Im sick of summer!!

iflylow74 · 07-20-2008, 07:50 AM

Man, Im so tired of the stupid summer weather!!! We've actually had a relatively mild one but the last few days have been brutal. Temps between 95 and 100 with heat indexes 105 degrees and up. Even the breeze is hot. On top of that, the mosquitos are brutal this year. I'd love to be somewhere on vacation where the temps are about 65 for a high!!!

What's summer weather like where you live?

HARDERTR · 07-20-2008, 08:18 AM

Ad Dīwānīyah, IRAQ

Clear, 112°

Sunday

115° / 89°
Monday

118° / 93°
Tuesday

119° / 91°
Wednesday

119° / 90°

Doesn't get much better than this

iflylow74 · 07-20-2008, 08:21 AM

LOL!!! I think you got me beat there HARDERTR!!! Do they have anything besides summer there??

BTW, your avatar is hilarious!!!

BTW again, Thank you for your service to our country!!!!

HARDERTR · 07-20-2008, 08:28 AM

We got here in late September...it was hot as hell then too. We actually hit 30 for a low 2 days straight in December though......then a month later we were right back up into the 90s.

But it's a dry heat....

and thank you for the "thank you"

nathangdad · 07-20-2008, 08:59 AM

you're a good candidate for one of the group who has a motor home
so they can move north with summer (in some cases to Canada) then south as winter comes on.

Texas Panhandle has been its usual up and down weather ride since early June. After a cooler
and wetter July so far we are moving back into the hot zone.

Rave · 07-20-2008, 09:06 AM

75-90.afternoon showers and thunder showers.

Rave · 07-20-2008, 09:07 AM

75-90.afternoon showers and thunder showers this time of the year.

Seabeescotty · 07-20-2008, 09:14 AM

I think it hit ninety, here on the hill, a couple times. The humidity has been up, but I ain't complaining, I was awful tired of winter. I had to replace the drive belt on my lawn tractor, yesterday, and was soaked, when I finished the job. Well, the grass hadn't been mowed in nearly two weeks, so I got after it. I stayed nice and cool, in my sweat soaked clothes! Durn near froze to death!

Mike Franklin · 07-20-2008, 09:24 AM

The past 2 days we barely got into the 100s. I had a hard time finding a jacket.

MrsS · 07-20-2008, 09:58 AM

92 degrees with sunny skies, low lake levels, and ground as dry as the desert.

billy · 07-20-2008, 10:03 AM

mid 70's lows mid 50's
clear and sunny.

KGunner · 07-20-2008, 10:09 AM

I can't complain here in Fort Collins, CO. I grew up in St. Louis where we had weather like you, hot and humid as all get out. Now in Fort Collins it can get to 98*-100* but there is little humidity. And if I get too hot, I go to the Poudre River 5 minutes from my house walking and jump off the rope swing or tube down it after work. Or just drive up to Horsetooth Reservoir and take a dip in that or just go hiking in the mountains around 7,000-12,000 feet where it is much, much cooler.

billy · 07-20-2008, 10:12 AM

i live at 6512 feet

Troy · 07-20-2008, 10:48 AM

too cool so far and enough rain i think i'm gonna start building boats. can't even cut grass.

GDawg · 07-20-2008, 11:04 AM

80* to 90* on average right now. Usually it gets hot and then in the afternoon (every afternoon) like clock work it clouds up and then we have a thunderstorm for about 1 hour to cool things down. But not this year. It clouds up and you hear the thunder but no rain!

Funny thing about summer heat. When I lived in Vegas the summer days were about 110* to 118* but it was like an "oven" heat (and dry). Here in the Rockies at 6300' above sea level, 90* will burn you bad, it's like "microwave" heat. I burn quicker here than in Vegas.

Seabeescotty · 07-20-2008, 11:15 AM

At 55, all I can afford to get is a "farmer's" tan. I don't think I would survive another sunburn! But so far, this year, it's been livable, here in the great state of OK!

billy · 07-20-2008, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seabeescotty

At 55, all I can afford to get is a "farmer's" tan. I don't think I would survive another sunburn! But so far, this year, it's been livable, here in the great state of OK!

hey scotty.
do you know why your state license plates say
OKLAHOMA IS OK?
because there wasn't room for mediocre!

NYUK NYUK NYUK!

Seabeescotty · 07-20-2008, 11:23 AM

Billy, where I live, it's anything but "mediocre"! We're on the extreme west end of the Ozarks, and got every kind of critter you can imagine, up to and including a "bigfoot" or three. The hunting is great, the weather is tolerable, and the homestead is pretty darn remote. The only thing I miss is the smell of the pine forest, early in the morning. Hardwood trees just don't have that wonderful aromatic scent!

texnmidwest · 07-20-2008, 11:54 AM

Seabees, that part of OK is a very pretty place in deed! I live in South eastern Wisconsin and we have a bit of forest here and there. But nothing beats a pine forest for the sweet smell of the morning!

texnmidwest · 07-20-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy

i live at 6512 feet

Well, Billy. The last time I heard you lived at 1232 feet. I think you need to stop breaking wind so close to your kerosene heater.

