I can't stand it anymore. It's 104 degrees outside, which means it's 107 inside my house. I haven't been able to sleep for the past 3 or four days.

I WANT SNOW!!!!! (not that its never snowed here before)


Fookin' 'ell.


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I love it when it's hot

and I love it when it rains

Someone told me today that Minnesota is having one of the hottest summers on record in the last 100 years.

Damn- what the hell is going on?
Everyone is hotter then me and I live in Florida!

The world is going through some devastating changes lately. Everything is crazy. Too hot, too much rain, not enough rain, we're using too much power, freak storms. This combination of mother nature and man's destruction has done a number on this planet.

Heat blamed for deaths in California
Power official: 'Today's going to be close'
Sunday, July 23, 2006; Posted: 8:41 p.m. EDT (00:41 GMT)




Bank sign tells the story in Walnut Creek, California, on Saturday.


SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- Sweltering heat was blamed Sunday for at least three deaths in Northern California, including a resident at a nursing home who died after the facility's air conditioning system failed.

Triple-digit temperatures covered much of the Southwest. In California, the power grid manager warned the state might declare an emergency for the second-straight day due to soaring electricity use.

Excessive heat warnings were in effect through parts of Southern California, where temperatures were expected to reach 99 degrees in downtown Los Angeles and 115 degrees in nearby Woodland Hills, where the mercury hit a record-setting 119 degrees Saturday.

No relief is expected until at least midweek, as weather conditions conspired to bake California's normally cool coast for a third day and bring Midwest-style humidity into the usually arid Central Valley.

In Stockton, more than 100 patients were evacuated early Sunday from the Beverly Healthcare Center after the nursing home's air conditioning gave out. One patient died, and another was hospitalized in critical condition.

Investigators were looking into possible criminal charges, although it was too early to tell whether the facility operators were negligent, police spokesman Pete Smith said.

"It was very hot inside the facility, and you have to remember we're talking about elderly and infirm people who can't withstand the heat like a younger person would," he said.

The nursing home's phone was busy and a call to Beverly Healthcare's corporate headquarters in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was not returned.

Power emergency possible
In Modesto, a patient at Doctors Medical Center died Saturday of heart failure apparently caused by the heat after being admitted with a 106-degree temperature, hospital officials said.

Two others were hospitalized with 108-degree temperatures, including one who remained in critical condition Sunday. Hospital officials declined to release additional details.

Investigators believe Bakersfield gardener Joaquin Ramirez, 38, may have died of heat stroke after collapsing on the job late Wednesday, said division spokesman Dean Fryer.

The Kern County Coroner's office was investigating whether scorching temperatures were responsible for four deaths over the past two weeks.

Nine out of 11 San Francisco Bay Area cities tracked by the National Weather Service broke heat records Saturday. On Sunday, forecasters issued a heat advisory for the southern and eastern regions of the Bay Area.

State electricity officials warned of possible power emergencies if demand remained high and a power plant that went off-line Saturday isn't fixed.

"Today's going to be close," said Gregg Fishman, spokesman for the California Independent System Operator.

Scorching temperatures were the result of a high-pressure system mixed with humidity from subtropical moisture streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico, according to Jamie Meyer, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

The high pressure will drop off somewhat in the coming days as will the humidity, causing temperatures to fall a few degrees each day until midweek, she said.

Heat waves left much of the country sweltering last week, with temperatures soaring into the upper 90s and higher from coast to coast and heat related deaths reported in Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Indiana, South Dakota and Tennessee.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

It was nasty last week in Chicago, but after a couple of days of non-stop rain, the weather here has been lovely. I even walked around all day in long pants today.

Hot as F%@K in Arizona.....but this is what I'll be dealin with in less than a month.....



wearing this....



...DAMN it sucks to be me.....

tahts awesome. i love the heat!

I live in the desert! It's usually over 110 every day here. I just got back from Las Vegas, which was 120! I don't mind though, since there's almost no humidity.

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/196620


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shanti0608 said:

Weird, right? I live in Florida too and it's stayed around 90 here.

evenstar3 said:

120 temperatures are not right.

Global warming owns us.

jerseykrs said:

Yes.. yes it does..but some believe it does not exist..

reneGade20 said:

Hey, seriously. Take care and be safe.


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remember these?

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I KNOOOOOWWWWW!!!!

IT'S SOOOOO HOT!!

I'm carting my butt to the beach today.

emm said:

Thank you. These beautiful pix make me feel soooo much cooler!


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emm said:

SNOW!!!

Four months to go.

I feel for you!

It has been happening country wide..

Quite frankly I would love to play in the rain.. Too Hot!

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Here in MetroPhoenix Valley, 104 degrees is what we have outside around Midnight.

Hey, seriously. Take care and be safe.


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will do....thankx....

Anx said:

It certainly makes one appreciate air conditioning.

evenstar3 said:

air conditioning is a crutch...!!

it's hot here as well!!!


last night at the beach:

abierman said:

Looks like a nice pleasant scene.

You want snow? I'll give you snow!!

Funny thing is, I feel like I'm almost getting used to dripping with sweat.

I hate that feeling. But. . . it's just kinda becoming normal. I mean, I'm literally keeping a towel on my couch to protect the upholstery from being sweated through. Other than that. . . I'm not sure I even care anymore. . .

Except for the complete inability to sleep. . . but who needs sleep, anyway? . . .