For all of us in the Texas Heat....

amykath

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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b

last year

It's funny coz it's true 😄

This joke has been making the rounds among my FB friends...

So was this...

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girlnamedgalez8a
last year
Something that I never thought about but very true!
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bbstx
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😂 too true!
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Zalco/bring back Sophie!
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Gotta love the silver linings!
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Olychick
last year
Another positive. I guess you can do this, too.

I’m so sorry for you all, though.
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nicole___
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I keep checking the weather in New Braunfels....where I'm from...it's too hot to go home. Guess I'll just stay another few days in Colorado. 😂 😂 😂
OllieJane
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@nicole___Hubby and I are leaving for Steamboat Springs, CO for a couple of weeks soon! DH has already been there and back, he got back this last week, but I needed to stay back and help get DS ready for college. We want to make sure he's all set before leaving again. So, I'll get two weeks out of this weather.
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nicole___
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@OllieJane...Steamboat Springs is AMAZING! I wore a jacket this morning it was so chilly. Bring warm clothes "and" Summer clothes. Note: We still have mosquitos. There's been no hard freeze ....yet.
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OllieJane
last year
Thanks nicole! I've only been there during spring break-so lots of snow then! I hate mosquitoes-good to know. Hubby just got back from there and didn't mention that to me - He's probably afraid I wouldn't go LOL. Of course, I want to though! As long as we take our dog, and we are, I'll be fine!
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girlnamedgalez8a
last year
A trip to Colorado sounds heavenly right now. If I was not about to move I would go at the drop of a hat.
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summersrhythm_z6a
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Just have a question. How do you guys keep makeup on when it’s so hot? :-)
girlnamedgalez8a
last year
summersrhythm, We go from A/C home to A/C car to A/C work and so on.
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bpath
last year
The couple of summers I spent in Scottsdale AZ when it was 120, and years in Dallas when it was 100, I equated it to winter here in Chicago. Stay indoors, move quickly from one indoors/car to another!
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bbstx
last year
…and take a big cooler when you go to the grocery!
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mojomom
last year
Ollie, I live in Steamboat Springs and its wonderful here this afternoon. We’ve had a nice breeze all day! Loving it!
OllieJane
last year
Oh wow mojo! What a wonderful place to live year round! I loved the town when I was there back in March, and my DH has met a few locals now and the people are so nice and helpful. I am anxious to see it myself without the snow. My DH has befriended an 80 year old retired ski instructor and some ranchers, so far. DH will be working there off and on until around December.
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lascatx
last year
Summersrhythm, I hardly know anyone who wears much makeup since the start of the pandemic, and with the kind of humidity and heat we normally have, melt-proof or don't bother is kind of standard here. This year just has more reasons to not bother.
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summersrhythm_z6a
last year
Thanks. I am trying to find melt proof makeup. :-)
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bbstx
last year
Look at Jane Iredale Amazing Base. https://janeiredale.com/products/amazing-base-loose-mineral-powder I apply it with a kabuki brush.
Lars
last year
I just checked weather in Austin on Wunderground:

93°F, feels like 150°!

Glad I'm not there.
Jilly
last year
150. 😄

Oddly enough, my area of D/FW seems to consistently have hotter temps than most of Texas (except for border towns). I don’t understand it.

But! Cold front coming. I’m giddy. When you’ve had relentless triple digits for months, 89 looks very good.
Springroz
last year
When I was leaving my job near Houston to move to Dallas after our wedding, one of my customers told me, ”You’ll LOVE Dallas!! It’s hotter than he!! in the summer, and colder than he!! in the winter!” He was right….
bbstx
last year
Hotter temps = massive amounts of pavement, probably.
lascatx
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I wonder if that feels like 150 was someone's idea of a joke or a typo .(Freudian slip=both?). I'm glad it hasn't been quite as hot -- a few degrees can make a difference. The moving van with DS's things arrives Friday, so I bet after than and a few trips back and forth to settle what should be here and what should be in storage, I bet it cools down. (updating -- rain in the forecast TH pm to Saturday)

To add to the fun, I had a little PTSD a couple of days ago -- our power went out. Used to be you could just sign and fuss about being inconvenient. Now, your heart sinks and your stomach rises and you wonder if it will be days. They need to fix the grid.
Faron79
last year
That 150deg thing made me think of a Weather-Forecaster blooper! It was so damn funny! The Phoenix area map he was standing in front of had a computer glitch. Most of the temps displayed were UPPER triple-digit & FOUR-digit readings!!! The way he muddled thru was so funny!!!!

Bbstx-
Yes, the big city "Heat Island" effect I think they call it. By the time massive buildings & acres of concrete/pavement cool off, it's morning, & starting to re-heat again!!
Faron79
last year
........ and to think in 5 months...... Fargo could EASILY have some -20-30 BELOW temps! 😳🥶🥶
seagrass_gw Cape Cod
last year
We have cooler than normal temperatures than Boston and Western MA, and milder temperatures and much less snow in the winter but we do get hit with damaging coasting storms in both seasons because we stick out so far into the Atantic. But I'll take a few days of being in a shivering dark house without Faron's extremes.
Oakley
last year
Akt, that made me LOL. Same here. Yesterday afternoon I needed to check to see if the engine light went off when DH aired up the tire...it did. It was too hot to get inside to start the car so I had to stand there with the door open and wait until cooler air blew inside. Which would be about 103 degrees or so. :) Cold front coming tomorrow I think, it will be in the 80s later this week.
maddie260
last year
oh my gosh1 Looking at predictions for the next 20-30 years. Buckle up!
Kswl
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It’s such a vicious cycle….those temperatures drive higher use of electricity for airconditioning, compounding the problem if fossil fuels are used to generste that electricity. Surely there will be a more widespread use of solar power now that recent legislation incentivizes it.
lucillle
last year
It's supposed to be 93 tomorrow, 91 on Friday. Not sweater weather but at least it is out of the 100s.
Jilly
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Lucille, ours was changed to 85 tomorrow. 85! I’m beside myself. 😍
lascatx
last year
High forecast tomorrow is 99 again, but we have rain in the forecast the rest of the week with temps nearer 90. I'll take it -- as long as we don't have any lightning strikes on houses or floods. I told DS I'd come in and help him with his choir uniforms tomorrow. Might be a messy drive home.
OllieJane
last year
Yesterday high of 84 and today of 86. Good for this time of year. Won't last long though.

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