It is SO STINKING HOT!!!

[parrott1969]

It is so stinking hot here that my CONCRETE driveway actually buckled! I still can not believe that it happened but it did. My drive is over 400 foot long and it goes down one hill and up the other. Well at the top by the house it actuall lifted 1 1/2 inches off the gound! I was a rod buster ( think rebar in concrete) for 13 years and thought I had seen everything but boy was I wrong. The other thing that amazes me is that part of it is poured on top of another slap that had severly weathered. This creates a mechinical bond. So it did not only lift from expanison but it was also able to break the bond between the two slabs. Man, that is a lot of force! I knew I should have put in an expansion joint but I did not. Oh well stupid is as stupid does so I am going to have to break out the demolition saw. :oops:

[crabo]

I know what you mean. The local ice cream truck couldn't make it yesterday.

[Moondawg]

A warm spell beats, an ice age with glaciers covering the land, any ole day.

[Roundnoser]

I had 3 long days of firearms training on the range during that hot spell. No shade. -- Soaked in sweat above and below the protective vest! Even my leather boots were soaked through with sweat. I love shooting, but that training was the most difficult I have ever experienced.

[Echo]

Response From Tucson:

Poor babies...

[GRUMPA]

Yesterday it was 99.7deg on my patio, and at this time of the year that's average.

[oneokie]

Whatcha gonna do when it does get hot?

[GRUMPA]

Whatcha gonna do when it does get hot?

Go sit in my red-neck swimming pool (galvanized livestock tank) the no diving policy is strictly enforced.

[rexherring]

It's supposed to get to 99 here tomorrow. In North Dakota...........:-?

[Love Life]

I will trade you some of our wind from Nevada for some of your heat. I'll take heat over constant wind any day. I swear the wind has been blowing everyday since mid April.

[fishnbob]

It is so stinking hot here that my CONCRETE driveway actually buckled! I still can not believe that it happened but it did. My drive is over 400 foot long and it goes down one hill and up the other. Well at the top by the house it actuall lifted 1 1/2 inches off the gound! I was a rod buster ( think rebar in concrete) for 13 years and thought I had seen everything but boy was I wrong. The other thing that amazes me is that part of it is poured on top of another slap that had severly weathered. This creates a mechinical bond. So it did not only lift from expanison but it was also able to break the bond between the two slabs. Man, that is a lot of force! I knew I should have put in an expansion joint but I did not. Oh well stupid is as stupid does so I am going to have to break out the demolition saw. :oops:

I worked in Road & Bridge construction for 42+ yrs. in quality control and Project Management. I happened to see the concrete pavement blow out on Rte 29 south of Lynchburg, about 1972. I was about 1/2 mile away driving towards it and I thought the nearby quarry had put off a shot of dynamite until I saw the dust & debris fall back in the road. Then I thought someone had blown the pavement up. The pavement had been there for years. That's why I prefer asphalt pavement, it's flexible. I don't think the word terrorism had been coined then. The bad thing about your situation and I'm sure you know it, is the 2 separate courses have bonded and have different temps for expansion & contraction. If you cut an expansion joint, you need to go all the way through both courses or layers. I think I would put one in each 100 feet.
Good luck, Bob.

[JesterGrin_1]

In San Antonio TEXAS the Range for the Next 10 Days is 97-106 Whew. And my Electric Bill shows it. Dang

[Doughty]

Yeah, it's getting hot alright. Yesterday was the first day my wife didn't have a fire in the morning.

[sundog]

Tulsa week of 06/25/2012

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[Longwood]

the no diving policy is strictly enforced.



Right,,, you don't want to be like Rodney.
Blub blub.

[41 mag fan]

Everyone just needs to swelter and use a paper fan and a wet washcloth to stay cool.

I'm enjoying the 5 day work weeks only at the coal mine.
It's ok if it's hot out, it'll only last a few more months then it'll be cool with fall and winter approaching.

I thank you all for being considerate to my not wanting to go back to 6 day work weeks again by leaving the air off. :bigsmyl2: :kidding:

Oh and P.S.......I only have my air on in the house, and out in the shop for the last 3 weeks, because I'm patronizing the power plant that 10mi to the west of me, because i'm trying to get a job there and get out of the mines, plus it's hot out and I'm used to 68* temps in the darkness :bigsmyl2:

[Dennis Eugene]

Picture of me taken yesterday by my son Mike http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l497/youngmaster357/P1010103.jpg

[RayinNH]

Dennis, I can see it's hot there as well, your top two buttons are undone :-P...Ray

[kfarm]

Wow were gonna have a cold front come thru and be 97 tomorrow, may need to get the cold weather gear out. It was 107 here on my farm in Little Rock today. No rain for at least another 10 days.

