Comments on: weather chitchat http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/ ...reverberating Fri, 18 May 2012 07:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Pamela http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10303 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:12:18 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10303 How'd the blueberry picking go? And what are you planning to do with your lovely stash? How’d the blueberry picking go? And what are you planning to do with your lovely stash?

]]> by: SorchaRei http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10302 Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:41:53 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10302 Here's a tip for next time (that I invented when I lived in Eugene and it was hella hot one summer). Get a dishpan and fill it with ice (a big block like you can buy at some gas stations works really well). Stick the dishpan-and-ice in front of a fan, and blow the fan over the ice in the general direciton of the people in the room. The ice cools the air right around it, and you blow that air on yourself. Here’s a tip for next time (that I invented when I lived in Eugene and it was hella hot one summer). Get a dishpan and fill it with ice (a big block like you can buy at some gas stations works really well). Stick the dishpan-and-ice in front of a fan, and blow the fan over the ice in the general direciton of the people in the room.

The ice cools the air right around it, and you blow that air on yourself.

]]> by: leblanc http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10301 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10301 the weather here inland has been super hot too - i went hiking yesterday and it was SO HOT and the trails were SO DRY it was almost hard to breath because of all the dust. having moved here from Michigan, at first i was delighted (like Cleis) to have a mild(er), not-humid summer and to be able to plan a camping trip at any time without ever having a threat of rain. now, sometimes i would give ANYTHING for a summer thundershower!!!! the weather here inland has been super hot too - i went hiking yesterday and it was SO HOT and the trails were SO DRY it was almost hard to breath because of all the dust.

having moved here from Michigan, at first i was delighted (like Cleis) to have a mild(er), not-humid summer and to be able to plan a camping trip at any time without ever having a threat of rain. now, sometimes i would give ANYTHING for a summer thundershower!!!!

]]> by: Cleis http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10300 Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:32:43 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10300 Wow, I didn't know that could happen in Portland! The summer I spent a month in Eugene, I left weather here in the east that was 85 degrees and humid at 6 in the morning (it was an unusually hot stretch for us), and arrived in Portland to 70 degrees, dry, and sunny. I was so happy!! Do you have any friends with air conditioning where you could crash for the night? Otherwise, yeah, an ice cold shower for as long as you can stand, and lots of fans aimed at the bed. Wow, I didn’t know that could happen in Portland! The summer I spent a month in Eugene, I left weather here in the east that was 85 degrees and humid at 6 in the morning (it was an unusually hot stretch for us), and arrived in Portland to 70 degrees, dry, and sunny. I was so happy!! Do you have any friends with air conditioning where you could crash for the night? Otherwise, yeah, an ice cold shower for as long as you can stand, and lots of fans aimed at the bed.

]]> by: Julie http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10299 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 05:27:44 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2004/07/23/weather-chitchat/#comment-10299 I've been taking cool baths and showers, and when it's too hot for anything, I'll lie still and listen to books on tape so I don't have to move or anything. (Good when the blinds are drawn to keep the sun out and you've only got the type of light bulbs that feel like they heat up the whole room.) Or wrap a towel around yourself and pretend you're at the sauna. I think I can safely say I've never been in heat like this without an air conditioner. Keep cool this weekend. I’ve been taking cool baths and showers, and when it’s too hot for anything, I’ll lie still and listen to books on tape so I don’t have to move or anything. (Good when the blinds are drawn to keep the sun out and you’ve only got the type of light bulbs that feel like they heat up the whole room.) Or wrap a towel around yourself and pretend you’re at the sauna.

I think I can safely say I’ve never been in heat like this without an air conditioner. Keep cool this weekend.

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