I doubt I could walk 10 foot / 3 meters without breaking a sweat, even with a ice cube on my forehead. Yes it’s rough and all but the good side… I think most fruit funguses are struggling also.
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Upper 90s here in Michigan. My mulberries are going from pink to purple/black in 12 hours.
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sadly the same here in N. Maine sitting at 91 w/ 78% humidity right now . tom. less wind and 94. very sticky out there.
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texting my uncle in PA and he said it’s night coming on and still 95F there. I’m concerned for my (several) uncles in that kind of heat, they’re all older fellas and tend to be outside in it. I’ve seen heat stroke up close and don’t like it
all of you be careful and safe
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It’s summer, sometimes it gets hot.
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This seems to be the last day of it here.
Have them add pink salt (or another natural salt) to water and drink a lot! You need water and electrolytes, and not sugar, to survive the heat.
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Same as France!
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at least most of you guys are used to the heat. not so much up here. when i was a kid we would head to my grandparents camp on the lake by 10 am on the real hot days and woulldnt return until dark. no a/c back then.
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Take a bunch of cold showers during the day. I had a camper with no A/C. It was routinely 95F in there in the summer. I’d rinse off for a minute with cold water a few times a day. Helped keep me cooler. I had fans run directly on me or would good outdoors and look for shade.
How the hell did the old timers live in this humid heat with no A/C and all those long, heavy clothes???
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they had alot more stamina than we do. they didnt stop when heat got to them. they slowed a little. daily discomfort of some sort was accepted as part of life. my father was one of them. one of his favorite sayings was’’ if it doesnt kill you, it will only make you stronger.’’ he hated the words cant or wont. he would just get more agressive and determined the harder a task got. almost angry.
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I’ve been doing farm work this week in 95 F and humidity in the %50-%90. I’ve been holding up fine. I guess being part southeast Asian helps a lot.
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the climate has changed. I’m not going to make a debate that’s over 100 years old, but I’ll just say that when there’s more energy in the air and ocean (heat usually) any specific places’ weather gets more unpredictable and is not what it used to be.
200 or 300 years ago there were not month long heat domes. heat waves in the 90s caused panic and were pretty rare.
people in Europe 250 years ago were experiencing abnormal drought AND cold.
100 years ago you could run ice down the rivers from the north and supply everyone with an ice box.
things are changing. that at least is a thing you yourself can see in your lifetime if you’re an adult. not just “climate” but the predictability of frost dates, weather patterns, natural disasters, regional high and low temp.
In short they didn’t have to do it the way we are having to do it.
also they drank a hell of a lot of cider, shrub, and other light drinks with salt+sour+sugar, hydration.
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It’s not too hot here right now for us, but also not cool.
Summers got a whole lot cooler for me once I started wearing long sleeve shirts and t-shirts together and a broad brimmed hat.
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Im in an area frequented by migrant workers. They wear long sleeve, light colored, loose fitting oxford type shirts with a hat. I guess the sun heats up skin more than if you cover it. Who would have thought…
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In my area we have dealt with the heat much longer than people had migrant labor. We freeze 32 ounce bottles of water. We then use those throughout the day to poor over us, to drink etc. Freezing bottles of water is much more comfortable. I don’t ever ask anyone to do something I’m not willing to do myself.
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Ahhhh.. the luxury of ice. I sweat like a pig so badly that I either cut out or go fishing at the shady pond. Ive been enjoying the 7-11, 6- dark schedule. Muggy Michigan
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Two things I find helpful working the garden in the heat: A neck fan and mini blower turbo fan. An added bonus is the neck fan keeps those buzzing no-see-ums away from your face while also keeping you cool. And the mini turbo fan delivers an incrediblly powerful stream of air for quick relief.
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