[Plate plinker]

Concur with FISHNBOB. Did concrete 11 yrs.and would never go 400 ft without 3 joints minimum. Think you know what you need to do. Once saw a drive that was .4 miles long do that no joints were installed......until after the incident. That had a whale of a jump for a while. <->.[smilie=2:

[Charley]

In San Antonio TEXAS the Range for the Next 10 Days is 97-106 Whew. And my Electric Bill shows it. Dang

Ditto. Add in the 90% humidity, and it gets feels pretty warm. Wait until August. Then you'll feel hot.

[9.3X62AL]

I hear ya as to the wind, Love Life. Non-freakin'-stop since about forever.

Not real bad here--95*-100* most days with little humidity. The evenings are WONDERFUL after 9 P.M., just open up and enjoy the breezes. Nice to reload by.

[JesterGrin_1]

Ditto. Add in the 90% humidity, and it gets feels pretty warm. Wait until August. Then you'll feel hot.

I have lived here All of my Life lol. But this will shock you lol. The Humidity has only been in the 20-30% Range. I am thinking hard about getting a Swamp Cooler. But nobody here really has them.

August heck. It is still Pretty Darn HOT here in September. And maybe starts to cool off in Mid October lol. :)

[Superfly]

yeah it is getting warmer out but soon it be colder out then we all be bitchin again

[patsher]

Yeah-- first we had the wind FOREVER, and now it's 100 degrees and wildfires. Up on the mountain south of town they've had a fire been burning a weekand a half, can't get it stopped. 5000 acres now. And to the east, up the the mountains they've got one been burning two weeks, can't get control. and the BLM won't let us fight fires on their land -- say it's "natural"....

[gofastman]

A warm spell beats, an ice age with glaciers covering the land, any ole day.

I strongly disagree!

[patsher]

Was teaching a driver safety class today; one of the ladies in the class said she was following a car in the southeastern part of the state, saw the guy flick a cigarette out the window, it landed in the median -- and it just EXPLODED she said. The wind caught the sparks, jumped the interstate, caught fire in the prairie and had flames in the air 20 or 30 feet almost instantly! The guy who started it just kept driving. They stopped, called it in, the sheriff said somebody else had called it in and they were sending out crews -- I don't know what's the matter with people! They just don't have any idea how fast and furious the range fires are, and how quickly they blow up and spread. Saw the remnants of one on the way to the next town today, just west of town. Burned right up to a bunch of houses in the country; but they were still standing. Bet there were a lot of rapid heartbeats around there for a while!

[Artful]

heck, only 100 deg at 8:30 pm here in phoenix - just waiting to drop to 98 or below to walk the dogs

[blueeyephil]

It was 102 here in Northern Arkansas. Just came in from helping my son finish his first break job. We waited until about 7:30pm to get started. I think it was down to about 90 by then.

We haven't had any rain in quite a while either. It is hot and dry with burn bans all around.

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[mooman76]

It's been hot here but that's the norm for this time of year. What isn't normal is it's been windy. It is also windy here alot but not once it gets hot. Now it feels like a blow drier.

[1bluehorse]

48 here this morning at 6:30 when I went out to feed the horses. Got way up to 67, nice and sunny till about 2pm then clouded over and sprinkled a bit. Sposed' to rain tomorrow with a high of 68. Weatherbug says up in the 70's over the weekend though. Not complainin, could be standin next to Mike and Dennis...:)

[geargnasher]

I have lived here All of my Life lol. But this will shock you lol. The Humidity has only been in the 20-30% Range. I am thinking hard about getting a Swamp Cooler. But nobody here really has them.

August heck. It is still Pretty Darn HOT here in September. And maybe starts to cool off in Mid October lol. :)

We're just startin' to get a good thaw going on here, first honest 100-degree day here yesterday, and 101 today. Dang hygrometer has it's tongue hanging out here, too, I almost offered it a glass of iced tea. We're way behind for the 100s, shoulda happened a few weeks ago, but now I can finally start wearing short sleeves.

