that there is so much devastation and hope for the safety of our CF friends.
compumom
17 years ago
I'm pretty sure we're all safe. At least the regulars are, none of us live in those areas. It's awful, just awful. We live 15 miles from the nearest fire and you cannot imagine the smell outside. We went out front just now and it smells like everyone is burning a wood stove. Really scary!
denise8101214
17 years ago
We actually had a small brush fire less than a mile from our house today. No danger but sure made me think about what I would throw in the car to leave with.

Hot windy smoky and ashy now. Rain would be a very good (but unfortunately unlikely) thing right now.

It is a very sad situation for those in the fires today.
pkramer60
17 years ago
After seeing the news and all the fires, I too will stop complaining about 30 degrees and snowflurries.

Shall I do a rain dance for the CA folks? Stay safe and may the winds die down and the heat leave you.
compumom
17 years ago
Phew Denise, I didn't realize that you lived on the ocean side of the area, that must have been really scary!
We were on standby for evac when I was a kid. We began loading the car and with each 5 min reprieve, we would run in and grab more stuff to add. Thankfully we never had to leave, but that memory will always remain with me!

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jessyf
17 years ago
Woke up to smoke and ash in my house and outside, and I'm far away. It's bad. Time to round up donations and supplies for those who have lost their homes.

Although we don't live in a fire prone area, I have told my kids to give thought to what they would grab (school backpacks) and keep all their important files uploaded on the net.
caflowerluver
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17 years ago
I wish all those in S. CA the best. We had fires all around us all summer long. We had two that came very close, less then 5 miles away. We had smoke and ash covering everything for weeks. I had things ready to pack and put in the back of the car if it got closer. This is the closest we have ever had a fire.

It is the weird weather pattern we have had for the last couple of years. Each year we are having a drought with very high temperatures like what we are having now. I have lived on the Central Coast for 22 years and the heat wave we are having now is not normal.
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sally2_gw
17 years ago
I've been thinking of the California CF'ers. I didn't know where you all live in relation to the fires. I have nephews that live near/in LA, in some valley, but I don't know exactly, not being at all familiar with L.A.. I'm going to call my sister to find out how they're doing.

As for what to prepare on a hot day, what about a nice cold soup? I like Gazpacho when it's really hot outside.

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Gina_W
17 years ago
It's 77 degrees here at 10AM, due to be 88 high.

Yesterday I drove to downtown L.A. for table tennis. Traffic was terrible, the air was bad. When we got home there were ashes all over the kitchen counter and miniblinds. I cleaned up and we closed up the house. Later we went out to eat at Musha and when we left there, the car was covered in white ash.

I have friends in Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills and Corona. Those are all "ex-urbs" - outermost suburbs built on canyon ridges. If you see the aerial shots you see that everything is yellow and dry. A tinderbox.

We don't know what to do today - air is smoky and ashy. Not for doing anything outdoors.

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