It's Frigging HOT!

[gunns]

We haven't seen below 98 in over two weeks. More 100's to come this week. Seems the media "sweats" the East Coast no matter what the weather, it's always "worse". And just think, only 5 more months and I can complain about how frigging cold it is. :sunshine:

Heat Wave Grips East Coast
CBS News Interactive: Floods & Droughts
(CBS News) NEW YORK The city opened nearly 300 cooling centers Monday as temperatures across much of the Northeast surpassed 90 degrees, the hottest in the metropolitan area since a heat wave last year that was blamed for 40 deaths.

In case of power outages, staffers at New York City's main power company, Con Edison, which services nine million residents, were working 12-hour shifts, reports CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged residents to help prevent blackouts by conserving power. He urged New Yorkers not to exert themselves in the sweltering conditions.

"It is very hot," Bloomberg said. "I don't care how good a runner you are, I don't care how strong you are, you should take some precautions to prevent strokes."

The temperature in Central Park hit 90 degrees at 1 p.m. High temperatures were forecast in the 90s through Wednesday.

"This is the first heat wave this year," said Joe Pollina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Last year, a heat wave in late July and early August caused 40 deaths from heat stroke and contributed to the deaths of another 60 people.

The blistering heat, slamming the West since last week, has been rolling across the country, adds Wallace. It was 93 degrees in Chicago and 96 degrees in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. — near record highs.

Baltimore declared a code red heat alert for today and tomorrow, with officials especially concerned about air quality, reports Wallace.

On Monday, the New York City opened its network of 290 cooling shelters for the first time in 2007, offering people without air conditioning a break from the heat at senior centers and community buildings.

But one social worker with a senior-service agency cautioned that the cooling centers may not be enough.

"We've seen that the city has done a good job of publicizing the cooling centers, but it's often hard for seniors to get there," said Karen Fuller, director of health and nutrition services for Dorot, an agency that delivers meals and other services to homebound seniors.

The commissioner of the city's Department for the Aging, Edwin Mendez-Santiago, urged seniors to make sure someone checks on them.

"Make sure you're planning in advance, that you have water, that you use your air conditioner. And if you don't have an air conditioner, seek respite at a cooling site or any other location where you can cool off," he said.

Extra utility workers were in place to guard against blackouts like the ones that plagued the borough of Queens and suburban Westchester County in July 2006, when 174,000 people lost service or experienced low voltage.

"There will be outages in the summertime," Consolidated Edison utility spokesman Alfonso Quiroz said. "And we're just hoping that when they come they are short in duration and few in number."

Monday's heat spread as far south as Virginia, where temperatures in the 90s prompted state officials to issue a hazardous weather alert. Richmond city officials opened three cooling shelters.

State parks in Pennsylvania were closed after Gov. Ed Rendell furloughed more than 24,000 state employees because of a partisan deadlock that is holding up a state budget, a move that put state-run swimming areas off limits to those seeking relief from the heat.

Seven-year-old McClane Dyerson looked dejected after his family had to cut short its weeklong camping trip at Black Moshannon State Park in Philipsburg.

"I like going to the beach," he said. "That's what most people like to do here most."

[Los Broncos]

Ahh i love hitting the beach during the summer.

It was so nice in San Clemente at work today.

[RkyMtnThunder]

It was 116 in my back yard this weekend. Cant say I shed any tears for the north east and their balmy 90's. Thats springtime where I am from!

lol

[gunns]

It was 116 in my back yard this weekend. Cant say I shed any tears for the north east and their balmy 90's. Thats springtime where I am from!

lol

That's what I say......and in the winter we hear about the East when they get two inches of snow. People say they aren't used to it but we hear it every year.

[Los Broncos]

It was 116 in my back yard this weekend. Cant say I shed any tears for the north east and their balmy 90's. Thats springtime where I am from!

lol

Ha!