Gear

[JesterGrin_1]

Heck I have been online looking into Swamp Coolers lol. These A/C Bills are NUTS. And the Low humidity just astounds me.

I thought about a Swamp Cooler last summer but thought na this Low Humidity will not stay around. And yep it came back lol. It is not the norm for San Antonio.

[geargnasher]

According to historical averages, this should be the last year of the hard draught. Remember '80-84? Four years of practically no rain (it killed most of the Texas Persimmon and Black Cherry trees on my property), then the floods of '85-87. Same way in the 90s. Three-four years of blistering hot and no ran, then a year or two of floods.

So if you invest in a swamp cooler, do it now and plan to sell it next year or make a canoe out of it!

Gear

[JesterGrin_1]

I sure Hope you are right. As it is just too darn HOT to even go to the Shooting Range. And since most of my work is outside or in the HEAT. I have to start when the Sun comes up and shut it down by 11:00 AM. Heck by 10:00 AM Today it was already too darn HOT.

[Artful]

90 this morning at 6:00 am - done for the day 12:00 pm 103 - todays expected high 108

[felix]

105 right now on back porch with lower humidity than yesterday. 110 yesterday at this time. Nothing but craziness. It was 95 when we went shotgunning clays 4 weeks ago. The cheap box store promotional Winnie shells had to be sent back to Olin. The pump guns could NOT EJECT them, 7 out of 25 for 3 boxes worth. Olin said they would replace with any shotgun ammo I wanted. I said anything but aluminum bases. ... felix

[Certaindeaf]

62F here today at 1300hrs. Overcast and raining as usual.. tomorrow will be around 80 and some sun.. yay!

[Rick N Bama]

We had a "Cold Front" to come through last night so today it's only gotten up to 90'. We're to have 100+ the rest of the week though.

Rick

[Mark85304]

Response From Tucson:

Poor babies...

Yep, I hear you brother.

- It was 115.5 in Glendale (suburb of Phoenix) yesterday by my weather station.
- My pool water is 90 degrees with a fountain running to keep it cool.

Mo Hotta, Mo Betta

The hotter it gets, the less the women wear. :bigsmyl2:

[paul h]

I'll gladly trade some of our cool for your hot. Two weeks back it was in the mid 40's in the morning and we were still getting a dusting of snow on the mountain tops, "highs" were in the 50's. This week it's barely 50 in the morning and only high 50's mid day. I don't so much mind the cool as the clouds and rain/drizzle that are causing it.

[Certaindeaf]

^
Sounds like around here but you have 2 months of 24hr sun now.. snowed on Mt. Hood down pretty low the last few days hereabouts.

And as for them skimpy wearing wimmens in 110F.. they, like any sane being, likes the air conditioning and essentially run from one air conditioned pod to the other.

[Rick N Bama]

I've just received my forecast for the rest of the week after tomorrow when we're to only get up to 94,

THURSDAY: Sunny and much hotter! High: 100. Wind: SW 7-14.

FRIDAY: Excessively hot. Blazing sunshine. High: 103. Wind: WNW 5-10.

SATURDAY: Sunny and extremely hot. Record heat possible. High: 104. Wind: WNW 5-

Rick

[x101airborne]

Today.... 108 in the shade. No kidding.
I would take 40' temps anytime .
BTW.... Did I say it was 95% humidity?

[bearcove]

Yep! my wife just told me the mice all died.

Darn, won't have to smell them till the snake eats all the ones we have frozen.

[RP]

http://http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/Ricky1965/006-1.jpg And you think its hot where your at. Do not leave the boolits out in the sun.

[Freightman]

It was 106 today and I am not complaining, but my 23 year old house air conditioner went kaput and my 23 year old F250's air went out also, anyone want to loan me some money?

[x101airborne]

Dang.... Now that is HOT!!!!

[MtGun44]

Yep, that's why they call them expansion joints. . . . . .

