"Beneath this bold and brilliant sun..."

[greygirlbeast]

About to try to get some sleep, but it's still bloody fucking hot. 79-degrees Fahrenheit Outside, but still 84 in the middle parlour - the coolest room - and I'm guessing that means it's about 89 or 90 in the kitchen and my office. The front parlour, which we shut off days ago, probably well over 90. So, too hot to sleep, but I really don't know what else we can do. There are six fans running, plus Dr. M., which is helping just a little.

Don't know if I have much more to say just now.

I grew up in Alabama, where summer days often hit 100+F, but I lived in houses built to ventilate in the summer, and, sometimes, we had AC (but often not). But this...a house that can actually get warmer at night, a house that is built to hold heat in, it's a new beast to me.

Tomorrow, we will flee to a dark theatre and then to the sea. Until then, we'll try to sleep, and try to stay cool.

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[poesillchild.livejournal.com]

79-degrees Fahrenheit Outside, but still 84 in the middle parlour

That sounds unbearable, and I become intolerable in that kind of heat.

So what shall you see in the dark theater? Plan to see Captain America with my family Sunday.

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[darkarmadillo.livejournal.com]

Given how wide spread this is, have they started instituting rolling blackouts? Although South Texas is built to handle extreme AC usage in the summer, there were significant problems keeping up with power demand last winter when we had an extended cold spell with highs in the 30's (which isn't 'normal' down here.) I could imagine the opposite happening in the North East.

It seemed odd, I know, but it was a real problem and households were being blacked out during the day (when your supposed to be at work) to try and lessen the load. Public places (theaters, malls, stores) were less likely to get hit, but it happened there as well. Your plan for watching movies and going to the beach is a necessary one right now.

[insanitybook.livejournal.com]

Be glad you're not in the KC metro, where we're supposed to have a high of 100 every day this weekend. Ugh...try to stay cool. :(