Post by: K Frame on August 06, 2007, 05:32:47 PM
Dew point? Low 70s.
I wonder if a swamp cooler would do a good job?
Post by: Manedwolf on August 06, 2007, 05:40:27 PM
Algore can bite me. I have central A/C, he has a private jet.
Post by: roo_ster on August 06, 2007, 06:21:21 PM
You have my hot 7 humid sympathies.
Post by: Scout26 on August 06, 2007, 06:25:32 PM
But then it's always around 68 in the basement, except when I'm doing the laundry, then the dryers might push it up to the mid-seventies.
In the winter we'll stoke up the fireplace down here. (also got one upstairs in the family room) MMMMMMMM Toasty........
Post by: crt360 on August 06, 2007, 06:46:01 PM
It was 86 degrees F on my patio in Fairfax, Virginia.
Dew point? Low 70s.
I wonder if a swamp cooler would do a good job?
Dew point? Low 70s.
I wonder if a swamp cooler would do a good job?
So, it feels exactly like central Texas in Virginia. I guess that'll save me a visit.
In these conditions a swamp cooler will just make you wet.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 06, 2007, 07:43:33 PM
Post by: K Frame on August 06, 2007, 07:46:00 PM
"Felt" temperature, given the heat and the humidity, will be well over 100.
The heat was tonight's lead story on all three local channels. Beat out the bridge and the trapped miners.
Post by: Phyphor on August 06, 2007, 08:16:09 PM
Post by: Bogie on August 06, 2007, 10:21:53 PM
Post by: wmenorr67 on August 07, 2007, 01:21:19 AM
Post by: LadySmith on August 07, 2007, 01:49:02 AM
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2007, 02:50:48 AM
Yea, because you know, the local sheeple discomfort clearly trumps people potentially/certainly dying and *expletive deleted*it.
Huh?
Post by: Phyphor on August 07, 2007, 04:39:15 AM
Yea, because you know, the local sheeple discomfort clearly trumps people potentially/certainly dying and *expletive deleted*it.
Huh?
You know, on the news? You see more bitching about the "heat wave" than you do any real news. Local news services tend to be worse than national on this score, but even CNN is doing it now.
Hell, it's not even that friggin' hot. When did everyone suddenly get so damned wimpy/whiny about sweating a little?
Post by: Paddy on August 07, 2007, 05:06:42 AM
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2007, 05:07:23 AM
Why?
Because it affects the people in the news service area.
As bad as the situation is in Minnesota or Utah, those things don't affect people outside their local areas. In a way, with it being plastered all over the news for days on end it's not news, it's quasi-voyerism.
It's called LOCAL news for a reason -- they're reporting on topics of LOCAL interest. Neither the bridge collapse (over 1,000 miles away) or the mine collapse (over 2,000 miles) are local.
The heat also has the ability to affect more people over a wider area than a mine or bridge collapse, and it's always a pretty good bet that more people will die from a heat wave and the resulting poor air quality than from both the bridge and mine collapses combined.
Post by: Phyphor on August 07, 2007, 09:53:13 AM
Yea, I'd agree, but every day, we hear a lot more about how hot it is... as if we didn't realize it.
Now, power / service outages caused by heat damage, I can see that making the news, but whining every damned day about how "It's soooo hot!! and it's gonna stay that way the whole week!"
And yea, I am getting tired of the bridge & mine stories... when something new is found out. it'd be fine to hear of it...but CNN insists on repeating the same *expletive deleted*it over and over and over...
Post by: 280plus on August 07, 2007, 10:13:02 AM
You know, I was just thinking back on all this the other day about how TV stations would sign off at say 2-3 a.m. Anyone remember that? They'd play the Star Spangled Banner and show a picture of the flag waving and jet fighters and then they'd go off the air till maybe 5 or 6 a.m. when the farm report came on. Now, not only are there a gazillion channels, they ALL stay on ALL THE TIME, no more Star Spangled Banner, no more jet fighters. I think it all started around the time Sugar Smacks turned into Honey Smacks, Sugar Pops turned into Corn Pops and candy bars started costing more but were getting smaller. It's a friggin' conspiracy I tell ya, a friggin' conspiracy. And another thing, cartoons, remember when the only time you saw cartoons was on Saturday morning and your whole week revolved around making it to Saturday morning so you could watch Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner? And if you weren't good during the week mom would take away the cartoons and probably slap the crap outta ya to boot. Now THAT'S some leverage right there. You knew damn well you'd better keep your ass in line or you weren't seeing any cartoons that Saturday and you'd probably get a whupping to add insult to the injury. That's what's WRONG with today's youth, too many cartoons all the time, it's not like a treat anymore, nobody cares if they can't watch cartoons, the same crap will be on again anyways, not to mention the fact that they all suck, but I don't want to get off on a tangent or anything...
