We've been getting temps in the 100F (with very high humidity) here lately.... but tonight it's supposed to drop to 50F, so that will be nice :)

That's so stupid x__________x Where do you live, a sauna? :V In all seriousness, without checking first, I'd guess Florida. Sauna, Florida, same thing!

I do feel a bit bad for being a big baby about (that's a lot of B's) the heat, as I know it's a lot worse in other places. It's just silly when you can feel like you might pass out just sitting/lying there x_x I'm trying to make sure I drink lots of water and whatnot, but it still doesn't seem to make my headache go away :(

Mmm, 50F sounds really nice about now.

nope, southeast Michigan actually xD

The weather has been crazy here lately, we've been in a pretty bad drought... despite the fact that we are surrounded by the biggest bodies of fresh water in the world >_>

and what makes it more fun is my job, I sometimes have to spend several hours in open areas where the sun is beating down on ya, and where mosquitoes thrive..... oh the fun.....

Oh, really? I would have expected you a lot further south, and, y'know, not sitting on a nice big body of temperature-moderating water. Wow. I guess that's the annoying thing (we have the same problem here on the coast) - when it DOES get hot, it gets muggy, too, making it all the worse :b A humid 25 is WAY hotter than a dry 25. I can tolerate dry, deserty heat up to about 30-35C so long as I have shade or water or a breeze. But a humid 20 is enough to make me sweat and want to die x_x

That's stupid. I think it's supposed to be kind of illegal to make people work outside in temperatures above around 40F, as that's the temperature meat can start cooking :b What do you do for work?

Also, I found the Off! Deep Woods Dry repellent works really well against mosquitos - it's the one we've had the best luck with so far.

We dont have a choice, the only time they wont let us work is when it's storming (lot of metal equipment), and I work for an environmental lab, the main times I'm out in the heat is when I'm at landfills doing gas readings, well level readings, and when I'm out helping bring water up from the well's for sampling.

And I know off! deep woods works great..... but I cant use it for work when I'm out at sites, because it has chemicals in it that we may be testing for, and we are testing in the ppm (parts per million) some wearing that could be picked up in the tests and ruin data :\ so I just kinda have to grit my teeth and deal with it.... the worse problem is the ticks.... cause a lot of the wells we go to are out in deep wooded areas with high deer populations, or in tall grasses with the same thing, the best we can do is wear full body suits, but in that heat....... is a lose lose

I'm so sorry to hear :( In a way, outdoor jobs can be really rustic and great, especially if that's your sort of thing, but damn, I feel so bad for all the people who have to work outdoors in the heat. It's, like... cruel :b

Yeah, I was sort of worried about that. It would definitely throw off your readings :b which totally sucks. Um, well... exhale less CO2?? :V

I've never had problem with ticks before :S I imagine those suck pretty badly :(

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... Oh god, that was a pun, wasn't it?

*golf clap*

ticks are disgusting.... they give me the creeps, the only other bug that gives me the creeps is house centipedes

ticks carry some nasty nasty things, like lyme disease D:

I hold my breathe as much as possible when moving through mosquito heavy areas, but it doesn't matter, I am a massive mosquito magnet, me and several people will be in a same small area, I'm the only one that gets bit D:<

YES! Centipedes are gross. And silver fish and earwigs. Ugh :S But yeah, ticks are gross just for the whole nasty biting and disease thing.

"I am a massive mosquito magnet, me and several people will be in a same small area, I'm the only one that gets bit D:<"

That was me a few years ago o_o For some reason, they don't like me as much anymore. WELL GOOD, JERKS.

http://www.allmosquitos.com/what-at.....osquitoes.html

For me:

CO2. is a given

Lactic acid and High potassium levels, I work hard, I may be fat, but there is a lot of muscle hidden in it.

body heat, my body radiates heat something fierce, there's a reason people like to be next to me when it's cold

moisture, for whatever reason I dont barely have to do anything to sweat, it's a genetic thing that comes from my dad's side of the family, we shouldnt have any water left in our bodies after we get done working some days O_o also there is a lot of water in the area's where we are wroking

and we do a lot moving around.

