I CAN'T STAND IT THIS HOT!!! (this will be a short thread,timewise, no doubt)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/climate/india-heat-wave-summer.html

high yesterday here in Austin was 106F/41C... today it's supposed to hit 108F/42C. day seven of 100+ temps... like In Orbit noted upthread, I went for a walk just after sunset yesterday and the college campus was like a ghost town

Air conditioned office FTW but every time I went outside it was like walking into a bakery or maybe a steel mill. Unfortunately I don't sleep in an air conditioned office, so mainly I don't sleep.

about to bike home, it's 110 outside... wheeee

the abundance of butterflies is something I could really get used to, its delightful. The dragonflies seem HUGER this year as well, practically meganeura sized they seem, after I'm heat exhausted and had 3 rapid pints of Staropramen I feel like taking on these dragonflies - one on one, no blades you dive-attacking bastrds!

heatwave declared a natural disaster, in the past 4 days haven't left my apartment for more than 20 minutes

that sounds a bit too damn hot!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-44935152
it's that 35+ with high humidity. stay hydrated.

Smells stormy around here

maybe AC should be banned in places where it's less than 30 degrees anyway? wonder how much it contributes to the problem it's supposed to solve

I’ve read material of paved roads matters more as well as cars using a/c but you can never stop cars from using a/c

Less cars on the road maybe?

Was caught in the rain today but that was good because of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin

it is no wonder that those in the village of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, India, have been bottling the scent of rain for thousands of years. In a recent article of the Atlantic, Cynthia Barnett describes how the post-monsoon earth are collected, steam-distilled for six to seven hours, and fixed in sandalwood oil in order to produce mitti attar — Earth’s perfume.

looking forward to Earth's perfume tonight---37 today in Paris but storms rolling in tonight.

the Paris métro people explained that they're not going to add AC because the exhaust is hot air and it would just heat the tunnels & quais in place of the trains. Are metros in other major cities air conditioned, and if so, how do they deal with this?

Delhi and Caracas for sure. London, partly with upgrades planned for 2030. I think Delhi has vents for hot air but I am not sure how it works tbh.

A couple of tube lines are air conditioned but most of it isn’t - I’m not sure if it’s even possible to do for all lines?

There was widespread derision at the central line twitter (central line is one of the hotter ones) saying this the other day:

Hi, we're aware of the heating issues. We've made improvements to the ventilation systems on the current fleet. New trains are coming in early 2030, under the Deep Tube Upgrade Program which will be delivered with full air cooling systems. Thanks, Sol

— Central line (@centralline) July 23, 2018

Yes, I think Delhi might have a similar air cooling system, tbh. Air is vented, cooled and recirculated rather than just being expelled.

xp at least they're coming in early 2030 in time for summer

Lol as if the london underground won't be Metro 2033 by then.

Or possibly Arthur Lowe and family chuntering around the circle line like in A Bed Sitting Room

When a long legged lovely walks by
And you can see by the look in her eye
That it's gonna be
HAHT in the city, HAHT in the city, tonight

feel like that central line tweet should have ended with as you were

down to 16 degrees c up here today with patchy rain and a breeze that seems arctic by recent standards, can't even remember if i've got a coat.

26 in Paris which feels like winter tbh

Wore a jacket on the one mile walk into town this morning. Took it off on the walk back though.

Yes, jacket back on today.

Just to let you know, I can stand it this hot, I can do plenty.

Today, not so good

It's been close to 100F for the last week or two in much of the US. We don't have a working air conditioner in the trailer right now (electrical problems that my husband's in no condition to work on), just fans, so I repaired an old space cooler we had and put it into the bedroom.

Things are more chilled in Newcastle now. I feel less crap today for a number of reasons, and now I just feel a bit pollensneezy.

Hit 110F/43C in Austin today, supposed to be hotter tomorrow... they're warning there might be rolling blackouts.

See, we were in Majorca 2 weeks ago, and even though it was as hot there as it is here, now.. there was no pollen/hay fever so it was great.

Living in mortal fear of the AC shitting the bed. Not for any particular reason, just my brain deciding it's a new thing to be anxious about while temps are 105+.

also my new electricity plan that is exactly double the rate of the one I signed up for last July kicked in on 7/5 so it's an idle curiosity how many hundreds of dollars it will be this month

This is a rare opportunity for the UK and US members of Ilxor to suffer together, because here in the UK the temperatures are approaching thirty degrees centigrade! That's eighty-six degrees in Fahrenheit. And when I say "here in the UK" I mean "in London and the South of England".

And also Bournemouth. Whenever there's a burst of heat the Daily Mail sends a photographer to Bournemouth to photograph attractive people in their swimwear. Or they pick images from the news agencies of attractive people in their swimwear, in Bournemouth. I've been to Bournemouth in real life and I always associate it with heroin, not attractive people.

Because that's where I go to buy heroin! No, I'm joking. I was actually channelling Mark Prindle a little bit there. Apologies to Mark Prindle. In my life I've visited Seville and Hong Kong in similar temperatures and the only practical advice I can give - beyond the fact that you get used to it - is keep you hands out of your pockets with your fingers spread. Hang them by your side, like miniature radiators. It probably doesn't help much but it can't hurt.

I am in the southeastern U.S. (Atlanta, Georgia to be specific), and we've had pretty standard heat this summer--mid 80s to mid 90s Farenheit (roughly 29-35 Celsius), high humidity. We do seem to be getting more rain than usual.

One thing that separates us is electricity. We don't have air conditioning in the UK so the only thing that eats electricity is the refrigerator. It's not a huge factor. In the US everybody has air conditioning. The same was true in Hong Kong. I remember getting the bus to Victoria Peak partially to see Hong Kong but also because the buses are air-conditioned. Shops are air-conditioned in such a way that there's a blast of cold air on the pavement when you walk past them. Perhaps it's meant to entice you in. I remember seeing a film at the cinema and the temperature was uncomfortably cold.

I also remember thinking "is it like this in Singapore and Japan and all across China and India etc, and if so what impact is that going to have on the environment?" I grew up with science fiction so the idea of living on a metal planet covered in skyscrapers with a giant heatsink that spews hot air into orbit isn't so bad, but how are we going to evacuate heat into space? Vacuums aren't conductive.

Seville on the other hand had narrow, tall streets, made of stone, with shades:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/seville-spain-sept-th-shadow-curtains-street-protecting-tourists-harsh-sun-heat-which-common-summer-southern-158938631.jpg

On the surface its cute, but it raises the question of whether it would be more practical to cover the streets with a second layer of streets, as in The Caves of Steel.

It's even hot up here in Edinburgh! Admittedly with a stiff breeze howling off the Firth of Forth to keep things sensible.

I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. It's remarkable how much more livable the ocean makes that city.