[MSacorn]

Thanks for the thread. I whine daily on the subject. At least 1/2 of our days this month have been 85+ and lots of the dreadful humidity.

I seriously considering going back to Colorado. At least there when it's 90 the sweat evaporates before I feel it. I never got sunburned there either. Any MSers in CO, looking for a housemate?

There's a pool in the backyard, but it's too hot to be in the sun. And I burn easily too. Unfortunately, I'm the only one in the family that doesn't handle the sun well. Tomorrow the plan is to cookout, swim, and bake in the sun. I'lll be the one under the umbrella with the SPF 5000 sunscreen.

There, (taking a deep breath), jumping off my I'm feeling cooler already. I wish.

[SandyC]

It's been cooler here. Jim's feet haven't swelled so the humidity isn't so bad. But oh, a week or so ago it was brutal! Even at 70 degrees the water in the air was thick. This next week is going to be cool and we are going to enjoy it while we can. I just know old man heat is waiting around the corner to fire us up on that grill!

[Kitty]

We've had unusually hot weather here in GA - upper 90's!! We usually don't get that until August - and it's just the first of June!!

I have been staying inside for the most part - only venturing out to get the mail. I know my neighbors must think I drink.....as I stagger out to the mailbox in my pajama pants and t-shirt at 2 o'clock in the afternoon!!

I want to complain about the heat - and then I see a news story about the elderly in downtown Atlanta who live in a hi-rise and have had no A/C in months.....makes me ashamed as I sit in my nice cool house with the ceiling fans running.

I get the blurry vision, too, when the heat zaps me. And the dizziness. I hate it but what are we gonna do.....? I remember when we used to have the pool - it'd be great for the first month or so then it was like jumping in bath water it got so warm. Seemed pointless to keep it going during the hottest months...

Oh well....look at the bright side....just 6 more months till Christmas!!!

[Blessings2You]

Only six months until Christmas?? And that's the BRIGHT side????

[Kitty]

Okay....how 'bout 5 months till Thanksgiving? Or 4 months till Halloween?

[braingonebad]

In the Toledo OH area, we had an unusually cool spring. This is the 1st year we did not open the pool Memorial day weekend. It was in the 60's and raining.

We were almost a week late.

Then, it got right up into the 90's - every other day. When it's not 90+, we're having a T storm and once we had a possible tornado.

Still I prefer this to the 18 months of winter and people who can't drive in snow - What? You slide on ice? Really?

[tkrik]

Kelly - 106 and 80% humidity is far worse than 106 and 7% humidity. MSacorn is right - the sweat evaporates quickly in drier climates.

Yesterday was another brutal one - 109. I was Jello all day as I tried to tackle Mt. St. Laundry that I brought over to DBF's. The washer and dryer are in the garage. UGH!!! Poor DBF, he was trying to install the evaporative cooler on the roof of the garage yesterday to make it easier on me to do the laundry as well as for when we start working on the kitchen cabinets. He said it was brutal up on the roof. (Remember - shade is scarce in the desert so the sun just blazes). I took wet rags (clean) and froze them so he could use them around his neck to keep cool. The good news was that by 5 it was done and the garage cooled down in no time.

Passing the whine cooler . . . .