it can be a nightmare for me some days D:

:( *pats*

Yeah, a lot of guys sweat pretty easily, it seems like. Seems kind of inconvenient to me :b I mean, obviously it has its benefits, but... man, I don't envy the damp shirts, sweat stains, or sticky feeling :b

it's it running down my face that annoys me more than anything and it hurts when it gets in my eyes D:

Yeah, the salt makes it burn :b

also, dont feel bad, I'm a bigger guy, I have the northern European background, so im thick and stocky, think old school viking xD so I am most definitely not made for the heat, but I'll wear shorts into the dead of winter without any problem, only put on full length pants when the snow shows up >_>

lol, you sound like all my guy friends! They're the same way :b Wandering around in below-freezing temperatures wearing shorts, happy as a clam :V

lol, I don't necessarily like the cold, but it doesn't bother me in the same way the heat does, and honestly, i love to sleep in the cold, I'll sometimes have my windows cracked in the middle of winter while I'm sleeping xD

Haha, now you sound like my boyfriend :b Something about the cold winter air he finds really refreshing. I can enjoy it a bit, until I actually start FEELING cold, and then I can never get warmed up again x_x

Haha, so heat or cold, they both can screw me over XD But I'd still strongly prefer to be too cold than too hot.

love sleeping in the cold because it makes me want to curl up in my blankets even more and not get out of bed, also, cant sleep when it's hot D:

Hehe, yeah, the cold makes for cozy times :3

...While the hot makes for gross sticky not-sleeping >:\

I live in Arizona, where it regularly hits 45°C outside during the summer. .__. I don't understand why anyone would want to live in a hot environment. I'm moving to the Pacific coast as soon as possible. x3

That's crazy, too! You crazy people living in crazy hot places!

I live on the Pacific coast, and it's mostly nice here most of the time (except a lot of people complain about it raining too much - I think it's nice, and gives us beautiful temporate rainforest :) ), but I'm with you - I don't get how/why people can like the heat, except for the possibility that they're somehow MAGICALLY unaffected by it o_o My body starts freaking out over about 20-25C (depending on the humidity), let alone something like 45C O_O

Y'know, raw meat starts cooking around 40-45C? I don't want to be outside (or inside without AC) in that! People can literally DIE from those temperatures.

Also, your avatar made me snort :b

I was born here, not my fault! xD I've lived here for 19 years and I'm absolutely sick of the sun trying to melt everyone. The Seattle/Vancouver area sounds perfect to me because it's so rainy and overcast. And you even get a little snow in the winter, right?

Yeah, I've heard plenty of stories about hikers dying of heat stroke out in the desert. .__. Luckily, I've never had a problem with my A/C or it would probably feel like a desert inside my apartment.

lol, NO EXCUSES!

Yeah, we get a little snow, but not enough, in my preference. It'll snow and get maybe ankle deep if you're lucky, and then mostly be gone within a day or two. Most people kinda prefer it that way, though - you get the fun of snow, but without most of the inconveniences. I think snow's pretty fun, though :D

I've heard stories of people just dying in their houses because they didn't have AC :S

I live in the WI. Temp: 90 Humidity 87. Overall 100+. A/C is not something I enjoy, but it was given to me.

Oh gee'z o_o That humidity is KILLER. It was like that for us yesterday...

Yeah, see, I feel bad for complaining when I know there are people living in worse. But it's still enough to make me feel like crap. x_x It was never quite this hot a few years ago, which is why I'm not really used to it - ten years ago, it never really got hotter than 20-25C on the hottest days, but now it gets to 30-35 :b

love the heat, but usually to avoid over heating i go swimming (we're not far from the beach) or i turn on the fan. can sympathise though, it gets like that here in NZ too in the middle of summer.

Yeah, heat can be totally tolerable if you can go swimming! That sounds awesome, by the way :)

yeah. it's pretty cool ^^

Had many days over 110F already.

Leaving a building that has AC feels like stepping into an oven.

