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7/18/2012 5:26:46 PM EST
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We Are Cooking
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We are cooking in New Jersey today. The heat index right now is 112. Right now the temperature is 98. It has been reaching over 100 all week. This morning at 6am it was already 90.
For the Fourth of July this year it was 104 here. I only remember that happening 2 times in my life and it has been in the last 10 years.
It does seem to get warmer every year and this year we practically had no winter. That has happened a lot here but then a couple of years back we had a back to back snow storm that dropped 72 inches of snow in 3 days. It was so awful for us. It's something that lots of people are used to but they live in areas where they are used to dealing with that kind of snow.
Our states around here are not so ready for that kind of snow. Houses are so close to each other and streets are so small. When you get a storm like that there is no where to go. There were people stuck in there homes for over a month. There cars were buried by snow plows and for some streets plows never even came.
I have also noticed that our thunder storms that accompany this heat are so incredible. They are something we have never seen around these states. Our power companies are not prepared for this kind of thing. The last storms we had people were without electricity for weeks. Some came back up last Sunday and then another storm came through. There have been power companies coming from other states to help us.
Yet again another bad storm is coming and it really won't even help with the heat. it's just coming to leave another big mess for us. My husband is driving home from his work in Pennsylvania and I heard his work truck being hit with hail. The sky is getting very dark here now. If it comes I hope it will cool it down. But it really don't look that way.
I love it when my son complains he is hot. The A/C costs a lot so we turn it up to 82 for most of the day cause it's still cooler than it is outside. But then we give in and turn it on because we ourselves can't stand it anymore. I always say to my son that you are missing the big picture here. You should be so grateful that you have a roof over your head and food to eat and a way to get out of the outdoor heat. There are many people who don't have this and are outside living in the streets.
In the cities where you find the most people without A/C you see them hanging out in the places that have A/C. The grocery stores are packed with people walking up and down the isles with no intention of buying anything. They sit in the laundry mats and even McDonalds. I feel bad for them. But I know that when you are a kid it is hard to have compassion for other people. So I am always reminding my son what he should be grateful for.
I do seem to be handling it well but I really do hope it goes away soon. I'd like to be able to take my kids out in the pool. It's just way to hot to now and if you touch the water in the pool today it will actually burn you.
If you are like me and dealing with this you know exactly what I am talking about. I do not like winter and I am grateful when we get a warm one but then there are other dangers that also come with that. We have an abundance of different things that should've died in the winter that are still going strong now. Bacteria and bugs are to name a few.
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 | | I agree, this summer makes it just too hot to take the kids out. You can't be out long in this heat. |
| | |  | | Thank you so much for sharing it with us.. |
| | |  | | I feel for you, hope you'll be able to take your kids out in the pool soon. |
| | |  | | In my younger years most of my time was spent working outside. I worked mostly in the winter however some years required working in the summer heat. It is not comfortable putting on a hot tar roof when the temps are above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. When you take a contract, have a deadline, and your staff get heat exhaustion you do what has to be done. |
| | |  | | Wow!! That's alot of heat! Remember to drink plenty of water and a little pinch of sea salt. The salt helps the water hydrate you better.. and lots of other healthy things too! |
| | |  | | I feel for you and your family. The extreme weather that we've been getting for the past few years is bizzare. We had such high humidity here in Southern California last week it felt like Florida and we're got it again now for the next several days. Yuck! We tough it out as long as possible without turning on the A/C but then I can't handle the heat and on it goes! |
| | |  | | I grew up with no A/C. How are you my friend? |
| | |  | | I definitely love the ac... my next door neighbor finally had their ac fixed after being without it for three days...ugh! |
| | |  | | Dawn thanks for writing us your blog. Glad to have read. Go IBO! |
| | |  | | I am spoiled and stay inside with the A/C. Not sure how people can work out in this heat, even though they get used to it, kind of. I remember hearing that it gets so hot that kids will get severe burns when going down a park slide because it has gotten so hot. But, before we know it, it will be cold again and who knows what that will bring. |
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