RE: Just hot everywhere

He should have stayed up by his parents... temps dropped here... now in the
mid 80's- heat index in the low 90's....

Guessing my body got used to this weather finally- seems fine out there now
<lol> suppose I am going to be looking for a jacket when the high is only 77
on Wednesday....

Donna



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> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of kmrsy@netzero.com
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:54 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Just hot everywhere
> 
> > Maybe I should get A/C after all.  For Romeo, of course.
> 
> Not even a one room wall unit for respite, Chris?  Don't work on that new
> deck during this, you'll kill yourself.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> 
> -- "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
> > I'm guessing everyone was suffering from the heat over the weekend. It
> > actually cooled down just a little for us - from 105/110 during the week
> to
> > only about 98 yesterday. However the decrease in temperature was due to
> some
> > rare thunderstorm activity so the humidity went way up. This did not
> help.
> 
> I know what you mean.  :(  I'm sitting at home melting while just
> *thinking*
> of moving.  Maybe I should get A/C after all.  For Romeo, of course.
> 
> The temperature is 98, humidity is 61, and the heat index is a whopping
> 124 degrees.
> 
> > I'm frantically trying to get all my garden produce put up and my fair
> > entries completed, so I spent Saturday making jelly and Sunday canning
> > tomato stuff (chili sauce & salsa); this did not help me cool off
> either.
> > Still piled in the fridge are about 20 pounds of cucumbers. I'm serious
> this
> > time, I am not going to go overboard planting veggies next year. (repeat
> > this to self several times a day starting next November)
> 
> But think of the advantage -- you get to stand in front of the open
> refrigerator door trying to make room.  :)
> 
> > Anyway the thunderstorms were an interesting break in our usual "clear
> sunny
> > and hot, southwesterly winds in the afternoon" forecast. The power went
> off
> > and back on several times. Water fell from the sky - okay, just enough
> to
> > make spots in the dust, but it did happen.
> 
> We've gotten a fair amount of rain down here (thank goodness).  I went up
> to Chicago this weekend to visit my parents and they're parched.  The
> lawns
> are all brown and crispy.  I hope all of you suffering from drought get
> some
> water!
> 
> > Friday I took the day off and went to the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
> Yep
> > it was hot there too. So hot we almost had the place to ourselves, and
> > that's not so bad. A grouping of huge crepe myrtles was in full flower,
> very
> > impressive, and some of the Australian trees were also flowering along
> with
> > a lot of the perennials and vines they have. Maybe it was the humidity
> but
> > the eucalyptus scent was almost overpowering, and when we walked by the
> > honeysuckle - wow.  We followed it up with a visit to the California
> Cactus
> > Center, where I sighed over all the exotic succulents I can't grow. A
> nice
> > day.
> 
> That sounds nice!  I'm glad you had a good time.  Arboreta are just so
> awesome.  :)
> 
> Chris
> 
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