Oh my god, that's gross x_x I feel for you! But then again, I have no AC, so it can actually get hotter inside than outside because rooms get stuffy and heat from people and appliances and electronics and stuff make it hotter x_x

Thats one of the things that makes me wish I lived in a colder climate. All our computer and my gaming rig are like mini space heaters.

THIS.

For some reason when I taped black garbage bags over my window it caused the temperature to go down, I also have 3 fans running, though it still can get up to 70-80 degrees, its a lot better than 90-100.

*nods* Definitely. We used to have other fans, but I think they broke, and we're tight on money as we're doing a big move out of the country soon, so no buying new fans in the meantime. The one we have for now will have to do - blow on, little trooper!

Hm, I'm guessing the bags absorbed all the heat so it wouldn't end up going inside?

Yeah thats my guess, because the light beating down on objects in the room creates a semi greenhouse effect.. or at least thats my theory, especially since my room is upstairs.

I know that feel, bro. The AC in my apartment broke, and I had to deal with 100 degree temperatures indoors, and 110-120 degree temperatures outside. =/ Fucking hate Texas.

Guh. INDOORS? That's ridiculous :( Yeah, we don't have AC, either, so it gets extraordinarily stuffy and gross inside x_x

Yes. Indoors. x.x Had to put up with it for six days before the owner of the complex finally got around to repairing the damn thing.

Tell yourself "IT IS NOT HOT....IT IS COLD AS SHIT!" over and over and over

lol, I think I've tried that.

I'm in an ice bath, immersed in its piercing cold waters, gooseflesh covering my skin. My breath creates fog in the chill aiRAUGH CRAP IT'S HOOOOOOOTTT

I believe I'm experiencing the same hot weather as you ( in the GVRD right? ) I'm just glad that our apartment faces northeast so it avoids baking too much hotter then outside temperature, now and then I'll put my head under a cold showerhead for a bit though if I'm feeling really toasty.

Yeah, Delta.

Ours is a corner unit that faces southeast :b

If my hair didn't take forever to dry and just leave me feeling muggy, I'd do that, too, I think.

Yeah, it's pretty silly :b What ever happened to balance? Warm day that's not too hot and has a nice breeze, with a pleasantly cool, but still warm night? Those are the best.

Yeah. South Texas here. Over 100f for like 2 months straight. As high as 110-115. Like 45c at worst. It's usually a nice 74/23 inside my house though.

That's soooo terrible x_x But damn, at least you have a decent temperature inside! A climate-controlled mid-70sF can be really quite comfortable!

A hot muggy one, though, not so much :c

Keep a mist bottle on your desk so you can squirt it on your face and have the fan evaporate it off your skin?
Also, your Scottish 86F is making me jealous! >8U
The hot days in Ohio are much less forgiving -_-

*chuckles* I'm sort of thinking of that. I'm always tempted, but at the same time, it always seems to just end up making me feel stickier =/ I think the fan's probably pretty important, so maybe it'll work if I point it right at me X3

Oh, I'm not in Scotland yet! I'm looking forward to the cooler weather there x_x But yeah, Ohio sounds hot =/

*laughs!!!*
86d would be cool where I am.

95-100 pretty steady the past two weeks, 40% humidity, heat index between 103-110d F. And that's pretty normal.

Comfortable? NO, not in the least. Normal... yup. That's East Texas for ya. If you want hot... try southern Louisiana!

I know, I'm such a temperature wimp x_x

Whatever southern Louisiana is like, I'm pretty sure I'd probably (literally) die without AC :b - if a moderately humid mid 80s day gives me a terrible migraine and gives my body panic attacks, then a humid 100+ would probably kill me :b

In the Seattle area we've been getting 90F. Even worse? I'm a welder wearing a leather suit on top of clothing in a shop that is 5-15F hotter inside than out. I'm going to diiiiiie :D

Ah, so you're just south of us. Are you in the city of Seattle? It's WAY hotter in the city =/ I'm thankfully outside Vancouver, so it's not quite as bad... still damned uncomfortable, though!

