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I'm in Western Illinois. We had a delightfully nice day with the highs in the low 80s. I celebrated the beautiful day and my birth month by riding my first Century. I didn't break any records but with my Significant Other (who rode his 75th consecutive month of centuries) who patiently coached me on, I managed to complete it in 8.5 hours and an average speed of 12 MPH. We rode Catrikes, he a Speed and I a Pocket. I'm sunburned, sore and stiff. and never felt better in my entire life.:)
Congratulations Brecca! :)
I used to like the heat. We raced in 112 degree heat today. We're not used to this in Northern California (especially those of us who live coast-side). It was brutal. Women were literally melting.
Wow. I've always hated the heat, would have been happy to whine about it hitting 97 in Seattle yesterday, 95/humid today, but am much impressed that velogirl and co. were actually able to race in 112 degrees. I could never have done it. Hoping everyone came through it okay!
106º here today. Unbelievable. 97º in Seattle? Crazy. It's 11:23 and still 86º out. I think I will get up at 6 for a quick ride with the cows.
even us poor Seattleites are TIRED of the HEAT!
I went swimming in lake Washington last night for
the first time in 10 years and it wasn't too cold it
was PERFECT!
I'm sick o' the heat :mad: My job today will be "keep the dog cool", 96 degrees is forcast in Hayweird, up from yesterday.
I'm skipping a planned 20 mile ride to make sure the mutt's ok which is of course most important. :D
The high yesterday at Camp Pendelton was 109, I think it was 104 when we rode through. :eek: I honestly have no idea how I rode as far as I did yesterday in that heat. Tiff and I usually get up at 4:00 a.m. and ride shortly after 5:00 a.m. to avoid it, but this ride started at 10:00 a.m. It was my second longest ride ever (62 miles) and was definitely more hilly than the longest ride I've done, which was 64. Though it was fun...this ride reinforced my desire to rise and ride before the sun starts shining! :D
I don't know if this happens elsewhere, but many neighborhoods in CA have electrical outages during heatwaves. I guess we're using too much, or we're undersupplied. It's been hovering around 113 in my area and the electricity's gone out a couple of times. Yesterday it went out at 4pm and stayed off until 7am this morning.
There are worse things in life, but I'm behind in watching the TDF, darn it !!
The low in Phoenix last night was 101 degrees.
Odd question dears
Do you guys have enforced water rotation days(not sure of the exact term) where you can only water your lawn on certain days??
(We have it all year round, not just in summer. For example, if your house number ends in 0 you water on monday & friday. )
Just wondering....:)
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No, but we should. The electrical thing in CA is surprising because I thought we built a bunch of new power plants after the Enron thing.
Crazycanuck, We have them here in Houston, not currently but in years past they rotated on which days you could water your lawn depending on even or odd house numbers. They have also gone on boughts of no lawn watering what so ever.
While I was gone riding on Saturday the power went out here for a short time. All of the clocks were blinking when I got home.Quote:
Originally Posted by dachshund
We've lost power three times in the last twelve hours (only for a couple minutes each). In addition to the increased electrical demand, I think the infrastructure (cables, etc) is vulnerable in extreme heat.
Does anyone remember the brown-outs and black-outs during the 70s on the east coast?