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Temperatures and blackouts

I'm scared that we are going to have blackouts or rolling blackouts over the next three or four days. We lost power twice this morning for a total of about 45 minutes. High temps: Today- 105 Sunday - 106 Monday - 107 F*&K!!!!!

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We’re under a new thing I’ve never seen before – an Excessive Heat Warning. It replaces the Heat Advisory we were under until 7am tomorrow morning, and the Excessive Heat Watch that started at 7am tomorrow and expired at 7pm Monday night.

I’m worried about our guys on the field, too.

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by lisa w on Aug 2, 2008 9:35 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

excessive heat watch

what exactly is an excessive heat watch anyway? does someone have to officially see that its over 100deg and say “damn thats excessively hot” ?

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by rentz on Aug 2, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's a cliche

but it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. When the Heat Index goes above a certain point (107° for Heat Advisory, I think) due to the temperature plus the humidity, they start issuing watches and warnings.

Makes me wonder if a Rangers game (or any game for that matter) has ever been called or delayed due to excessive heat. I can’t remember one, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened.

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
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by WhipSmart on Aug 2, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's bad

but not as bad as the summer of 1980. That one was nasty. 42 straight days over 100°. There was even one night where the temp did not go below 100 overnight!

Yes, I’m old enough to remember 1980.

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
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by WhipSmart on Aug 2, 2008 11:20 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I was in Arlington for that

and remember it well. Insane.

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by ortonius on Aug 2, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

there was one close to that a few years ago

97 or 98 i think, insanely hot some days hit 110

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 2, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

July 12, 1998

I wasn’t here for that one, i was living in Arkansas then. It’s months like these when I miss the Ozarks.

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
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by WhipSmart on Aug 2, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man, when I lived in Arizona during college

we had a week straight where the temperature never dropped below 100. Even at midnight or whatever. It was hell.

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by Dirk Diggler on Aug 2, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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