Gee'z, I was saying to some other people... God, I feel terrible for you guys that have to work in the heat! x_x Good luck with that o_o

Haha, I live here (well, in Delta, actually). You've never seen me because I don't go to events :b I have considered going to Sin City (or one of its offshoots since the owners got into an argument or something and made their own versions), but just never got around to it.

*chuckles* Small world. Yes, some of my art has been featuring on Fox Amoore's page, and I've done a portrait for him, as well, so maybe that's how?

Events aren't really my thing, and while I'm friendly enough, I'm kind of shy in real life - big groups of people kind of stress me out :P No, I've never been to a con, although some of my friends have stressed that I should go, as it'd probably be good for networking and such! Unfortunately, I won't be here next year, as I'm moving to Scotland next month :S

Yeah, furs are generally really friendly, so I'm not concerned about that. I'm just not a people person :b I'm pretty happy with a group of friends only about 2 or 3 people big, and only seeing them once a week. More people than that actually really tires/stresses me out x_x

i know how you feel, it rarely goes below 94 in my bedroom, i've taken to sleeping on the couch downstairs because it's at least a little cooler x3 outside isn't much better, 80-90+ degrees daily, with 85%+ humidity every day. soaking a dish towel or the like with cold water and putting it around your neck can help, as long as you aren't leaning over your laptop x3 or sticking ice cubes on top of your head/in your hair, though they melt way too fast. and one that i've heard can help is if you hold your wrist under a faucet with water as cold as you can stand for a minute or two- it's supposed to lower your internal temperature.

Yeah, the wrist-soaking thing sounds like a good idea :) Combine that with drinking lots of cold fluids, and that should help me a bit, hopefully! I've been avoiding the soaked towel ideas for those reasons, unfortunately :b Haha, never stuck ice cubes in my hair!

good luck with keeping cool! i used to do the soaked towel trick all the time, but lately i'm hunched over drawing, so not anymore x3 and i've gotten pretty desperate before, especially when i was waiting on family members to leave to go somewhere, and standing next to the freezer x3

Hahaha, yeah, I can't use the towel thing typically either for the same reason.

Mmm, freezers. There's a big walk-in freezer at my boyfriend's work that's awesome for when you need a quick cooling down!

oh dang, i bet that's awesome x3 my mom yells at me any time i stick my head in the freezer x3

Icepacks wrapped in towels.

Yeah, I think we lost our ice packs, unfortunately x_x Fantastic idea, though! I've done it before. Keeps you from getting damp and sticky with soaked towels or cloths, and stays cool longer!

The whole Midwest US has been experiencing a thing called a ring of fire pattern Where a hot dome stays in place and the storms all blow up around it, but not in the interior of that dome. I gave had the pleasure of being on the edge of that dome, (most of Illinois has), and as such have had, 39+ days of 90s F this year and 5 or 6 100+ days where with humidity and dew point was like 112 to 116 or so is what it felt like. An then their is working on roof and those hot shingles are wse feeling yet, but do what must be done, and plenty of water, at home it is back to the AC.

Oh gee'z, well... at least you have a house with AC to go back to! Makes a huge difference...

Well yes it does, up until the unite breaks its pump, the freon leaks and so needs to be replaced and recharged, had that already this year. Good thing my father knows ho to fix such things, and has a friend who fixes refrigerator units.

It's going to be 96F here today in Denver, Colorado.

I actually enjoy both extremes. Hot or cold. 110F to -10F.

But I do get where you're coming from. Because I live on the side of the building where the sunset hits and heats the building up even more, and that makes it hard to get to sleep. It gets so warm in here, even if I've got the fan on high. :O

But, but... that's crazy! You're crazy! :V You must have great temperature regulation for those extremes to not bother you physically o_o So, well, that's neat! I wish I could be like that - I'm SO super temperature sensitive. It sucks :b

I can tell you. I wasn't born with it. It takes practice and conditioning. My immune system is really good too, thanks to that.

Yeah, still. Good for you :)

Yeah, early July was a killer, high 90's to mid 100's (Fahrenheit that is) with somewhere between 85 to 90% humidity here in Michigan, glad all that crap's over hope it cools down for you though!

Ugh, that sounds terrible :\