[sirhcyennek81]

I like the heat. People out east need to grow a pair. (no offense intended for people who do in fact live on the east coast...except anyone in NY...you people suck)


:Broncos:

[Malcontent]

All y'all are missing out..Its only 107 here in Phoenix today..Dry as hell. But completely tolerable for that reason. It is waaaay better than 98 degrees in NYC or Boston any day of the week. C'mon down..housing prices are falling, swimming pools are in 2/3 of every homes backyard. Why deal with wintertime, when you have AZ!

[gunns]

All y'all are missing out..Its only 107 here in Phoenix today..Dry as hell. But completely tolerable for that reason. It is waaaay better than 98 degrees in NYC or Boston any day of the week. C'mon down..housing prices are falling, swimming pools are in 2/3 of every homes backyard. Why deal with wintertime, when you have AZ!

Sorry that's too hot for me. And I enjoy the change of seasons....and skiing!

I am wondering though what the going price is for a 2 or 3 bedroom house is down there with a pool.

[sirhcyennek81]

Sorry that's too hot for me. And I enjoy the change of seasons....and skiing!

I am wondering though what the going price is for a 2 or 3 bedroom house is down there with a pool.


I drove through Phoenix in april and the air was brown, and stayed that way until we got 30 miles outside of town.


:Broncos:

[Spider]

Heat is playing hell on my Rig ....... if this keeps up , I will be in the shop in 3 months or less replacing a head and some liners

[Malcontent]

Sorry that's too hot for me. And I enjoy the change of seasons....and skiing!

I am wondering though what the going price is for a 2 or 3 bedroom house is down there with a pool.

Depends on location Gunns...but on average..about 195-225k. And hey! We get fall season for about 3 months..Winter 2 months..and Spring for 2 months. That leaves only 4 months of heat, that if you tried it, you'd agree IS NOT ALL THAT BAD!

[Malcontent]

I drove through Phoenix in april and the air was brown, and stayed that way until we got 30 miles outside of town.


:Broncos:

That was just Uof A football team practicing.

[BlaK-Argentina]

Today it snowed in Buenos Aires for the first time since 1918. It was (and still is) beautiful.

[Jason in LA]

It's pretty nice out here. Mid 80s. We get a nice breeze too.

Six months ago, it was pretty nice too. Mid 70s, with a nice breeze.

[RkyMtnThunder]

Sorry that's too hot for me. And I enjoy the change of seasons....and skiing!

I am wondering though what the going price is for a 2 or 3 bedroom house is down there with a pool.

You know you want to snowbird Gunns!

As already mentioned - price of course varies with neighborhoods. In my area, you could get into a very nice 4-5 bedroom home with pool, less than 2-3 years old for around $300k. You could have a 2-3 bedroom house built starting around 1/2 that price and up. Condo market is even easier to find a bargain.

Our summers are like everyone else's winters. People try to avoid spending a bunch of time outdoors (unless they have a pool of course). They rush from the air conditioned house to their air conditioned car to shop in the air conditioned malls or work at their air conditioned employers - very similar to winter life - except you dont need to shovel the heat off your walk in the morning!

But October-May; pretty easy to see why this area exploded into the top 5 largest cities in the US almost overnight. Sunny and perfect nearly every day for months on end.

[Pezman]

Went to Barstow the other day... How people live out in 125 degree weather is beyond me... on the flipside, I was over at Pt. Mugu on the coast the next day and it was overcast and 55 degrees until noon mearly 100 miles away from Barstow.

Gotta love the freakshow weather in SoCal Ha!

[Sassy]

It's pretty nice out here. Mid 80s. We get a nice breeze too.

Six months ago, it was pretty nice too. Mid 70s, with a nice breeze.

It was not quite 100 here Saturday...suppose to cool down again by tomorrow.
We had a whole month of rain in June and I mean downpour...now everything is turning brown it's so dry.