07-20-2008, 07:50 AM	#1
iflylow74 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arkansaw Posts: 1,029 Blog Entries: 11	Im sick of summer!! Man, Im so tired of the stupid summer weather!!! We've actually had a relatively mild one but the last few days have been brutal. Temps between 95 and 100 with heat indexes 105 degrees and up. Even the breeze is hot. On top of that, the mosquitos are brutal this year. I'd love to be somewhere on vacation where the temps are about 65 for a high!!! What's summer weather like where you live? __________________ Just because you can't win, doesn't mean you shouldn't fight. -me

07-20-2008, 08:18 AM	#2
HARDERTR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Iraq Posts: 189 Images: 9	Ad Dīwānīyah, IRAQ Clear, 112° Sunday 115° / 89° Monday 118° / 93° Tuesday 119° / 91° Wednesday 119° / 90° Doesn't get much better than this

07-20-2008, 08:21 AM	#3
iflylow74 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arkansaw Posts: 1,029 Blog Entries: 11	LOL!!! I think you got me beat there HARDERTR!!! Do they have anything besides summer there?? BTW, your avatar is hilarious!!! BTW again, Thank you for your service to our country!!!! __________________ Just because you can't win, doesn't mean you shouldn't fight. -me

07-20-2008, 08:28 AM	#4
HARDERTR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Iraq Posts: 189 Images: 9	We got here in late September...it was hot as hell then too. We actually hit 30 for a low 2 days straight in December though......then a month later we were right back up into the 90s. But it's a dry heat.... and thank you for the "thank you" Last edited by HARDERTR; 07-20-2008 at 08:35 AM.

07-20-2008, 08:59 AM	#5
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,475	Sounds like . . . you're a good candidate for one of the group who has a motor home so they can move north with summer (in some cases to Canada) then south as winter comes on. Texas Panhandle has been its usual up and down weather ride since early June. After a cooler and wetter July so far we are moving back into the hot zone. Last edited by nathangdad; 07-20-2008 at 09:02 AM.

07-20-2008, 09:06 AM	#6
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 6,875	75-90.afternoon showers and thunder showers. __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

07-20-2008, 09:07 AM	#7
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 6,875	75-90.afternoon showers and thunder showers this time of the year. __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

07-20-2008, 09:14 AM	#8
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,048 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	I think it hit ninety, here on the hill, a couple times. The humidity has been up, but I ain't complaining, I was awful tired of winter. I had to replace the drive belt on my lawn tractor, yesterday, and was soaked, when I finished the job. Well, the grass hadn't been mowed in nearly two weeks, so I got after it. I stayed nice and cool, in my sweat soaked clothes! Durn near froze to death! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-20-2008, 09:24 AM	#9
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,276	The past 2 days we barely got into the 100s. I had a hard time finding a jacket. __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.

07-20-2008, 09:58 AM	#10
MrsS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Originally from the 26th state of the union; now living in the 16th. Posts: 1,418	92 degrees with sunny skies, low lake levels, and ground as dry as the desert. __________________ Gun Control...is the ability to hit your target.

07-20-2008, 10:03 AM	#11
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,157 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	mid 70's lows mid 50's clear and sunny. __________________

07-20-2008, 10:09 AM	#12
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 432	I can't complain here in Fort Collins, CO. I grew up in St. Louis where we had weather like you, hot and humid as all get out. Now in Fort Collins it can get to 98-100 but there is little humidity. And if I get too hot, I go to the Poudre River 5 minutes from my house walking and jump off the rope swing or tube down it after work. Or just drive up to Horsetooth Reservoir and take a dip in that or just go hiking in the mountains around 7,000-12,000 feet where it is much, much cooler. __________________ Kel-Tec P11 Mossberg 500A Tactical 12 ga. 1947 Mosin Nagant M44 Yugo SKS 59/66

07-20-2008, 10:12 AM	#13
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,157 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	i live at 6512 feet __________________

07-20-2008, 10:48 AM	#14
Troy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manitoba Canada Posts: 2,501 Images: 3	too cool so far and enough rain i think i'm gonna start building boats. can't even cut grass.

07-20-2008, 11:04 AM	#15
GDawg Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Not in Colorado... anymore... Posts: 910	80* to 90* on average right now. Usually it gets hot and then in the afternoon (every afternoon) like clock work it clouds up and then we have a thunderstorm for about 1 hour to cool things down. But not this year. It clouds up and you hear the thunder but no rain! Funny thing about summer heat. When I lived in Vegas the summer days were about 110* to 118* but it was like an "oven" heat (and dry). Here in the Rockies at 6300' above sea level, 90* will burn you bad, it's like "microwave" heat. I burn quicker here than in Vegas.

07-20-2008, 11:15 AM	#16
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,048 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	At 55, all I can afford to get is a "farmer's" tan. I don't think I would survive another sunburn! But so far, this year, it's been livable, here in the great state of OK! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-20-2008, 11:23 AM	#18
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 4,048 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	Billy, where I live, it's anything but "mediocre"! We're on the extreme west end of the Ozarks, and got every kind of critter you can imagine, up to and including a "bigfoot" or three. The hunting is great, the weather is tolerable, and the homestead is pretty darn remote. The only thing I miss is the smell of the pine forest, early in the morning. Hardwood trees just don't have that wonderful aromatic scent! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-20-2008, 11:54 AM	#19
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,454	Seabees, that part of OK is a very pretty place in deed! I live in South eastern Wisconsin and we have a bit of forest here and there. But nothing beats a pine forest for the sweet smell of the morning! __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)