http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/23/heat.coping.ap/index.html
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- When it's 117 degrees, the beads of sweat feel as big as golf balls, and gamblers still want their cars parked. Casino valet attendants have only one hope: Pray for a Cadillac.
Somehow, life goes on in the desert, even when logic and a decent thermometer suggest it's time to seek shelter and a cold drink. That's not an option when you're an air conditioning repairman, a mail carrier or countless others who just have to find a way to cope and carry on.
How do they do it? Lots of water and a good sweat rag, they say _ and plenty of rest breaks in the shade.
Dale Curry, a 56-year-old electrician at a construction site, feels like a turkey on Thanksgiving Day, one that's been getting crispy for hours. He guzzles water and rests, but still he aches and can hardly move when the temperature spikes.
He often utters a few choice words, but "it's not a language for small children and ladies," he said.
Even in a place accustomed to triple-digit heat, this has been one hot summer already. Tuesday's 117 degrees tied the record set in 1942.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/23/heat.coping.ap/index.html
How are you guys doing over there in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and California ?
Please, can you give us your reports ?
Originally posted by ivanhoeI live in Kansas City, and it's 101 today. The humidity is around 70%. It might as well be the Amazon Rain Forest. I expect to see parrots flying over any minute.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/23/heat.coping.ap/index.html
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- When it's 117 degrees, the beads of sweat feel as big as golf balls, and gamblers still want their cars parked. Casino valet attendants have only one hope: Pray for a Cadillac.
Somehow, life goes on in the desert, even when logic and a decent thermometer suggest ...[text shortened]... over there in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and California ?
Please, can you give us your reports ?
Originally posted by buckky....... a cooling and very refreshing drink: 1/3 of cold orange juice in a big big glass then simply and carefully fill up with 2/3 very cool mineral bubble water ......
I live in Kansas City, and it's 101 today. The humidity is around 70%. It might as well be the Amazon Rain Forest. I expect to see parrots flying over any minute.
.... aaaaah ......
Originally posted by ivanhoeI was used to the heat after doing so many years of foundry work . But the last couple of years it's started to get to me . We got up to 107 the other day(NE Colorado) . It just sapped the energy right out of me . All this week my butt's dragging from about 11 am on . Not as young as I used to be .
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/23/heat.coping.ap/index.html
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- When it's 117 degrees, the beads of sweat feel as big as golf balls, and gamblers still want their cars parked. Casino valet attendants have only one hope: Pray for a Cadillac.
Somehow, life goes on in the desert, even when logic and a decent thermometer suggest ...[text shortened]... here in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and California ?
Please, can you give us your reports ?
I'm very glad I'm not in the midwest anymore though . Like bucky said , that high humidity is what will really get you . I'd rather have a 100 degree day in Colorado than an 85 degree day in KC .
It's going to break soon though . I saw the forecast for monday is calling for a high of 75 .