The heat is really getting to me
 

Maybe it's because I'm getting old (66) or it's my spinal injury or both. But I just can't stay outside in this heat for long even though I'm well hydrated. I feel like I weigh a ton, I'm fatigued and even a little nauseous.

Anyone else? How do you deal with it?

damn. i had to wear a hoody this morning. it was chilly! (sorry :))

i cant deal with oppressive heat.

we don't have air in this house and it's only gotten to 82 during the day in the house. I am fine with it. when it drops to 60 ish I am cold.

went from 90 and humid in Maui to 110 and dry in Scottsdale, not sure what I prefer. No a/c in the rented condo on the beach in Kihei thanks to my wife. Looking forward to my drive from Scottsdale to Carmel through the desert in 10 days.

I have to work outside a lot (2.5 acre former mini-farm that requires a lot of maintenance) and I've found as I get older I can't work nearly as long in the heat/humidity as I used to. I actually have to drink water to stay hydrated (not the current fad of carrying a fancy $30 bottle of water around -- I actually need it). And...I seem to be good for about 3 hours or so of hard work and then I'm done.

I will also say that it is certainly hotter and more humid than it used to be. Chuckle about 82F in the house during the day, but it is dangerously hot and humid here and it simply didn't used to be that way (and I've in this area since the '70s). Even when I lived in Alabama, dew points above 70 were rare. I saw a dew point of 75 once down there and thought the world was coming to an end. The dew point was 75F here yesterday. Dew points above 70F are common here. Unheard of ten years ago.

Edit: Just checked...dew point of 73 right now. Brutal.

My AC is out but I have a window shaker like Hugh. 84º all day and drops a couple to 3 degrees overnight. 90 in the garage/shop where I be most of the time. Yesterday on a flat roof installing a new flue for a pool heater. I lasted about 2 hours.

I moved some firewood and did some general yardwork last night for maybe an hour. I was a sopping mess when I finished. No energy to do anything. Spend another hour or so in the shop and was about cooked. Come on fall!

Been around 110+ for a few weeks here in Scottsdale. Pretty normal for this time of year.
Monsoon will cool it off a bit...but then humidity.
During this time of year I rarely go outside. In the early morning to clean the pool...usually 85 - 90 at 6 AM.
If I spend more than 10 minutes outside, I'm drenched and fatigued (flatbutt)...so I strip down and dive into the pool.

I just had my ducts sealed a few weeks ago ($1,000) and what an amazing difference. According to the instruments, my ducts were super leaky.
House built in 1960.
Thermostat has always been set for 76 and my bedroom is so much cooler now.
In fact, when the A/C in on, I can't have the bedroom fan on...too cold.
May set the thermo to 78.
Also, had my A/C unit serviced...some leaks sealed, etc.
Looking forward to lower elect. bill, also.

Same here

Break it up into early and late sessions. Work from 0500-1000 then go inside until the sun has passed its zenith by a few hours.

Around here it is warm, but the smoke is so bad I had to put the top up and run the air conditioner yesterday

I'm the opposite, I can't stand the cold. Lost my hair, lost some weight, and I turned into a damn sissy. I aspire to move somewhere that doesn't have winter.

I'm still trying to adjust to the heat and humidity here in the Fl Panhandle.

It's very draining to work in. And I've lived in the tropics most of my life.

After working on my fence for a few back to back days, I found that I just wasn't recovering. I'd wake up in the mornings still feeling stiff and sore more worn out than expected.

My brother told me to drink some gator aid to replace lost electrolytes. This really turned things around for me.

It's still tough to work in but now I can recover better.

Cheers Richard

It’s hard to get used to it when every year is hotter than the last. For 15 years in a row, it’s been the hottest year on record. Each year breaks the last year’s record.

I can’t imagine living far from the coast but it’s getting hotter here as well. It’s causing the worst and longest fire seasons that California has ever seen. The fuel is just that much hotter and dryer. :(

That simply is NOT true.

Sorry to hear youse guys are suffering too but at least now I know I'm not just falling apart.

Global warming. Your modern lifestyle is causing it. Electricity and modern convenience that is run off of it. So plant a trillion trees and turn off the electricity.

I open the door on June 1 and if it is 100 degrees i stay inside until mid Sept before I open the door again.

As a kid, I LOVED summer...the hotter the better. I would play in 100 degree temps. Now, age 74? Well, I'm glad we got central air some years back. Don't mind the power bill a bit! And yes, with diabetes and AFIB, I don't do much in this heat without running out of gas... Supposed to be at or near the century mark here for the next few days. However, I remember days like these 50-60 years ago as well...

It's definitely hotter now in LA, than when I was a kid. It doesn't really stop me, personally, from doing stuff. Then again, how much yardwork and such am I really doing, anyway. But I know it stops my kids' generation.

I can't remember a single day (as a kid) when we didn't do stuff because of the heat. We didn't cancel PE, or hold it indoors. (Back when PE was 5 days per week.) PE was only held indoors if it was raining. We played sports outdoors year-round; I know because I grew up playing tennis. Now, tennis camp gets canceled for my kids if it's too hot (>100 deg). The little ones aren't allowed outdoors during recess if it's too hot. Maybe we have an abundance of caution these days. But I think it's also hotter now, than when I was a kid. My parents certainly comment that they run the AC more often now, than when they first moved into their house 35 years ago.

I don't think it's just the OP feeling his age.

Tennis courts can be torrid even when 90'.
I rarely played in that heat in CA Bay Area...would go out under the lights.
Well, if the tournament was in the day, of course...but practice at night.

I was a kid. We just played.

