Heat
It’s hot down here. I mean really, really… hot.
Consider this: Little Rock, Arkansas shares the same latitude as Tikrit, Iraq.
It has broken 100 degrees every day since we arrived, and the humidity is in the 70%-90% range—even at night. The average temperature for the month of August is 90 degrees (and this includes those overnight lows). It’s 84 degrees outside right now at 11pm. (Weather.com says it “feels like” 91 and I believe it.)
I recall folks up in NYC complaining about the heat in the summer, and yes I suppose it could get a bit muggy, but I still say it is nothing like the deep down, bone warming, thick aired, all summer long, high-humidity, day-after-day, no relief southern heat we get down here. I’ve been in cooler saunas. (My brother was helping a friend move last week and found himself in a vehicle without air conditioning. He said the air blowing into the car felt as if was coming from a hairdryer.)
However. . . despite the heat we really are having a good time. (The air conditioning in my folks’ house it top notch.) We’ll head up to the lakehouse in the northern part of the state in a few days. Hopefully it will be a little cooler up there, but even if the heat continues we’ll have a lake, a boat, and an ice chest full of chilled beverages to help us cope.
Stay cool.
- peebo
August 23rd, 2005 at 3:27 am
I went out to my Jeep yesterday around 1 pm and the interior registered 140 degrees !
I blame Bush for creating global warming and not allowing stem cells to be harvested so that we can be turned into super-humans who can withstand such heat.
The high in Baghdad today is forecast to be 114°. Probably a bit cooler in Tikrit. BTW, the old canard that it is a dry heat thus somehow not as bad is pure BS!
August 23rd, 2005 at 5:46 am
Yah, Dad said it was pretty hot down there these past few days. It wasn’t too bad when I visited though so I got out and walked the dog each morning to counter the effects of being stuffed with food the moment I walked in the door. Have fun!
August 23rd, 2005 at 5:49 pm
Hey! We’re in Arkansas too! And yes, it’s hot as … well, you know… it’s hot. We’ve moved to Helena. Give us a call if you’re coming toward Memphis anytime this trip. 870.753.9348. Cheers.
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:22 pm
Brad (and other Memphians), I am thinking of coming into Memphis next week if I can find a willing host. I’ll keep you updated.
August 24th, 2005 at 12:11 am
Update: After my rant last night, we had a little break in the weather today. Thunderstorms all day long provided some much needed rain.
It’s midnight right now and a chilly 72 degrees….
More rain tomorrow and a high of 91 (with that “feels like” index back up to 99).
August 24th, 2005 at 11:13 am
Jeff, I’ve got a one room condo downtown, if you want to relive NYC times. There’s aero bed with your name on it.
John
September 6th, 2005 at 9:34 pm
Thanks for the encouragement. I’m happy, but just a teeny tiny little bit wigged out right. I seriously didn’t think I’d get into this show and was auditioning for practice. It’s going to be so much fun though.
It’s been ages since I’ve had a part this big. Bitchy I shall be.