You know it's hot when....(uncle just sent this to me.)

[FaithManor]

IT'S SO HOT in Kentucky

.....the birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground.

.....the trees are whistling for the dogs.

.....the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance

.....hot water comes from both taps.

.....you can make sun tea instantly.

.....you learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.

.....the temperature drops below 90 F and you feel a little chilly.

.....you discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your car.

.....you discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.

.....you actually burn your hand opening the car door.

.....you break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 A.M.

.....your biggest motorcycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death"?

.....you realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.

.....the potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter.

.....the cows are giving evaporated milk.

.....farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.

IT'S SO DRY IN Kentucky that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes

 

Should we laugh or cry?

 

Faith

[mrsrevmeg]

:lol: Sounds like you are describing Alabama.

[garddwr]

:lol:

[southcarolinamom]

This is awesome! It's supposed to be 105 in Greenville today. Sigh.

 

(I put ice cubes in my pet's water bowl this morning.)

[melbotoast]

:lol:

[Dobela]

Sounds just like Arkansas. Our predicted high today is 105 - before the heat index. At 9 pm last night it was still well over 90. Our chickens have pretty much stopped laying.

[melissad2]

This is awesome! It's supposed to be 105 in Greenville today. Sigh.

 

(I put ice cubes in my pet's water bowl this morning.)

 

I'm in Anderson! Suppose to be 106 today! I froze my dogs water bowl last night so she has a big Popsicle!

[Twigs]

:iagree:

[Mommy22alyns]

:lol: That is good! The below 90 one... a few days ago it was 86 with a little breeze and it felt cool to me! I even sent the girls outside for a bit. I've been in the south for too long. :001_huh:

[Dmmetler]

105 in Memphis today. Sigh....

[Mommyof4ks]

I needed this last when it was over 100 for more than two months. It was 107 earlier this week. The car air conditioner cannot keep up with that, yuck.

[Guest pastelsummer]

lol

[PeacefulChaos]

I totally copied this and made it my FB status... (just changed the state, since it's 104 today where I am ;) )

[Country Mouse]

:thumbup1: Yep!

[mom24cuties]

Yep, sounds like Virginia.

[twoxcell]

Would you be mad if I told you it was 67 degrees here right now and cloudy? :lol: I don't think I have been HOT this year yet.:leaving:

[Lady Florida.]

Here in Florida we call it summer.

[Critterfixer]

You know it's hot when you actually DO give your chickens crushed ice.

I did the floor yesterday and today. And they wallowed in the ice, wings out with happy expressions on their faces.

It hit 108 in the Ark River Valley yesterday. I went out to wet down the poultry yard, and a wild bird came up for a shower. The chickens are not laying, and even the guineas have dropped production.

[Kathryn]

This is awesome! It's supposed to be 105 in Greenville today. Sigh.

 

(I put ice cubes in my pet's water bowl this morning.)

 

I'm in Anderson! Suppose to be 106 today! I froze my dogs water bowl last night so she has a big Popsicle!

 

I'm in Columbia. We've hit 108. At least the humidity's low.

 

ETA: I just read we made an all-time-high record and the day's not over!

Edited June 29, 2012 by kebg11

[Tammyla]

It feels that way here too.:chillpill:

[1Togo]

Dd and I are laughing about this. In our neck of the southern swamp, it's also hot, hot, hot, and even though we have strong air conditioning, I feel the outside heat pressing in. We're ordering movies from the library, and maybe we will make some sweet tea.

[*Inna*]

Sounds like a normal day in Central California to me. :D

[TravelingChris]

Kathy, 'floridamom', does it really get to 104 in your area? We lived in Satellite Beach and usually our hottest was about 95. I remember one summer there we went on a vacation to VA to visit Williamsburg, Jamestown, etc. and we were dying there since it was about ten degrees hotter and much more humid than what we had on our island.

[Jan in SC]

It's 108 here! My dh's car says it is 122!

[newlifemom]

Would you be mad if I told you it was 67 degrees here right now and cloudy? :lol: I don't think I have been HOT this year yet.:leaving:

 

 

:iagree: and yeah, I too am . . .:leaving:

 

 

 

Stay cool and drink lots of water.

[Dana]

I showed my son how to convert the temperature in Fahrenheit to Celsius today by deriving the formula. He found it incredibly cool.

 

46.2C here today.

 

I'm staying indoors.

[Lady Florida.]

Kathy, 'floridamom', does it really get to 104 in your area? We lived in Satellite Beach and usually our hottest was about 95. I remember one summer there we went on a vacation to VA to visit Williamsburg, Jamestown, etc. and we were dying there since it was about ten degrees hotter and much more humid than what we had on our island.

 

 

No, it goes at the most into the upper 90's. The beaches are always cooler than inland, even the little bit more inland that I am from where you were, but in over 40 years here I rarely remember the actual temperature going over 100. The heat index goes that high, but not the temp. But, 90s and humidity in the 80s and 90s are still normal summer weather here, and it lasts from mid-May to mid-October.

 

I know people laugh at "It's not the heat, it's the humidity," but it really is a problem. When the air is already so full of moisture, your sweat can't evaporate because the air just can't hold any more moisture, so you can't cool off. It makes cold temperatures feel much colder too. I remember being in Tennessee one winter and it was about 25F, but very dry. It felt the same to me as 40 degrees feels here.

 

Every time the middle of the country gets a heat wave like the one happening this summer, it's usually hotter than it normally gets here.

Edited June 29, 2012 by floridamom

[Remudamom]

Shoot, that's Kansas too.