A feeling of dread

Cloud · 04-27-2007, 02:09 PM

comes upon this town as the summer draws near.

Average temp 95 degrees (although it usually seems to hover around 100 degrees) from May through August. We all turn into cave dwellars (no cellars around here!), and creep out of our air conditioned holes in the early morning, and in the evening after the sun goes down.

Hyoi · 04-27-2007, 02:19 PM

I'm not prying so deeply that I want to know where you live, but is it desert or semi-desert? The lady and I are wanting to move to New Mexico, probably up north a ways (maybe Santa Fe, maybe Taos). Is it that bad, or are you just a sissy?

Cloud · 04-27-2007, 02:23 PM

I live in El Paso. Santa Fe and Taos are both fantastic places, but higher up, so it doesn't get as hot there (and gets a lot colder in winter there, too). El Paso isn't as bad as, say, Phoenix, or even Las Vegas, but it does get pretty darn hot.

I've lived here for 20 years, so I've adjusted, somewhat. Still--it's hard to get things done in the summer because I HATE being out in the sun.

Kitsune · 04-27-2007, 02:33 PM

But it's a dry heat.

Hyoi · 04-27-2007, 02:37 PM

O.K. We got one thing settled. Having lived in El Paso for twenty years, you're no sissy! Been there, like it. Like Mexico, too. But yeah, I think high and dry might just be the ticket. I'd send you some of our humidity, rain, and clouds if I could, 'cause the gods know we have plenty to spare.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-27-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

But it's a dry heat.

Yeah, in Wisconsin we either get very humid heat or very dry cold. I love extremes.

Cloud · 04-27-2007, 02:43 PM

yeah, damp & sticky + hot is surely worse than here.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-27-2007, 02:47 PM

I'm sure your heat is more constant than here though. We get one or two heat waves for about a total of a little over a week than it is back to comforable temperatures.

jester · 04-27-2007, 02:51 PM

i'm not a big fan of the heat either - i swear i don't believe it got this hot when i was younger or maybe because i work in an office area and have f-o-r-e-v-e-r. i have become addicted to a/c.

Cloud · 04-27-2007, 02:52 PM

yeah, and the ironic thing is the a/c in offices (like mine) is turned up so full blast that you're like an icicle when you leave the office. So the heat feels good then.

Until you get in your car and the surfaces burn, burn, burn!

Trilby · 04-27-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I live in El Paso... burn, burn, burn!

Cloud lives in the West Texas town of El Paso and she burns, burns, burns in the ring of fire (the ring of fire)

jester · 04-27-2007, 03:02 PM

we don't have heat waves - we have heat tsunamis

Cloud · 04-27-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Cloud lives in the West Texas town of El Paso and she burns, burns, burns in the ring of fire (the ring of fire)

hee!

Sundae · 04-27-2007, 03:22 PM

Bless you and your strange foreign heat.

I get distressed when it goes above 20 (68) here.
Now that it regularly hits 30+ (86) in the summer I seriously think I'll have to leave my beloved England by the time I retire...

Kitsune · 04-27-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Bless you and your strange foreign heat.

I get distressed when it goes above 20 (68) here.
Now that it regularly hits 30+ (86) in the summer I seriously think I'll have to leave my beloved England by the time I retire...

We don't turn the air conditioning on unless the house gets above 80F.

04-27-2007, 02:09 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	A feeling of dread comes upon this town as the summer draws near. Average temp 95 degrees (although it usually seems to hover around 100 degrees) from May through August. We all turn into cave dwellars (no cellars around here!), and creep out of our air conditioned holes in the early morning, and in the evening after the sun goes down. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2007, 02:19 PM	#2
Hyoi Faithful Companion Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	I'm not prying so deeply that I want to know where you live, but is it desert or semi-desert? The lady and I are wanting to move to New Mexico, probably up north a ways (maybe Santa Fe, maybe Taos). Is it that bad, or are you just a sissy? __________________ When you stop trying to make sense of it all, it all begins to make sense.

04-27-2007, 02:23 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I live in El Paso. Santa Fe and Taos are both fantastic places, but higher up, so it doesn't get as hot there (and gets a lot colder in winter there, too). El Paso isn't as bad as, say, Phoenix, or even Las Vegas, but it does get pretty darn hot. I've lived here for 20 years, so I've adjusted, somewhat. Still--it's hard to get things done in the summer because I HATE being out in the sun. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2007, 02:37 PM	#5
Hyoi Faithful Companion Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	O.K. We got one thing settled. Having lived in El Paso for twenty years, you're no sissy! Been there, like it. Like Mexico, too. But yeah, I think high and dry might just be the ticket. I'd send you some of our humidity, rain, and clouds if I could, 'cause the gods know we have plenty to spare. __________________ When you stop trying to make sense of it all, it all begins to make sense.

04-27-2007, 02:43 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah, damp & sticky + hot is surely worse than here. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2007, 02:33 PM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	But it's a dry heat.

04-27-2007, 02:47 PM	#8
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I'm sure your heat is more constant than here though. We get one or two heat waves for about a total of a little over a week than it is back to comforable temperatures.

04-27-2007, 02:51 PM	#9
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	i'm not a big fan of the heat either - i swear i don't believe it got this hot when i was younger or maybe because i work in an office area and have f-o-r-e-v-e-r. i have become addicted to a/c.

04-27-2007, 02:52 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah, and the ironic thing is the a/c in offices (like mine) is turned up so full blast that you're like an icicle when you leave the office. So the heat feels good then. Until you get in your car and the surfaces burn, burn, burn! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-27-2007, 03:02 PM	#12
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	we don't have heat waves - we have heat tsunamis

04-27-2007, 03:22 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Bless you and your strange foreign heat. I get distressed when it goes above 20 (68) here. Now that it regularly hits 30+ (86) in the summer I seriously think I'll have to leave my beloved England by the time I retire... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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