Bill

[crabo]

It is SO STINKING HOT!!! that I did not have to heat my 45/45/10. It ran out of the bottle like water! Shake and squirt.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Freightman, I have only been to Amarillo , Texas a few times when the weather was what you might call "nice". The last time we were there was in early October. We were taking pictures by the big cross. I wanted to take a few more pictures and my wife said no way. It was 10% above zero and the wind was blowing at something like Mach 1. We jumped into the car and pointed it west at a speed of Mach 2.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

In Madison Wisconsin almost every day over 90 results in a section of highway heaving

the sections of concrete are generally 10 foot by 10 foot with expansion joints every 10 feet but when they all expand , the one with the least room goes boom and heaves inches to a foot

it causes many accidents, only 1 that i have heard of this year but it still june , i recall one day when IIRC 16 happened in 1 day , the crews just couldn't get to them fast enough when they do they make a cut bust it out and cold pack it in till they can fix it right later

[JeffinNZ]

I contrast, this morning Bella and I ran in the dark in a frost.

[TJF1]

Yesterday the high in okla. Was 111

[x101airborne]

Everyone does realize that we havent hit July and August yet......

[ErikO]

St Louis is breaking 100 tomorrow through Sunday. Getting some work done in the basement for sure.

[popper]

I thought of oven HT some in the sun yesterday, maybe I won't try. 103 yesterday when I mowed, I'm lucky today I get to vacuum, inside. No casting today. I was in Seattle a couple years ago when it was 117, the winter before it was 17.

[oneokie]

Everyone does realize that we havent hit July and August yet......

We didn't really need that reminder. ;-)

[Hardcast416taylor]

Looking for a possible 100+ South of Deeeeetroit forcast for today.Robert

[Jim]

The next four days where I am is supposed to be between 105 and 110. And I'm outside sifting bullets out of sand and running a smelter.

You throw a topwater plug out in front of me, I might hit it. As much water as I'm drinkin', I'm beginnin' to think like a fish.

[oneokie]

Be careful out there Jim.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

yeah it is getting warmer out but soon it be colder out then we all be bitchin again

yesterday was sweltering here 93º with a 70º dew point,
today not so bad, a cold front came through, only 85º with a 50º dew point...that low dew point makes all the difference !

Hey Superfly,
I love the winter in southern MN. No complaining about the cold from me !
Jon

[giz189]

Superfly, does the VFW or American Legion, I can't remember which one it was, there in Roseau still have their annual hunting and fishing cook out down in the basement?

[Freightman]

Well the air conditioner man came today the unit is toast, no surprise there, he said the unit will be here at the end of the week (next). Forecast 102/100/100/ cools of to 99/and 98. for the next five days. O goodie I think, then I think of the people in Colorado Springs and that will not be so bad.

[waksupi]

Keep pouring down water in the hot weather. If you don't have to pee all the time, you aren't drinking enough.

[Jim]

Keep pouring down water in the hot weather. If you don't have to pee all the time, you aren't drinking enough.

That's exactly right! The color of your urine and the frequency of your passing it is the scale that indicates your level of dehydration. 'Clear & every hour' is the rule.

[Plinkster]

I was just wondering yesterday when summer was really gonna start here in Oregon's Willamette Vally. Now I don't so much care, I think I'll be happy with the low 70's we've been seeing as a high. I for one say let the ice age come! It's always been easier (and cheaper) for me to warm up than to cool down.

[ErikO]

St Louis became the devil's crotch a few weeks early this year.

[JeffinNZ]

Every hour Jim! I'd get nothing done.

[Roosters]

103 here today at 3:00 and I've had the A/C on all day in the house with the doors open trying to cool it off outside to do a little casting. Guess I need to get a bigger unit for the house. [smilie=b:

[The Amateur]

Wow were gonna have a cold front come thru and be 97 tomorrow, may need to get the cold weather gear out. It was 107 here on my farm in Little Rock today. No rain for at least another 10 days.

10 days? What forecast did you read?:groner:

[Superfly]

yes we still have the cook outs for deer season and fishing season at the legion I dont go to them but alot of people do Plus there is Cookouts in Grygla and other towns to.

[The Amateur]

Well, it's official... The USA has gone to HELL.

[Bloodman14]

103 and 105 yesterday and today, in Lebanon and Springfield; what a time for my clutch to go out!

[atr]

flat slab of concrete out in the sun....think HEAT SINK !
even worse if the concrete was poured without control joints....then it has no was to releive the stress
atr / PE structural engineer

[Jim]

In my smelting shop, at 5:30 this afternoon. The thermometer is suspended by a cord, so doesn't touch anything and it's always in the shade.

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[Longwood]

103 out yesterday but that is normal here.
the problem arose when the evaporator cooler started spitting water onto the motor and caused the smoke to come out of it.
All attempts at getting the smoke back into the motor failed so I had to install a new motor this morning.
Ahhhhh,,,,,, All is well again.

