shootingstar Posted July 17, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 17, 2018 We're getting heat warnings to stay safe. 31 degrees C...with probably medium humidity. Not horrible humidity. After living 40+ yrs. of humid summers in southern Ontario, I find prairie heat in Alberta,, still hot, sun just very powerful (probably less smog) but not as horrible. Our problem is to me, lack of tree cover in huge swaths of the city where there are parks..but not enough trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted July 17, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 17, 2018 Has anyone thought of planting trees? They are effective cooling an area off by providing shade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #3 Posted July 17, 2018 You can have some of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted July 17, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 17, 2018 Isn't heat always a matter of perspective? 31 c really isn't that hot for the southern states of the US and for people in AZ or TX is actually very reasonable. People in Northern Climates consider that warm. Kinda like @petitepedal feeling the heat when it's 90 @ humid which isn't out of the norm for us. But If she was in SoCal in winter she'd be in shorts & T while I'd be wearing long pants and a jacket with 65 degree temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 17, 2018 Share #5 Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, ChrisL said: Isn't heat always a matter of perspective? 125* with 90 pounds of equipment and full body armor snaking through Iraq. That is perspective. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #6 Posted July 17, 2018 So 31C is 88F. Is 31 really considered heat warning in your area? We stay over 100F / 38C for days at at time, sometimes weeks at a time in Texas. I am not sure that anyone here,with here being Dallas, Texas and anyone being a native Dallasite, would consider 88 hot, or heat warning area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted July 17, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, jsharr said: I am not sure that anyone here would consider 88 hot, or heat warning area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kirby said: How come your desk does not have streamers? At the very least, you could wave a streamer when you raise your hand, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted July 17, 2018 Share #9 Posted July 17, 2018 33 minutes ago, jsharr said: How come your desk does not have streamers? At the very least, you could wave a streamer when you raise your hand, no? Clearly that's just a graphic representation and not the real me, because it's yellow - not green. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #10 Posted July 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, Kirby said: Clearly that's just a graphic representation and not the real me, because it's yellow - not green. At first I thought it was @Mr. Silly, but then I noticed that he was not wearing a hat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted July 17, 2018 Share #11 Posted July 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, jsharr said: At first I thought it was @Mr. Silly, but then I noticed that he was not wearing a hat. I always wear my hat and super cool shoes. I never wear pants. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #12 Posted July 17, 2018 6 hours ago, shootingstar said: We're getting heat warnings to stay safe. 31 degrees C...with probably medium humidity. Not horrible humidity. After living 40+ yrs. of humid summers in southern Ontario, I find prairie heat in Alberta,, still hot, sun just very powerful (probably less smog) but not as horrible. Our problem is to me, lack of tree cover in huge swaths of the city where there are parks..but not enough trees. I find that shade - from trees or buildings - makes unbearable heat relatively bearable. Add a little bit of a breeze, and 100*F and high humidity is not as awful as one would think. I often ride during days where the heat index exceeds 100, and find sunscreen, some tree coverage, steady movement (a self-created breeze), and lots of water make it "no big deal". On my lunch walks, I immediately head to the side of the street that has shade from the buildings. It makes a gigantic difference. I remember being in Vegas by the pool in July, and moving our lounge chairs with the building's shadow. In the shadow, the dry heat (100+) was fine - especially if you jumped in the pool - but if you walked into the sun, it was like your skin was crackling. Totally insane. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted July 17, 2018 Share #13 Posted July 17, 2018 I would appreciate it cooling off to 31Canadian around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted July 17, 2018 Share #14 Posted July 17, 2018 Uncomfortable and dangerous are different things. You can be uncomfortable but well hydrated & press on forever. Get behind on the water & press on can put you in a world of hurt. If you start in less than good shape you can end up on thin ice pretty quick. If you're an 82 year old sitting in a 105 degree apartment for hours on end there may be some real danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 17, 2018 Share #15 Posted July 17, 2018 15 minutes ago, Further said: Uncomfortable and dangerous are different things. You can be uncomfortable but well hydrated & press on forever. Get behind on the water & press on can put you in a world of hurt. If you start in less than good shape you can end up on thin ice pretty quick. If you're an 82 year old sitting in a 105 degree apartment for hours on end there may be some real danger. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted July 18, 2018 8 hours ago, jsharr said: So 31C is 88F. Is 31 really considered heat warning in your area? We stay over 100F / 38C for days at at time, sometimes weeks at a time in Texas. I am not sure that anyone here,with here being Dallas, Texas and anyone being a native Dallasite, would consider 88 hot, or heat warning area. I guess we're whimps….when we also deal with winters where at least 1-4 days annually, it's -35 to -40 C degrees. Yes, the heating warning was issued to all employees in our organization....since we have several thousand ouside workers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted July 18, 2018 Share #17 Posted July 18, 2018 In the mill, in summer it's not difficult to find yourself in 140 * F + 15 to 20 minutes is safe, guys try to finish a repair and hang on for a few minutes more. The young ones recover quickly Older guys can miss some work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 18, 2018 Share #18 Posted July 18, 2018 Trees are good. Very good. There is a reason why I don't live in central Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted July 19, 2018 19 hours ago, Dottles said: Trees are good. Very good. There is a reason why I don't live in central Washington. I wondered why you wouldn't consider living ie. Spokane or Leavenworth later in life. (vs. ie. Idaho). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #20 Posted July 19, 2018 31C is 88F. That's cool enough for me to do yard work, even in severely humid Baltimore. In July, 1999, the my tour group was outside of the Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings and Luxor, Egypt when someone in the group asked me what 50 C was in Fahrenheit. Since it's 9/5 x C + 32 = F, I could do 50 C easily in my head (90 + 32) and replied, "122 degrees F, why do you ask?" "Because," he replied, "50 C is what that thermometer in the shade over there says!" With very low humidity in the Sahara Desert, it wasn't so bad even with the Sun virtually straight up in the sky. So it's not just heat that's a matter of perspective, it's heat + humidity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #21 Posted July 19, 2018 2 hours ago, shootingstar said: I wondered why you wouldn't consider living ie. Spokane or Leavenworth later in life. (vs. ie. Idaho). I lived in Spokane and haven't ruled it out but that place is deteriorating from what I hear. Leavenworth would be cool as I have a friend who's parents live there. But not so sure it's far enough and still in crappy taxes. But you never know. We may land here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share #22 Posted July 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, Dottles said: I lived in Spokane and haven't ruled it out but that place is deteriorating from what I hear. Leavenworth would be cool as I have a friend who's parents live there. But not so sure it's far enough and still in crappy taxes. But you never know. We may land here yet. Leavenworth is quite small....one should consider being within reasonable commuting distance from a major hospital. We ejoyed the faux German Bavarian atmosphere there. Of course, it's for the tourists year-round. We went there in the winter which was nice after snowshoeing during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #23 Posted July 19, 2018 Just now, shootingstar said: Leavenworth is quite small....one should consider being within reasonable commuting distance from a major hospital. Yep. That puts us in the vicinity of Spokane, Portland, Salem, possibility Bend or Boise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #24 Posted July 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Leavenworth is quite small....one should consider being within reasonable commuting distance from a major hospital. We ejoyed the faux German Bavarian atmosphere there. Of course, it's for the tourists year-round. We went there in the winter which was nice after snowshoeing during the day. Northern Idaho panhandle is not bad. Housing isn't all that much cheaper though in greater Couer d'Alane. You have to go into Silver Valley and that's got documented problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share #25 Posted July 19, 2018 My partner loved cycling the bike trail which is over 100 km. in Couer d'Alene. One doesn't hear about Idaho in Canada in the news -- at all. When living in southern Ontario, I knew no one who vacationed in Montana, Idaho, the Dakotas nor Washington state. There are huge swaths of the U.S. most Canadians I've met in southern Ontario, wouldn't even think of immediately as a vacation spot. But it's natural and easy for them to know/go to Michigan, New York, maybe Minnesota or New England states. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #26 Posted July 19, 2018 Yeah, I know both the Centennial Trail in Spokane to Couer d'Alane and the CDA from the southern part of the lake to Mullen near Fourth of July pass. We vacate there for incredible bike riding and we'll be back. Cuts right through Silver Valley. I first got into biking there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #27 Posted July 19, 2018 Your right though. Few people know about it and prices are cheap. You can stay in plush lodgings a whole week in Wallace or Kellog ID for dirt cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #28 Posted July 19, 2018 Now I want to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #29 Posted July 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, shootingstar said: My partner loved cycling the bike trail which is over 100 km. in Couer d'Alene. One doesn't hear about Idaho in Canada in the news -- at all. When living in southern Ontario, I knew no one who vacationed in Montana, Idaho, the Dakotas nor Washington state. There are huge swaths of the U.S. most Canadians I've met in southern Ontario, wouldn't even think of immediately as a vacation spot. But it's natural and easy for them to know/go to Michigan, New York, maybe Minnesota or New England states. I have vacationed or been to all those places you mentioned. Let me know if you need any insight or just want a second opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted July 19, 2018 Share #30 Posted July 19, 2018 I would be happy to share some hidden gems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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