[Rock Chalk]

All y'all are missing out..Its only 107 here in Phoenix today..Dry as hell. But completely tolerable for that reason. It is waaaay better than 98 degrees in NYC or Boston any day of the week. C'mon down..housing prices are falling, swimming pools are in 2/3 of every homes backyard. Why deal with wintertime, when you have AZ!

You know what gets me.

98 degrees in Boston or NY might be "balmy" to most folks.

But not southerners. What they call balmy, I call dry.

Generally speaking, if its less than 98% humidity down here, Im a happy camper. If the dewpoint gets below 95% well, **** thats peaches and cream right there.

When all you do is walk outside to have a cigarette and when you walk back inside and are drenched from sweat, thats too friggin hot.

They get at most 2 months of "hot and humid" weather, we get 5-6 months.

Conversely, when it comes "winter" time we southerners are a bunch of pussies. Thermo gets below 70 and yo, its time for some jeans, a long sleeve shirt, possibly a light jacket.

I defy any sane individual to come down here in Houston for one summer and then go back to wherever (north of the Mason Dixon line) and complain about summer heat again.

[RhymesayersDU]

I was in Vegas over the weekend. Like 115 all day. Hot indeed.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Houston is crazy hot and humid.

I have been there and New Orleans in August and both were miserable.

[sirhcyennek81]

I might be moving to Kentucky in January, so I was out there to do some training for a help desk and to get a feel for the place and it was warm and humid, I dont mind heat, I hate humidity, but it was June, it was about 80, my future boss was telling me its jacket weather. In winter I asked if they get ice or snow, and she goes no, it gets cold, mid 40's to mid 30's...I am thinking to myself...if its 45 degrees in colorado in January, you wear a t shirt and jeans outside.

:Broncos:

[Broncos_OTM]

I like the heat. People out east need to grow a pair. (no offense intended for people who do in fact live on the east coast...except anyone in NY...you people suck)


:Broncos:

i guess you have never been around humidity and being 104 on the heat index. im sorry a hundred in colorado is 110 where i am at.

[Broncos_OTM]

You know what gets me.

98 degrees in Boston or NY might be "balmy" to most folks.

But not southerners. What they call balmy, I call dry.

Generally speaking, if its less than 98% humidity down here, Im a happy camper. If the dewpoint gets below 95% well, **** thats peaches and cream right there.

When all you do is walk outside to have a cigarette and when you walk back inside and are drenched from sweat, thats too friggin hot.

They get at most 2 months of "hot and humid" weather, we get 5-6 months.

Conversely, when it comes "winter" time we southerners are a bunch of pussies. Thermo gets below 70 and yo, its time for some jeans, a long sleeve shirt, possibly a light jacket.

I defy any sane individual to come down here in Houston for one summer and then go back to wherever (north of the Mason Dixon line) and complain about summer heat again.

HAHA HA HA so frigging true. i wear my shorts all winter long where i am at and people think i am crazy. i love it. (the weather of course)

[sirhcyennek81]

i guess you have never been around humidity and being 104 on the heat index. im sorry a hundred in colorado is 110 where i am at.

Grew up in NC and VA. I know humidity.


:Broncos:

[CBF1]

You guys(gals) crack me up...You talk about here and there where you live and no one has any idea where in the country you are talking about :)

[Broncos_OTM]

You guys(gals) crack me up...You talk about here and there where you live and no one has any idea where in the country you are talking about :)

im from overthere, thatpoint. USA

Also living in colorado basically my whole life. tell i moved to VA. i never understood Humidity tell i got here. i sweat just standing there.

[Los Broncos]

I was in Vegas over the weekend. Like 115 all day. Hot indeed.

When i lived out there it was 125 for a few days, i was melting.