[The Amateur]

103 out yesterday but that is normal here.
the problem arose when the evaporator cooler started spitting water onto the motor and caused the smoke to come out of it.
All attempts at getting the smoke back into the motor failed so I had to install a new motor this morning.
Ahhhhh,,,,,, All is well again.

In the short time I lived out in Desert Hot Springs, ours went out as well.
It started shaking the whole house then quit.
The very next week, I woke up to the house shaking again.
I started cussing that thing for a few the realized it was a 4.6 tremor!
We moved to New York soon after that!:holysheep

[The Amateur]

It's so hot here in Arkansas that you can't fart outside without setting your draws on fire!

[HollowPoint]

It's not the Heat, it's the stupidity; I mean the Humidity.
If we weren't so stupid we might be inside in front of the air conditioning
or cooler ducts.

111 degrees just about every day last week. That too is about normal for this time
of year. And it wasn't a "Dry Heat."

It was 93 degrees at midnight a couple of nights ago.

HollowPoint

[Longwood]

In the short time I lived out in Desert Hot Springs, ours went out as well.
It started shaking the whole house then quit.
The very next week, I woke up to the house shaking again.
I started cussing that thing for a few the realized it was a 4.6 tremor!
We moved to New York soon after that!:holysheep

4.6,,, So you and the dog woke up,,,, big deal.
When they get up around 7.0, I start checking for stuff that fell over.
I have been through dozens including the big one in Landers a few years back. That one was spectacular and a real treat to witness. Huge boulders rolling down rocky slopes and dust clouds as far as you could see. It is so cool watching the houses and other surface items, lift up and down with the waves as they go across the country side.
We were camped out on a Dune Buggie outing and drove to the top of a big hill to watch the show.
Still,,, nothing bad or scary.
The only thing I ever lost, was a small jar with six quail eggs.

[The Amateur]

4.6,,, So you and the dog woke up,,,, big deal.
When they get up around 7.0, I start checking for stuff that fell over.
I have been through dozens including the big one in Landers a few years back. That one was spectacular and a real treat to witness. Huge boulders rolling down rocky slopes and dust clouds as far as you could see. It is so cool watching the houses and other surface items, lift up and down with the waves as they go across the country side.
We were camped out on a Dune Buggie outing and drove to the top of a big hill to watch the show.
Still,,, nothing bad or scary.
The only thing I ever lost, was a small jar with six quail eggs.

It was less about the 4.6'er and much more about the 127F temps, scorpions, liberals, cost of everything and sand storms. We moved.

[Longwood]

It was less about the 4.6'er and much more about the 127F temps, scorpions, liberals, cost of everything and sand storms. We moved.

I must admit,, Desert Hot Springs is not my idea of a nice place to live.
Way too hot and the wind is never ending.
Just South and East is one of the largest wind mill farms in the US.
I just had a good friend get killed trying to fly his ultralight aircraft East through the pass to be home for Mothers day.
Lots of murders and gang warfare there now.

[reloader28]

It may not be as hot as someplaces here, but we've been putting shiny metal roofing on the last couple days.
Its 105* plus the hot metal. For a comparison, on the next 105* day, go stand in the middle of a 30ft square mirror. You feel the heat thru heavy metal gloves. If you touch it with bare skin it blisters almost instantly. Just like standing in a giant fry pan, literally.

Thank God we only have about 4 hours left of that.

A week ago Sunday we were setting at 113*.

[Az Rick]

Well Guys we're used to it here. 105 or 106 today. It's been that way for weeks. I'm lucky enough to be using a chainsaw for 5 or 6hrs a day everyday and will for the next 3 weeks or so.
When it's this hot and sunny you wear gloves, not because you have tender hands but because you can't pick anything up without them.

Maybe the rains will come soon, July/August, it's already humid for us.

[94ranger]

Well Guys we're used to it here. 105 or 106 today. It's been that way for weeks. I'm lucky enough to be using a chainsaw for 5 or 6hrs a day everyday and will for the next 3 weeks or so.
When it's this hot and sunny you wear gloves, not because you have tender hands but because you can't pick anything up without them.

Maybe the rains will come soon, July/August, it's already humid for us.

Here's a nasty example of concrete buckling due to heat (some may have seen this) -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf0l3NO-35U&feature=youtu.be