Sunday, July 15, 2012

Hot Days in Wellfleet

It's hot. It's way too hot. We should not complain, because other parts of the country are suffering under three-digit temps. Check out the line to use the restroom at the back of town hall. Maybe these people wanted to splash water in the face, and that would have been a good idea. The heat is getting to us all. Today someone yelled curse words at me in the parking lot at Stop & Shop. He was backing up his car and wanted me off the spot he was backing into. I was taking a short cut towards the store. How was I to know he intended to back up? This week I encountered one very unpleasant person on the phone, and another online, protesting that we should do one night. We do not do one night usually, and especially when it gets this hot. Sven beats the heat by taking outdoor showers. I sit in my air-conditioned office. I grew up in Washington, DC, where we had hot, humid days every summer. Not 105 degrees, though, a temperature last week in DC. Do you believe the climate has changed? How do you beat the heat?
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Stanley · 662 weeks ago

My friends in DC have been suffering loudly this summer as they bake in the summer heat. It is definitely worse than usual ... though of course the ruling class elites, for more than 200 years, have made it their habit to get OUT of DC when the swamp gets stifling ... I think there's a consistent pattern there. Were I a theist I might posit that a vengeful creator is manifesting displeasure with our capital city - frozen over all winter and hotter than hades all summer !! Maybe its just karma though.

It begs the question, just where does "weather" end and "climate" begin? I'm not sure, but it strikes me that people's impressions are nothing if not local. Here in SoFla there simply is no heatwave. This summer has been very typical - perhaps cooler and more mild than usual. Highs in the upper 80s are a blessing when we normally sit around 90. The tropics, too, are remarkably quiet.

Folks here are well adapted to year round tropical weather with light thin clothes, big hats, shades, a favorite iced beverage whether its sweet tea or a mojito, AC everywhere and endless oceans and pools. I usually swim in the ocean but at this time of year the surf is so warm - water temp around 90 - that I will hit the pool instead.

Sounds like a good time to visit a kettle pond up there in Wellfleet. I usually prefer them to the ocean beaches where the cold water stings my feet ... but...I'm keeping my favorite one a secret ... ! Cheers.
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socalledmidlife 14p · 662 weeks ago

I always thought I loved the heat until recently when the temps started getting really high. It's not just that - it's the humidity that accompanies the heat. Pretty uncomfortable outside. This is the time I do appreciate my air conditioned house.
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Elise · 662 weeks ago

My friends and I here in the San Francisco Bay Area talk often of the oppressively hot weather in the eastern parts of the country as we experience our usual 65 degree foggy summer weather. Today I played taiko with my Berkeley taiko group (Tatsumaki Taiko) in Golden Gate Park for the annual AIDS walk. We didn't see blue sky at all today and the temperature stayed around 65 or so. It was great outdoor playing weather...we call it natural air conditioning. Anyway, when we have a heat wave here, it can never last for more than 3 days before the marine layer moves back in. In spite of our cool, foggy summer days here, I have no doubt that the weather patterns are changing due to the human impact on our little blue planet. (Still reminiscing about my great stay at Chez Sven in 08 and appreciating the local and global impact of Sandy's blog!) Thanks Sandy!
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Living Large · 662 weeks ago

I grew up in Kansas City, so the heat and humidity is nothing new, but this really is a terrible summer for the heat and drought here. The news now says we need 15 inches of rain in the Ozarks in the next 3 months to just catch up. The trees are dying and when it gets this hot, we don't even see the birds. I'm usually sad to see summer go, but this year, I will be packing it off and welcoming in fall.
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Jennifer Margulis · 662 weeks ago

We are visiting Buffalo, New York right now and it is very hot here as well. It makes me sad, though, that people leave their AC running 24-7, which, of course, makes the outside temperatures even hotter. Before AC when it got too hot everyone headed for the water and the shade of public parks and beaches. Now we hermit, alone, suffering.
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sarah henry · 660 weeks ago

Been hearing all about the killer temps back East. At least you get the sea breeze. I'm in the land of natural air conditioning, foggy as I type, but will clear to a sunny, temperate day soon
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