I can remember back in '92 when I was laid off and went back to Missouri to look at possible work there. Was staying at a friend's house and decided to help him out by mowing his yard for him. This was in late June or early August. 90* and 90% humidity convinced me I wouldn't put my kids through living in heat like that since they played sports.
Yesterday I was mowing my yard at 9 AM just so I wouldn't be doing it in the heat of the day. I got that same feeling I had in Missouri. Soaked down to my skivies, couldn't get my tee shirt off because it was glued to me with sweat. I could only think to myself "And this is why I stayed in California."
We saw 116* on our backyard thermometer a couple weeks ago. Today will be another hot one too.

Same around here. Our summer started early but has been pretty moderate overall, we have had very few days over 100. It's not uncommon to have an entire month of 100, this has been a pretty easy summer. The last few have been for that matter, it's just a matter of weather patterns.

I’m in the same boat.

59 YO and need to lose weight as well. Plus I inherited my dads ability to sweat bullets unless it’s below 65*. I wear a short sleeve shirt year round. No jacket.

As kids and through my 20’s we were outside all the time. No problem with sports, etc.

It’s 90* and 70% humidity here. Being in construction, I’m outside all day.

Yes, these 90/90 days get to me. I don't plan to be out in it after noon. Up and outside at dawn and back in the AC by noon.

Semantics. The reality is that it is much warmer than it used to be. No denying that.

from...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/02/14-15-hottest-years-record-2000-un-global-warming

I've had some unusually mild summers the past few years.

There is balance, it will swing to some unusually hot ones sometime.

2002, average for July, 93, max, 102.

2018, average for July, 89, max, 97

Something to keep in mind, often your locale's heat is someone else's cool.

So what may be cooking you, is that your cold air is flowing down here and chilling me.

Like Matt I don't do well in cold climates. In my 20's-mid 40's I functioned very well in heat up to 105F which is a common temperature for inland SoCal in the summer months (July-Sept). That all changed once I crossed into my 50's. A couple weeks back I worked a Sat/Sun doing yard work and tree trimming and got a minor case of what I would classify as heat stroke. I could not drink enough water (probably should have done gatorade/electro drink) and felt beat down for a couple days. Getting older definitely changes things.

Don't agree with Denis - I have lived in SoCal my entire life and remember plenty heat wave type events. SoCal goes through droughts that can last 5-8 years and then get record amounts of rain. Same as it ever was.

This morning i wanted to cut the grass before it hit 90. Well the grass was soaked from the dew, it was humid as hell last night. So, I had to wait until it was dry enough to cut, that was at 11:00 AM. Sweat was running into my eyes and it stung, my shirt was soaked to my body making it almost impossible to take off. Finally came in the A/C house and I'm not going back out until the sun goes down. At 64 i just can't take the combination of the heat and humidity.

Btw flat, www.wunderground.com

Put in your town, and go to history.

You can look at history of peaks, averages, etc.

Go through the years.

You'll be able to see how much of what you feel is your own body changing, vs temperature data.

I have it colder these days, but I do feel summer heat more this year. I'm also getting my body back in shape from issues caused by an infection.

i thought as we get older we dont feel the extreme temps..which is the danger?

the elderly (not saying anyone is elderly) get into trouble in the heat because they dont know they are overheating.

i hate humidity and extreme summers. no thanks. i sweat..i could grow rice.

I f'ing hate humility and heat...I unfortunately have to spend time in it. I'd put Maryland in my rear view mirror tomorrow if the ever lovely Mrs. Seahawk didn't descend from riders on the Ark and the Dove.

I am a West Coast refugee stuck in a mist of hot, watery death that is disguised as air.

The key is don't fight the heat and humidity: Only work in the early mornings or late afternoons.

I mowed our big pasture and lines with the bush hog Sunday. I got out early and took two large bottles of water. I also covered myself in DDT since the wet summer has produced more mosquitoes here than have every existed in Panama. It was hot and moist (shocker) at 0800.

Three hours later, remember I am sitting on a tractor driving, I realize my titanium hip replacement has fused, I am out of water and the DDT has lost potency.

The horror.

It ain't you, Flat. Go inside.

Umm, any chance the heat has gotten to your brain Paul? You live where you live because of Mr. Seahawk - perhaps it's Mrs. Seahawk? Did you really cover yourself with DDT? Or was it DEET? ;)

Yikes!

One out of two: "Mrs" works but DDT was intentional: I am trying to reintroduce DDT as a viable counter to the gossamer-winged Velociraptors that nearly carried me off my Massey.

Look up the Ark and the Dove, btw...cousins marrying.

:cool:

Age slows you down . My heat tolerance is low. Midday if over 90 its 30 on 30 off. I ll work or ride until 11 and than knock off until 4. Sun is really the problem. Also slow pace helps


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Tabs, the new Groundhog SmileWavy

I looked at the weather history for our area for July. Average temp for the month is down 1 degree for July 2018 vs. 2017. I checked the temp from 10 years ago, the same. I checked the temp from 10 years ago...the same.

Meanwhile in Canada... late July snow storm

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1533683285.jpg


https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4769755

I was riding the Rockies in June on my Monster with a good friend who lives in Ft Collins. We were up around 8000 ft in the sunshine, came around a very looong carousel curve and found ourselves in the midst of a sleet storm. I experienced MAJOR pucker factor but fortunately the road was only wet. Still my butt made a very clear "popping" sound when I lifted it off the seat.

Thirty two years ago this month a friend (Jerry Keyser) and I drove our 356s up the Canadian Rockies. All was good until we spent the night in Jasper. Had to scrape our way through the frost on our windshields with our credit cards (who carries an ice scraper in August?). The next two days were alternating sleet, snow, drizzle, and sunshine.