Post by: Manedwolf on August 07, 2007, 10:39:35 AM
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2007, 10:46:40 AM
Don't forget that the cartoons are generally crap now, too. When did it become in vogue to make the characters as hideously ugly and obnoxious as possible?
Around the time Hanna Barberra added Scrappy Doo to what had previously been a PERFECT cartoon.
Post by: HankB on August 07, 2007, 10:47:31 AM
Don't forget that the cartoons are generally crap now, too. When did it become in vogue to make the characters as hideously ugly and obnoxious as possible?
When they outsourced all the cartoon artwork to places like Red China? And even THERE the beancounters are at work. (That's why Simpson's characters have 3 fingers instead of 4 . . . it's cheaper to draw!)
Post by: mtnbkr on August 07, 2007, 10:48:10 AM
Chris
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2007, 10:55:29 AM
I hate Scrappy Doo. I hate most new cartoons in general too. Spongebob, Foster's Home, and the various adult cartoons (Futurama, etc) are the exceptions.
Chris
Chris
I love Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Spongebob makes me want to start hurting people.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 07, 2007, 11:12:30 AM
The fights and aerial dogfights are pretty nicely done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QVqRVNZN5Y
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Spongebob makes me want to start hurting people.
I do give its animators props for a sense of history, though. Though I hadn't seen it, someone showed me a screencapture from the movie, and in one scene, in the background, there are pictures of the original E. C. Segar Popeye and George Harriman's Krazy Kat and Ignatz.
Post by: Phyphor on August 07, 2007, 11:42:16 AM
Don't forget that the cartoons are generally crap now, too. When did it become in vogue to make the characters as hideously ugly and obnoxious as possible?
Dear god, speak it, because it is *TRUTH!*
I recently caught a anime called "Bleach."
It should have been called "Blech"
Retarded Dragon BallZ retread BS.... am I getting old or did cartoons really get that stupid?
Post by: Phyphor on August 07, 2007, 11:43:35 AM
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Spongebob makes me want to start hurting people.
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Spongebob makes me want to start hurting people.
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Dear god yes. Some college students love the guy. I suspect they also like a certain herb which is oftentimes set on fire and inhaled, too....
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2007, 11:44:41 AM
Yeah, oregano can REALLY screw with your mind...
Post by: 280plus on August 07, 2007, 12:03:30 PM
Don't forget that the cartoons are generally crap now, too. When did it become in vogue to make the characters as hideously ugly and obnoxious as possible?
Around the time Hanna Barberra added Scrappy Doo to what had previously been a PERFECT cartoon.
Post by: 280plus on August 07, 2007, 12:08:45 PM
Don't tell him, he'll start to cry and we all know what THAT means...
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 07, 2007, 12:41:25 PM
Post by: Phyphor on August 07, 2007, 08:00:18 PM
"I suspect they also like a certain herb which is oftentimes set on fire and inhaled, too...."
Yeah, oregano can REALLY screw with your mind...
Yeah, oregano can REALLY screw with your mind...
Dammit Mike, I'm gonna sue you for nostril repairs, as I just blew half a Big Slam out my snout over the above......
(ok, kidding 'bout suing, but not about the sinus cleansing... dammit, that smarts)
Post by: Manedwolf on August 08, 2007, 04:14:42 AM
Dear god, speak it, because it is *TRUTH!*
I recently caught a anime called "Bleach."
It should have been called "Blech"
Retarded Dragon BallZ retread BS.... am I getting old or did cartoons really get that stupid?
I recently caught a anime called "Bleach."
It should have been called "Blech"
Retarded Dragon BallZ retread BS.... am I getting old or did cartoons really get that stupid?
Watch Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, the series, especially season 2. It's a dead-on serious ensemble cop drama cyberpunk series. Also, the guns are really well done. All real guns, too. In the first episode of the first season, one of the first things that happens is a main character doing a perfect doubletap with a CZ-100. People also have (older, since it's the future) IMI Jerichos, Vektors, a Mateba, H&K rifles, and some really neat new designs of bullpup SMGs.
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2007, 04:17:48 AM
So... Snow, rain, wind, etc., would all be news ONLY if they were "unexpected."
Bull.