[ICON]

Weather for Death Valley, CA

Mon
Mostly Sunny
117°F | 83°F
Tue
Mostly Sunny
114°F | 83°F
Wed
Mostly Sunny
113°F | 87°F
Thu
Mostly Sunny
112°F | 88°F:welcome:

[Atlas]

We haven't seen below 98 in over two weeks. More 100's to come this week. Seems the media "sweats" the East Coast no matter what the weather, it's always "worse". And just think, only 5 more months and I can complain about how frigging cold it is. :sunshine:

Heat Wave Grips East Coast
CBS News Interactive: Floods & Droughts
(CBS News) NEW YORK The city opened nearly 300 cooling centers Monday as temperatures across much of the Northeast surpassed 90 degrees, the hottest in the metropolitan area since a heat wave last year that was blamed for 40 deaths.

In case of power outages, staffers at New York City's main power company, Con Edison, which services nine million residents, were working 12-hour shifts, reports CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged residents to help prevent blackouts by conserving power. He urged New Yorkers not to exert themselves in the sweltering conditions.

"It is very hot," Bloomberg said. "I don't care how good a runner you are, I don't care how strong you are, you should take some precautions to prevent strokes."

The temperature in Central Park hit 90 degrees at 1 p.m. High temperatures were forecast in the 90s through Wednesday.

"This is the first heat wave this year," said Joe Pollina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Last year, a heat wave in late July and early August caused 40 deaths from heat stroke and contributed to the deaths of another 60 people.

The blistering heat, slamming the West since last week, has been rolling across the country, adds Wallace. It was 93 degrees in Chicago and 96 degrees in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. — near record highs.

Baltimore declared a code red heat alert for today and tomorrow, with officials especially concerned about air quality, reports Wallace.

On Monday, the New York City opened its network of 290 cooling shelters for the first time in 2007, offering people without air conditioning a break from the heat at senior centers and community buildings.

But one social worker with a senior-service agency cautioned that the cooling centers may not be enough.

"We've seen that the city has done a good job of publicizing the cooling centers, but it's often hard for seniors to get there," said Karen Fuller, director of health and nutrition services for Dorot, an agency that delivers meals and other services to homebound seniors.

The commissioner of the city's Department for the Aging, Edwin Mendez-Santiago, urged seniors to make sure someone checks on them.

"Make sure you're planning in advance, that you have water, that you use your air conditioner. And if you don't have an air conditioner, seek respite at a cooling site or any other location where you can cool off," he said.

Extra utility workers were in place to guard against blackouts like the ones that plagued the borough of Queens and suburban Westchester County in July 2006, when 174,000 people lost service or experienced low voltage.

"There will be outages in the summertime," Consolidated Edison utility spokesman Alfonso Quiroz said. "And we're just hoping that when they come they are short in duration and few in number."

Monday's heat spread as far south as Virginia, where temperatures in the 90s prompted state officials to issue a hazardous weather alert. Richmond city officials opened three cooling shelters.

State parks in Pennsylvania were closed after Gov. Ed Rendell furloughed more than 24,000 state employees because of a partisan deadlock that is holding up a state budget, a move that put state-run swimming areas off limits to those seeking relief from the heat.

Seven-year-old McClane Dyerson looked dejected after his family had to cut short its weeklong camping trip at Black Moshannon State Park in Philipsburg.

"I like going to the beach," he said. "That's what most people like to do here most."
What a bunch of crybabies!!

[Dutch]

I just spent the week of the fourth in Phoenix for my folk's 50th Aniversary. It was 117 on the fourth in Sun City West and down to 110 up at Cave Creek. It was bloody hot! Then I returned to the Southeast (Atlanta) and it was 82, overcast and rainy....felt awesome. Then I get up to Columbia, South Carolina...96 with a dew point of 90 and 93% humidity yesterday, and more of the same the next couple of days. It's just a matter of whether or not you prefer to roast or broil. At least I wasn't soaked in Arizona. I'm freaking drenched here in So Car!

[Beantown Bronco]

Not sure what the national media is saying, but Boston has been nice and relatively cool for the last week or so....60s when I left work yesterday and low 70s so far today, with a nice ocean breeze.