I’m hot, and I hate being hot. When I am hot, I feel the same way Jim Traber does whenever someone confronts him with a logical argument.
When the thermometer hits 90, I get uncomfortable. When it nears 100, I think of nothing else, least of all interesting local stories. It doesn’t help that this ridonkulous weather overtaxed my A/C to the point that it overheated and blew out, and now I’m living the blogger’s dream of living with my parents until the parts needed to fix it arrive. I have lost any semblance of creativity hurling only generic curses about the situation, again like Jim Traber when confronted with logic.
I hate to bring up global warming, or climate change, or whatever you want to call it, because I want to beat people who crack jokes about Al Gore whenever the current temperature is slightly below average for that day…but dammit, where the eff are those people? Jim Inhofe builds an igloo when it snows and releases pictures to the media with passive aggressive verbiage about proving the Earth is getting warmer–even though he is in a place where snow is common. So, of course, skeptics like him, Michele Bachmann, and even my idol Gary England are pretty silent right now.
Yes, it is supposed to be hot. It’s July. But according to Rick Mitchell on Twitter yesterday, we have surpassed the century mark in high temperature for 17 consecutive days. He also mentioned that the record is 50 and that we are well on our way to breaking that mark. This could mean we are only a third of the way through this heat spell.
This will get us to the half way point.
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You do realize the record we are 1/3rd of our way to breaking occurred 31 years ago, right?
Yeah but global warming is So Hot Right Now!!
I think Rick said it is actually day 17 of 100+ degree temps for the year, not 17 consecutive days. Looks like the heat IS getting to you
My mistake. The heat is getting to me, but consecutive would actually be better, because 50 non-consecutive means a lot of 98 degree days in the middle.
I get pissed off just opening my front door. I just can’t with this.
Nope, it’s consecutive days. Mike Morgan said so too.
I’m more worried about the threat of Manbearpig!
Don’t worry about manbearpig. You better be watching out for Bill Brasky.
I hate Jim Inhofe.
We need some thunderstorms.
Looks like the next 3mths should be “normal” for most of Oklahoma in regards to temperature… http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif
Its so hot that my balls stick to my thighs like wallpaper.
This is what Oklahoma summers are supposed to be.
Sunny and 105 F every day from late June to September when the State Fair and rain come to town.
It’s not like I’m going to water the yard just to have to mow it. I hate mowing. And especially weed-whacking. What a waste of resources.
Anyway, hot days in Oklahoma are what I expect.
Compared to Houston, it’s a dry heat.
All you need is a folding chair, a good book and a bottle of frozen water to pour over your head once in awhile.
Shade helps, too.
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Just relax and enjoy the heat. On that glorious day at the end of September, during the State Fair, it will be 105 one day and 31 the next with 52+mph wind and it will be Fall.
Meanwhile we could use some rain, but that won’t come until Hurricane Ethel hits sometime this Fall. It will wash Texas away with 20-30 inches of rain (no big loss) and we will only get half an inch, but that’s better than nothing.
Oh and just 17 days of 100+ temperatures? Wimp, you should be living here in western Oklahoma, where it’s been above 100 since April!
people still go to the fair? it sucks now.
That’s Hot
The use of a 17 hot days in OKC in June/July as support for global warming is just as short sighted and baseless as Inhoff using a large winter snow storm in D.C. as proof that there is no global warming. When we get 17 days of 100+ degree weather in D.C. in January or 2 feet of snow in OKC in July let me know-we will talk…
And it appears you caught but didn’t internalize my point.
its so hot i’ve had sweat running down the crack of my ass for a monthy
Now that we’re more than a third of the way to the record I’m feeling a little suicidal.
If you need me I’ll be in the Ziploc in the deep freeze.
DC isn’t exactly a place where snow is common, in fact OKC got far more snow this past winter than DC did. I’ve lived here (DC) 5 winters now and we barely get more snow than what OK does. The storm you are referring too was in the top 3 of worst snow storms to ever hit DC (I was there); it shut the entire city down for a week. Yes, it sounds like you guys are getting melted back home, but remember, the past 2 winters have been 2 of the worst winters in OK history. I’m just saying, keep things in the proper perspective.
The perspective of climate change?