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.

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

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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!

dar512 · 05-20-2008, 11:32 AM

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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)

I wouldn't have pictured you knowing either one of those tunes, Bri. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Trilby · 05-20-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

I wouldn't have pictured you knowing either one of those tunes, Bri. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You'd be surprised at what I know

It's a perfectly seasoned 68 degrees here in oHIo land. Tis rare indeed that we have nice weather. I get panicky at 78 degrees. Our summers are like being in a sauna----hot, humid, sticky and they piss you off.

skysidhe · 05-22-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

I wouldn't have pictured you knowing either one of those tunes, Bri. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Well I know she is close to my age and from what I remember there was not much else on the radio and nothing but Wild Kingdom and Walt Disney on tv so.

Those would be my reasons for knowing those songs. Not like I am projecting on a generation or anything.

Shawnee123 · 05-22-2008, 05:09 PM

And then there was that whole movie about that guy...who was it...oh yeah, Johnny Cash. :p

Kitsune · 04-27-2007, 02:33 PM

But it's a dry heat.

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.

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.

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.

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!"

05-22-2008, 05:09 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	And then there was that whole movie about that guy...who was it...oh yeah, Johnny Cash. :p __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-27-2007, 02:37 PM	#13
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, 03:02 PM	#5
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	we don't have heat waves - we have heat tsunamis

04-27-2007, 02:33 PM	#11
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	But it's a dry heat.

04-27-2007, 02:43 PM	#14
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, 02:47 PM	#15
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.

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