Nearly 100ºF tomorrow...
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07-29-2009, 05:59 PM
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Power!!
07-29-2009, 07:09 PM
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07-29-2009, 07:21 PM
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I've started my trek home. I made it 5blocks and had to stop and get a drink to keep dehydrationat bay.
The heat rising off the pavement is so intense it's synging my leg hairs and blowing my hair back as it rises. 10 more blocks to the next starbucks. I'll check in when I get there. Wish me luck.
The heat rising off the pavement is so intense it's synging my leg hairs and blowing my hair back as it rises. 10 more blocks to the next starbucks. I'll check in when I get there. Wish me luck.
07-29-2009, 07:45 PM
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Man am I sweating. I made it to the starbucks thanks to the traffic light gods. I passed a dead camel onthe way here. My drink is long gone and I already needanother if I hope to make it home. On the way in there was a bicycle commuter sprawled on the sidewalk inches from help. Foaming and lifeless. There was nothing I could do but persevere and live to tell her story. Everywhere the sun bleached bones of the unlucky. And watchful eyes waiting to see if I fall as well.
Time for a smoothies and to continue my journey.
I hope the cat is okay at home. It's still another 10 blocks and my journey is far from over.
Time for a smoothies and to continue my journey.
I hope the cat is okay at home. It's still another 10 blocks and my journey is far from over.
07-29-2009, 08:28 PM
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I ration my cup of water "with no ice" from Starbucks as I count down the blocks. The sun is like a physical force as the trees around me wilt away from it. each car that goes by has a blowtorch for a tailpipe and people jump from shade to shade. You can tell which cars' AC have given up the ghost. Mental note don't buy a mid 90's Chrysler. All of them seem to have their windows down. I can feel the sweat trickle off of every piece of exposed skin. A waitress is setting up a tent outside their restaurant and filling a kiddie pool for waiting patrons. She mists me with the hose on the way by. As soon as I step out from under the tent the sun vaporizes all the water she just sprayed on me in a wisp of steam.
The trek becomes more serious as I leave the possibility of shade and start climbing the final hill home. Bicycle commuters are slowly pedaling and wiping the sweat. People in cars at stoplights are in a fog. I have to check twice to make sure people don't pull out when I cross the street. The final block approaches as I crest the hill. The coffee shop next to my house is closed with a sign "It's hot out so we closed early and went swimming! You should too."
Thanks I'll think about it...if I make it...
Victory! I've arrived at my doorstep. The cat is still alive albeit half his hair is all over the couch now since he's spontaneously decided to shave himself. Or shed en mass...one of the two.
As I sit hear and type out this adventure I'm still sweating and soaking through my t-shirt. There's water here and shelter but no relief.
My cat trying to cool off with a cold towel over him.
The trek becomes more serious as I leave the possibility of shade and start climbing the final hill home. Bicycle commuters are slowly pedaling and wiping the sweat. People in cars at stoplights are in a fog. I have to check twice to make sure people don't pull out when I cross the street. The final block approaches as I crest the hill. The coffee shop next to my house is closed with a sign "It's hot out so we closed early and went swimming! You should too."
Thanks I'll think about it...if I make it...
Victory! I've arrived at my doorstep. The cat is still alive albeit half his hair is all over the couch now since he's spontaneously decided to shave himself. Or shed en mass...one of the two.
As I sit hear and type out this adventure I'm still sweating and soaking through my t-shirt. There's water here and shelter but no relief.
My cat trying to cool off with a cold towel over him.
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07-29-2009, 09:44 PM
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I've cooked it. So I'm just driving my car around Tukwila running some errands when I realized the AC was basically doing nothing. I then looked at the water temp gauge and it was 4 ticks from the top. I pulled my car over ASAP and shut it off at which point I hear some wierd noises. I open the hood and find out that the noise was the water boiling out of the overflow tank. Everyone else ok today?
07-30-2009, 12:42 AM
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For all those people who don't know what it feels like here when the wind blows. Take a blow drier and hold it about 6 inches from your face on high.
I just talked to my mom in Bellevue a little while ago. She said it was about 104 today. She was sitting with a frozen towel on here neck. She had a bowl of ice in front of the fan.
07-30-2009, 01:14 AM
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Heard on interesting statistic today. In Seattle, 13% of households have central AC. This includes apartments and condos but obviously doesn't count window units. In Portland, 58% have AC. WTF... ******* Hippies, you know it's their fault.
Also, for the record, I had my AC on for no more than 10 minutes at a time today and only when going 10-20mph. Higher or lower, I was fine with just the windows and the cross breeze going across 520. I really can't stress the difference enough for those who haven't experienced humid heat. Today was hot, but if you could keep your clothes off your skin it was really ok, sweating actually worked to keep you cool, though another 10 degrees (which I could believe Shaun was experiencing in downtown) makes a big difference too.
Fun mental image for yah. The reason dry heat is better has to do with why sweating works. Sweat cools you off because it evaporates, bleeding off energy as it does so. It's called evaporative cooling and it's what the big, classic-shaped stacks at a nuclear power plant do. But when it's humid, the air is too saturated and can't absorb any more water, so it just sits on your skin and never leaves. It's like getting out of a shower and never drying, every time you step outside!
Also, for the record, I had my AC on for no more than 10 minutes at a time today and only when going 10-20mph. Higher or lower, I was fine with just the windows and the cross breeze going across 520. I really can't stress the difference enough for those who haven't experienced humid heat. Today was hot, but if you could keep your clothes off your skin it was really ok, sweating actually worked to keep you cool, though another 10 degrees (which I could believe Shaun was experiencing in downtown) makes a big difference too.
Fun mental image for yah. The reason dry heat is better has to do with why sweating works. Sweat cools you off because it evaporates, bleeding off energy as it does so. It's called evaporative cooling and it's what the big, classic-shaped stacks at a nuclear power plant do. But when it's humid, the air is too saturated and can't absorb any more water, so it just sits on your skin and never leaves. It's like getting out of a shower and never drying, every time you step outside!
07-30-2009, 02:40 AM
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I went back to the car and started it up and found that the low coolant light was on. Left again to get some distilled water and filled it back up and everything appears to be normal again. I think I will be driving my piston engine car for a few more days before I figure this one out.
