Heat Wave Expected Starting Tuesday (May 13th)

Forecasters predict temperatures above 90 starting Tuesday. The unseasonably warm weather "15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of the year" is expected to last into next week. Thursday is expected to be the hottest days, with temps tapering to the 80s by the weekend.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9226358#article_comments

I guess that's why they call it the *Mercury* News!

This post has been edited by trumpman on May 12 2008, 03:14 PM

Forecasters are predicting highs in the 90s, possibly even 100 for Thursday and Friday. I'm stocking up on ice cream today!

QUOTE (mobyfan @ May 14 2008, 11:08 AM)

Forecasters are predicting highs in the 90s, possibly even 100 for Thursday and Friday. I'm stocking up on ice cream today!

Dryer's Ice Cream is only $2.99 per 1.75 qt. thru this Sat. at Longs. (hmmm, wonder when the 1/2 gal. subtly became downsized.)
Healthy Choice used to have the lowest fat content, but since they discontinued making bulk ice cream, the "Slow Churned" varieties as Dryers are the next in line.

Made it out for a bike ride today before the hotter Thurs & Fri. ;-) The probable spare-the-air day tomorrow is not the best for exercising in.

Thankfully, it'll just be a short heat wave this tme. I don't feel like spending the time covering up the skylights just yet. Skylights are great until there's a heat wave. Then they're more like baking vents.

Today is gonna suck. I hate it when it gets this hot.

Me too. I suffer in the afternoons. Unfortunately, Sheldon, your office is the hottest in the house, since all the computer equipment is there.

Hey Sheldon -- I used to live in a house with skylights. What I (accidentally) found that works great is to cover the skylights -- on the outside -- with white bed sheets.

This cut all the direct sun and most of the heat -- yet lets in most of the light. Works great -- try it!

I think you're right about the color of the skylights, Dana. I think we'll try light-colored coverings on the inside of the skylights this year. I don't want to have the landlord stop by and find sheets flapping in the wind on the roof....

Inside is certainly easier -- but outside keeps the heat outside...

What I did is knotted the corners, stretched the cloth over the skylight, then tightly knotted the other corner (a square skylight).

This kept the fabric tight as a drum and no problems...

QUOTE (trumpman @ May 14 2008, 02:49 PM)

Dryer's Ice Cream is only $2.99 per 1.75 qt. thru this Sat. at Longs. (hmmm, wonder when the 1/2 gal. subtly became downsized.)

Safeway also has Buy 1 Get 1 Free 1.75 qts. on sale thru Tuesday ($5.99 for two). And they downsized ice cream a couple of years ago when the price of dairy started going up. I remember reading a story about it. One of the tricks of the trade is to sell less quantity at the same price so people won't be as apt to notice.

QUOTE (ArsNova @ May 15 2008, 09:02 AM)

Me too. I suffer in the afternoons. Unfortunately, Sheldon, your office is the hottest in the house, since all the computer equipment is there.

Me three! The worst is that there just doesn't seem to be a breeze in this house. It's the first house I've lived in where there is just no breeze on hot days like this, even with all the windows open. Does anyone have an attic fan and does it make a huge difference on days like this?

QUOTE (stone @ May 15 2008, 05:15 PM)

Inside is certainly easier -- but outside keeps the heat outside... What I did is knotted the corners, stretched the cloth over the skylight, then tightly knotted the other corner (a square skylight). This kept the fabric tight as a drum and no problems...

LOL, we discovered something similar a couple of years ago. There's a skylight in our master bathroom and it gets SO HOT in there that our bedroom becomes a sauna during the hottest days of summer. Every bit of water in the bathroom steams up and so we then not only have heat, but humidity too. It really made us realize how much heat the skylights were letting in so we took some old drapes and pinned it to the ceiling around the skylight. It's not the most elegant looking solution, but it works and significantly dropped the temperature in the back half of our house.

OMG, my outdoor thermometer was nearly at 100 today. It is WAY too hot!!!