Thread: Four 114+ degree days in a row.. F that!

That's what we Aussies have in store for us this week from Tuesday to Saturday.. The worst part of my house is that my bedroom is pointed towards the sun for 90% of the day and never cools down.. it's literally about 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, but it's going to be so freakin hot this week I just can't stand it.!

Go nail an old thick blanket on outside your window mate works well you'd be suprized.
wet the fukker down just before sleep and open up the window = bushmans cooler.

Originally Posted by Andre

Go nail an old thick blanket on outside your window mate works well you'd be suprized.
wet the fukker down just before sleep and open up the window = bushmans cooler.

I've got 2 of those silver things that you put in the car windows so i'm thinking of sticking them up over the windows, although I live in an area where young tackers will come along and steal them if they are outside.. But i'll definitely look at putting something over the windows this week..

They were talking about it on the radio that it'll be our hottest week since 1959 where we had 3 40+ days in a row..

What's the bet that we'll see a bunch of coincidental bush fires start all over the state tomorrow..

I'm guessing it'll be a hard week for you out in it every day.. Buy up a couple of 2 litre bottles of water to take each day

We've been locked in the icy grip of a frigid arctic air mass for more then a month...wth temps on average -20 and worse. Gladly switch with you.

Been snowing all day here! I wouldnt want to trade weather with Diz though....hot weather sucks!!

There is a difference between snowing, and temps consistantly heading into the -40 and worse with windchill factor.

I'd switch in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by Dizaster

That's what we Aussies have in store for us this week from Tuesday to Saturday.. The worst part of my house is that my bedroom is pointed towards the sun for 90% of the day and never cools down.. it's literally about 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, but it's going to be so freakin hot this week I just can't stand it.!

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by Dizaster

That's what we Aussies have in store for us this week from Tuesday to Saturday.. The worst part of my house is that my bedroom is pointed towards the sun for 90% of the day and never cools down.. it's literally about 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, but it's going to be so freakin hot this week I just can't stand it.!

You are like a cup of tea, on hot day.

Yeah it was darn hot today... When I got home from and turned the car off and got out, I could hear the radiator boiling like a kettle.. There's been a couple of blackouts on this side of town, so if the air-conditioner goes out, i'm running the bath full of cold water and sleeping in there..
It would have been great in the surf this morning before it gets ridiculously hot....

I was also hearing on the radio that this weather makes domestic violence rise by about 600%, so I'm keeping clear of the missus if she starts up her whinging. I doubt jail cells have air conditioning....

Actually on the other hand, they probably do. Probably better ones than my house.... hmmmm



and all I have to say for VD's message of empathy is that the flames of hell are probably a lot hotter than the Aussie Summer... Maybe you should fly down here and start getting used to it...

in advance..

Originally Posted by Dizaster

Yeah it was darn hot today... When I got home from and turned the car off and got out, I could hear the radiator boiling like a kettle.. There's been a couple of blackouts on this side of town, so if the air-conditioner goes out, i'm running the bath full of cold water and sleeping in there..
It would have been great in the surf this morning before it gets ridiculously hot....

I was also hearing on the radio that this weather makes domestic violence rise by about 600%, so I'm keeping clear of the missus if she starts up her whinging. I doubt jail cells have air conditioning....

Actually on the other hand, they probably do. Probably better ones than my house.... hmmmm



and all I have to say for VD's message of empathy is that the flames of hell are probably a lot hotter than the Aussie Summer... Maybe you should fly down here and start getting used to it...

in advance..

Ha! Good one

The heat warped the train tracks in Adelaide today and a heap of people who use the trains to commute got trapped in the city!

Sooooo glad I'm in an airconditioned building most of the time and not commuting a long way to work!

Having said that i did forget how hot it is and tried to go for a run this morning - was dehydrated within 20 mins of easy jogging and had to find a tap at 6:30 am! Ridiculous!

Originally Posted by Dizaster

That's what we Aussies have in store for us this week from Tuesday to Saturday.. The worst part of my house is that my bedroom is pointed towards the sun for 90% of the day and never cools down.. it's literally about 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, but it's going to be so freakin hot this week I just can't stand it.!

And your complaining ? jesus christ when its summer over here. We don't even get that plus we don't even get much sun, i wish i would have that now to get a nice tan and ETC.

Instead of grey skies/rain its depressing as hell, damn some people just don't know how good they've got it. You should switch places with me and still see if you complain about your weather then.

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by Dizaster

That's what we Aussies have in store for us this week from Tuesday to Saturday.. The worst part of my house is that my bedroom is pointed towards the sun for 90% of the day and never cools down.. it's literally about 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, but it's going to be so freakin hot this week I just can't stand it.!

And your complaining ? jesus christ when its summer over here. We don't even get that plus we don't even get much sun, i wish i would have that now to get a nice tan and ETC.

Instead of grey skies/rain its depressing as hell, damn some people just don't know how good they've got it. You should switch places with me and still see if you complain about your weather then.

This goes both ways though man, Where I live it's very similar to where he lives weatherwise. It gets hotter and hotter and there is no escape, it makes you tired and aggrevated and all that sun, guess what, it burns you. I like where I live, but there are times where it's just draining. The metro area I live in has the highest recorded temperate in the US (for a major city) at 122 degrees f (50 degrees c). With the UV index being what it is and the temperature being what it is, it takes about 5 minutes to get a nice deep sunburn.

Here are the AVERAGE highs for July where I live

Since this heat wave started 18 people have died in Adelaide alone!

Yes eighteen!

Sorry but we're not talking any ordinary heat here especially for those with less than perfect heath already and airconditioners which break down or people in places where they have power blackouts!

Adelaide is not really that big and this is a first world country with hospitals and abulances etc etc.

This heat is not bad just because it's hot but because there is no let up even at night and it's so prolongued.

Make that 22 now!

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