Post by: Leatherneck on August 08, 2007, 11:04:11 AM
TC
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2007, 11:06:40 AM
The Irwinometer temp is looking to be 101 but I could be picking up some residual heat from the patio or siding even though the sun sidled around the other side of the house a couple of hours ago.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2007, 12:19:18 PM
"Heat would be news if it were unexpected."
So... Snow, rain, wind, etc., would all be news ONLY if they were "unexpected."
Bull.
So... Snow, rain, wind, etc., would all be news ONLY if they were "unexpected."
Bull.
Bull yourself. They would be "news" in the sense of something to put on the weather report. They would only be real, headline news if the rain, snow, wind or heat were something out of the ordinary. If hurricanes like Katrina happened several times every season, we would never have heard of Katrina.
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2007, 12:22:34 PM
There you go.
It DOESN'T get this hot in DC metro several times a year.
It gets hot and humid here, but not like it is today.
Tell you what, when you're weather reporter czar, you can determine (censor?) what the world needs to know about the weather. The Soviets used to do that. Weather conditions across the nation were state secrets.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2007, 12:27:10 PM
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It DOESN'T get this hot in DC metro several times a year.
Oh, OK. I'm talking about something different, then. The media around here blabs about normal conditions as if they were news. But, yeah, an unusually hot day would be news. Like I said.
Post by: Parker Dean on August 08, 2007, 03:36:06 PM
On the cartoon subject, most are crap and always have been. However, Spongebob is good, Foster's is even better, along with Fairly Oddparents and Jimmy Neutron. While probably not quite up there with Rocko's Modern Life in the in the adult-subtext category, they're in the ballpark. Duck Dodgers is also a riot in spoofing Trek in general, and Wrath of Khan in particular, at every opportunity.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 08, 2007, 03:37:07 PM
I find it vaguely discomforting that the media now has to report such obvious realities as though we didn't already know them.
Post by: Paddy on August 08, 2007, 03:43:42 PM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 08, 2007, 03:50:26 PM
That's right. It's only 'news' if the government's doing it. Everything else is irrelevant.
Huh?It's news whenever it's noteworthy or unique. Hot weather in August isn't. Perhaps it warrants a passing mention in the weather reports, but not much else.
Post by: JohnBT on August 08, 2007, 04:01:03 PM
Thank goodness it only hit 104 in Richmond and the humidity was in the 30s. That broke the record temp for the day, but not the month - that's 107. Average is only 87 this time of year. I turned my ac on yesterday.
John
Post by: Paddy on August 08, 2007, 04:12:19 PM
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It's news whenever it's noteworthy or unique.
I fully understand. The subtle nuances of Hillary v. Obama or the overdramatized hype of a collapsed bridge affects every one of us. Temperatures 15+ degrees above normal that cause heatstroke and death are completely irrelevant.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 08, 2007, 05:43:00 PM
I've checked a few records for other major US cities (DC, Atlanta, LA, Saint Louis). Most are above average but none are breaking records.
Perhaps "it's hot in the summertime" isn't the only obvious reality the media needs to report. Perhaps they need to remind everyone that weather varies from day to day, year to year. Some years are <gasp!> above average.
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2007, 05:49:46 PM
The thermometer that I put on my back patio registered 103 at one point, but I'm not sure I totally trust it.
Post by: Paddy on August 08, 2007, 05:52:04 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20160872/
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2007, 06:59:44 PM
That's right. It's only 'news' if the government's doing it. Everything else is irrelevant.
It may pain you to know that Rush Limbaugh has noted the same trend in media. You're parroting Rush! I mock you.
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2007, 07:02:59 PM
Post by: JohnBT on August 09, 2007, 02:51:01 AM
No, I take it back, nuts is getting up at 6 a.m. and it's already 84* with 85% humidity.
The Saturday night forecast is for lows in the upper 60s.
John
Post by: vaskidmark on August 09, 2007, 08:23:02 AM
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The Saturday night forecast is for lows in the upper 60s
Stop trying to cheer me up
stay safe.
skidmark
Post by: Paddy on August 09, 2007, 08:31:30 AM
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That's right. It's only 'news' if the government's doing it. Everything else is irrelevant. rolleyes
It may pain you to know that Rush Limbaugh has noted the same trend in media. You're parroting Rush! I mock you. smiley
Rush occasionally swerves into the truth. Heck, even a broken clock is right twice a day. It may pain you to know that Rush Limbaugh has noted the same trend in media. You're parroting Rush! I mock you. smiley