85°, feels like 86°?
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Comments (10)Goodness this can't come soon enough. I'm so sick of the 95+ degree heat and super high humidity with dewpoints in the 70s and 80s. This week has not been as bad, at least lower humidity, but still getting up to 95-97. Also at least we had a few days too with very tropical downpours and picked up enough rain to put us back on track for being normal in stead of in the D0 'abnormally dry' conditions as well. They were very tropical in nature too. The kind of downpours with enormous fat half dollar sized drops, and the kind that moved slow. It reminded me of florida because you could hear it coming a block away. It would start at the end of the street and slowly move up. Or start in the back yard and you could watch it. Literally it would be pouring 50 feet away and you would be bone dry and watch the wall of water move slowly towards you. So cool! Hopefully yesterday was the last day for that for a WHILE. The next 5-7 days should be between 82-85 with nights in the mid to upper 60s, and not as oppressive humidity. That would be a pretty incredible stroke of luck for D.C. in August! Last summer and this summer have been two of the hottest on record here, and the humidity has been off the charts. dewpoints in the 80s and nighttime lows in the mid 80s is a bit ridiculous. What is the use in having a nice summer and nice weather if you can't get/ be outside and enjoy it? As some know I was considering a move to Florida, but honestly I think that has now changed. True it is HOTTER here where I live during summer (not by much), and just as humid, but down there its 95-99F every day, with extreme humidity for 6 months on end. I would essentially be trading off what time of year you can't much be outside and honestly, being outside in winter is alot more pleasant. Its easier to warm up than cool off, and if there is snow at least there is something to look at. I dunno, maybe the older I get the harder it is to take the wild temp extremes, but I find it easier to handle 30F and snow, than I do 104F with a heat index of 120 like we had a couple weeks ago. The more I think about it, the more I think I would love a climate like Seattle. That way I can have the best of both world in terms of gardening. I can grow my palms, and my conifers and mostly, BOTH will be happy! Besides the fact it is just simply stunningly beautiful out there. And, yes, palms grow there quite easily. In fact my first ever trip to Vancouver, BC, Canada back in 1998 or so is what got me started in growing palms in the first place. I was simply blown away by seeing palm trees all over the place in a city that far north, and in Canada. The temperate rainforests (Coniferous) out there in the PACNW are incredible too. If you've never been to HOH Rainforest, it is mind blowing how stunning it is!...See MoreSo what are your scrimps-that-feel-like-splurges choices?
Comments (22)My knobs and cup pulls were only $1 and $1.59 on e-bay and LOTS more everywhere else. My faux Pottery Barn saddle stools came from Bed Bath & Beyond when they were having a Buy 2 get one free sale plus a 20% off total purchase coupon. Spent like $140 or something and it would have cost me more than $500 at Pottery Barn. They're exactly the same stool! Bought my $50 per panel Linens-n-Things curtains at Ross for $9.99 per panel. And my favorite kitchen accessory, Towel Pig, was only $12.99 at TJ Maxx. I don't know what he goes for everywhere else but I just love that darn pig so much! I have seen some much pricier ones on e-bay. Oh, and I saw the exact same pig (well he may have had wings...not sure) on a recent episode of "Spice Up My Kitchen". He was sitting on their new kitchen island. Funny!...See MoreHelp with a 8’-6” x 5’-10” bathroom.
Comments (29)@Gargamel, Yes, some weight over 300LB. but a regular framed floor can support the weight. I did a complete house renovation a while back, and when we demoed the bathroom with a tub over 400LB (I asked my scrap guy to weight the tub separately just out of curiosity to find out how heavy it was) and about 1 1/2" concrete as sub-base for the tile and after removing everything this is what we found under the floor. All the joists were cut up for plumbing which ran in every direction. If not the 1x6 sub-floor and the solid blocking that floor would caved in from all that weight....See MoreWhat will be the feel-like temperature for you today?
Comments (88)Some of the temps posted here make my almost 90 degree highs seem cool! HAHA! At least it's somewhat tolerable. Where we live in the East part of Ohio almost to PA, it's extremely humid all the time. We are lucky when it falls below 50% humidity. In the mornings it's cool but the humidity is always in the 90% range. UGH! The other day when it was around 95 degrees, I thought I was going to DIE! HA! My dog didn't even want to go outside to do her business!...See More- 6 years ago
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