Desert Life

Living in a desert isn’t normally too bad. I hug my air conditioner, and endeavor to stay out of the direct sunlight for 6 months out of the year. It does have its annoyances from time to time, however. Even on a relatively cool day like today (104F), simple tasks like leaf blowing the front…

Living in a desert isn’t normally too bad. I hug my air conditioner, and endeavor to stay out of the direct sunlight for 6 months out of the year.

It does have its annoyances from time to time, however.

Even on a relatively cool day like today (104F), simple tasks like leaf blowing the front courtyard, sweeping the garage, and a trip to Costco result in being drenched in sweat. So far, I’ve had two showers, and I’m on my third change of clothes.

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  1. ORPO1

    Currently 91 here in The Southeast Kern County Desert

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  2. pngai

    75 degrees F at 3 P.M. today 7/12 in Fremont, CA.

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  3. LT Rusty

    Bunch of local boys around here.

    It’s 91 in Fresno/Madera area.

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  4. bailesworth

    “So far, I’ve had two showers, and I’m on my third change of clothes.”

    Useless without pix.

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  5. Quartermaster

    It’s 78 on my front porch here in the mountains of WNC.

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  6. JH, MSG (Ret)

    96 in Central Texas. A pool is the only remedy.

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  7. mushdogs

    But it’s a dry heat…

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  8. Esli

    52 degrees, cloudy and a light rain falling here in Edinburgh…

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  9. Dan Patterson

    Quartermaster shares climate with me and my eight dog-buddies, and it’s a treat to read the reports from other readers world-wide.
    With the heat you’re experiencing I do wonder why bother with clothes, but that’s a tactical decision you are free to make.
    Cheers y’all.

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  10. Tarl

    I didn’t sweat much when I lived in Arizona. Then when I moved to northern VA, it was “less hot” but I sweated like a dog.

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  11. Pave Low John

    Wait, so “Bring the Heat” doesn’t refer to your desire to live in the hottest place in the CONUS? 🙂

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  12. Pave Low John

    And I am happily surprised to see two more Western NC “hillbillies” on this thread. Talk about a small world…

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  13. LT Rusty

    I bother with clothes because I prefer not to get arrested.

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  14. LT Rusty

    (by either the real police or the taste police)

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  15. diogenesofnj

    Fortunately you won’t have to put up with the heat for much longer. The new mini-ice age will be here in less than a decade: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3156594/Is-mini-ICE-AGE-way-Scientists-warn-sun-sleep-2020-cause-temperatures-plummet.html

    You may find out that the desert becomes quite comfortable during the day. I hear that it does get cold at night. BTW this model works, unlike the models used to predict global warming,

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  16. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    A light kind of sideways rain that is considered “nice” weather in Edinburgh????

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  17. timactual

    And you live there voluntarily?

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