I'm in the Central SE, and we regularly get 85-90F in the Summer.
Today it reached 86F, with ~82%(outside)/~80%(inside) humidity. Nothing like Eastern Texas, but...
My exposed homework assignments have started to wilt
I don't do A/C until about 90F.
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I'm in the Central SE, and we regularly get 85-90F in the Summer.
Today it reached 86F, with ~82%(outside)/~80%(inside) humidity. Nothing like Eastern Texas, but...
My exposed homework assignments have started to wilt
I don't do A/C until about 90F.
I lived in Houston from 1974 to 1979, so I get it.I'm in the Central SE, and we regularly get 85-90F in the Summer.
Today it reached 86F, with ~82%(outside)/~80%(inside) humidity. Nothing like Eastern Texas, but...
My exposed homework assignments have started to wilt
I don't do A/C until about 90F.
I lived in Houston from 1974 to 1979, so I get it.
Yah; glue doesn't oft' set in-situ
We hit 109 in Cottonwood that same day. But yesterday Flag was gorgeous, sunny and 82. Wind was a bit strong but that is usually the case up there.
Yesterday was very strange, we maxed out at 99º which is very unusual for this time of the year. News says we are ramping back up though to 113º on this coming Sunday.
PS. The opening date for the Buc-ee's (Goodyear) is now June 2026. Thought you might want to be updated.
Was living in the valley back in the 90s. I remember June 26, 1990 when it hit 122. Don’t really miss that kind of heat.
Yeah, I wasn't here in 1990. We moved here in 2000 so totally missed that. OTOH, there have been at least one or two days in the past five years where it hit either close to that mark or above it. I can recall at least a couple times where Sky Harbor stopped all flights.
But I'm also no stranger to it. Before Phoenix, I used to work in Indio, California. That's in the Coachella Valley and there was more than once where the temps on any particular summer day were 120º or above. Fortunately, I didn't actually live in Indio (work was a 50 minute drive from home).
PS. The opening date for the Buc-ee's (Goodyear) is now June 2026. Thought you might want to be updated.
I saw that.
Not sure why it is taking so long.
6/20 - 95F, transformer blows power out for 4 hrs.
6/27- 93F, transformer blows power out for 30 min.
Fortunately we put in a whole house standby generator (Generac), expensive $14k, but convienent and it’s paying for itself. Two winters ago, we lost power during a winter storm, and the state claims to have fixed the issue. I guess they need to work on their transformer tech… 🤔
6/27- 93F, transformer blows power out for 30 min.
Fortunately we put in a whole house standby generator (Generac), expensive $14k, but convienent and it’s paying for itself. Two winters ago, we lost power during a winter storm, and the state claims to have fixed the issue. I guess they need to work on their transformer tech… 🤔
Maybe it’s the Decepticons?
Curious why you chose a generator over Solar and battery back up? Would save you money when electricity is working and give you an option when power is down.
I've always wanted solar panels... I've looked into solar several times recently and if I was going to stay in a location for 20 years, it would pay for itself. I'm angling to leave this hell hole*, and $40k is over the top, too many complications, and the cost of the loan out weighs the monthly cost savings.
*Global warming summertime irony: It's getting hotter across the country up to Minnesota, and over to New York, Virgina , etc. My Son lives in Kansas, and it's hotter there, than it gets here along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The only difference is that their heat period is shorter than ours, but in the summer, easier to be up over 100F in the Summer. Here, it's unusual.
One example, you can't pay $40k for it and just tack that onto the price of your house. If you plan on leaving soonish, you can plan on eating it. If cities were smart, instead of another power plant, they would be 80% or more, subsidizing the cost of putting solar on every house in city limits (6 million people live within Houston, Texas) and tapping it into the grid. But there have been no substantial subsides while I've looked at this option. As is, I can get my electric less expensively though the local utility.
Of interest, solar panels need an electrical power source to function. To actually have power when the grid fails, you need to have a backup battery, $10K+, that's designed to operate at night after the sun goes down. I included this price in the $40k, but last I heard the price has gone up. There are reports of people actually buying solar without the backup battery. That's shooting yourself in the foot. 🤔
Oh solar without a battery is virtually pointless. Unless you have a sweet deal like my Dad. He’s had his around 15-20 years and still on a very generous grandfathered plan. He gets about 70p a unit from the grid for whatever he doesn’t use. These days you get around 7p a unit for whatever you feed back to the grid.
They still have a decent subsidy for installation. Cost is around £15-20k here for a system with a battery as well.
The trouble is working out what system you want is complicated. I’d order them today if I had the cash as it’s getting more and more expensive for electricity. If I had the money I’d also fit AC as well. The summers are getting unbearable in the UK and longer. Most homes have no AC.
Obviously we are never moving. From our bungalow. We are here until we drop down dead.
