Comments on: Damn, it’s hot: The relativity of temperature

By: Dorothea Salo

Dorothea Salo — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:56:42 +0000

In my office yesterday (I share a server closet with three people and a bunch of servers), the temperature hit 88.5 Fahrenheit at about 3 pm.

Thank goodness the heat wave broke last night!

By: Daniel Cornwall

Daniel Cornwall — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:34:18 +0000

We did have one of those three days with high 70s stretches. We don’t have air conditioners and I whined to a very unsympathic LISNews audience. Of course, if I’d been in their shoes, I wouldn’t sympathize with me either!

By: Ruth Ellen

Ruth Ellen — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:15:27 +0000

Reminds me of the heat wave I read about a few years ago in the Scilly Islands. The temperature hit 70 F. and the people who lived there were dropping like flies.

By: walt

walt — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:25:38 +0000

You got one of those earlier this year, didn’t you? With Juneau temperatures in the high 70s/low 80s for several days running? I’m guessing you’re just as likely to have AC as we are: Not very.

By: Daniel Cornwall

Daniel Cornwall — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:18:13 +0000

In my part of Alaska, a heat wave is defined as three days in a row when the outside temp exceeds 75 F.

By: Sarah Houghton (Librarian in Black)

Sarah Houghton (Librarian in Black) — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:45:55 +0000

Agreed! Growing up in Chicago, it wasn’t uncommon to have temperatures in the 100s for a few dozen days a year. But the air conditioning made all the difference. I too have been coping with the 90ish weather in a Northern California home. The thought of going to a movie I don’t want to even see or going shopping just to get into some A/C is a sad thing, but a reality these last few days.