We hate moving. We are not doing it again.Our mortgage guy called that a "toe tag" house.
Went up to Flagstaff yesterday to try and beat some of the heat. It was supposed to be 82 and instead it was 94. And a little bit humid.
Anyway, the trails we had planned to ride were closed due to elevated fire danger, so we headed a bit south to the Munds Park area. We lasted almost 2 hours before it just got to be too hot. Were seeing 103 at 6500'. Way too hot for that elevation.
Anyway, the trails we had planned to ride were closed due to elevated fire danger, so we headed a bit south to the Munds Park area. We lasted almost 2 hours before it just got to be too hot. Were seeing 103 at 6500'. Way too hot for that elevation.
Heard about the flash flood in central Texas? Tragic. The area has an historical record of flash flooding. Apparently the NWS was on the ball issuing plenty of alerts. The first alert went out at 1pm the day before the early morning flash flood, a warning for up to 7” of rain. The question might regard regulations or lack there of and why the camp locations run by businesses along the river were not required to have weather radios and monitoring during stormy weather? Why that costs too much, too much of a burden?* 🤔Que Sera…
kerrcountylead.com
*Death toll now 90+. 😕
The tragedy of Kerr County, Texas, a warning system reported to cost $50k was deemed too expensive… 😳
Now we can watch officials wiggle. The figure I heard was $50k, which for a River warning system seems doable, but maybe low. A water level monitor on the River that sets off a local siren and sends out a radio signal, set a mile or 2 apart say 20 of them. Seems like a million would be reasonable, funded by the State.🤔
nypost.com
I heard today a former camp owner say “we plan for all known contingencies, but don’t think anyone could predict this.” Blatant excuse making, the place is known as “flash flood alley”. What about weather radios, which are annoying as hell, but serve an important purpose, a contingency for when several inches of rain or more or forecast? When those alerts go off, it wakes you up… and yep it may cost you some money to evacuate in a timely fashion, get up and leave.
Death Toll Climbs to 59 as Massive Search Continues for Missing Kerr County Flood Victims – The Kerr County Lead
"Numbers are continuously changing and increasing," Leitha said. "We have over 400 first responders from more than 20 agencies working in Kerr County."
kerrcountylead.com
The tragedy of Kerr County, Texas, a warning system reported to cost $50k was deemed too expensive… 😳
Now we can watch officials wiggle. The figure I heard was $50k, which for a River warning system seems doable, but maybe low. A water level monitor on the River that sets off a local siren and sends out a radio signal, set a mile or 2 apart say 20 of them. Seems like a million would be reasonable, funded by the State.🤔
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system along…
nypost.com
I heard today a former camp owner say “we plan for all known contingencies, but don’t think anyone could predict this.” Blatant excuse making, the place is known as “flash flood alley”. What about weather radios, which are annoying as hell, but serve an important purpose, a contingency for when several inches of rain or more or forecast? When those alerts go off, it wakes you up… and yep it may cost you some money to evacuate in a timely fashion, get up and leave.
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Fast moving water on the Guadalupe River, Texas, reported to be a 20' rise in 30 min...Heard about the flash flood in central Texas? Tragic. The area has an historical record of flash flooding. Apparently the NWS was on the ball issuing plenty of alerts. The first alert went out at 1pm the day before the early morning flash flood, a warning for up to 7” of rain. The question might regard regulations or lack there of and why the camp locations run by businesses along the river were not required to have weather radios and monitoring during stormy weather? Why that costs too much, too much of a burden?* 🤔Que Sera…
*Death toll now 90+. 😕Death Toll Climbs to 59 as Massive Search Continues for Missing Kerr County Flood Victims – The Kerr County Lead
"Numbers are continuously changing and increasing," Leitha said. "We have over 400 first responders from more than 20 agencies working in Kerr County."
The tragedy of Kerr County, Texas, a warning system reported to cost $50k was deemed too expensive… 😳
Now we can watch officials wiggle. The figure I heard was $50k, which for a River warning system seems doable, but maybe low. A water level monitor on the River that sets off a local siren and sends out a radio signal, set a mile or 2 apart say 20 of them. Seems like a million would be reasonable, funded by the State.🤔
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system along…
I heard today a former camp owner say “we plan for all known contingencies, but don’t think anyone could predict this.” Blatant excuse making, the place is known as “flash flood alley”. What about weather radios, which are annoying as hell, but serve an important purpose, a contingency for when several inches of rain or more or forecast? When those alerts go off, it wakes you up… and yep it may cost you some money to evacuate in a timely fashion, get up and leave.
* Update 100 dead, 160 missing.
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But it's a dry heat... you still bake in the shade. it really feels like sticking your head in an oven.
One summer we went to Phoenix in the summer, hot as hell to see some inlaws, but then drove up into the White Mountains East to camp and it was beautiful, in the 70s. I was amazed. Now this was 40 years ago...