tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3789646304379751652..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Hot! Hot! HOT!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2407393988901017992018-07-20T17:02:20.798-05:002018-07-20T17:02:20.798-05:00He was adapting Gen. Phil Sheridan's comment a...He was adapting <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan?wprov=sfla1" rel="nofollow">Gen. Phil Sheridan</a>'s comment about Texas.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66208939582182343842018-07-20T16:45:51.584-05:002018-07-20T16:45:51.584-05:00There's a story that a Mormon church leader vi...There's a story that a Mormon church leader visited St. George, UT in the late 1800's or early 1900's, and in a speech to the locals he included this gem:<br /><br />"If I had a house in St. George and a house in hell, in the summer I'd rent out the house in St. George and live in hell instead."Magsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67133638944723396832018-07-20T15:02:12.648-05:002018-07-20T15:02:12.648-05:00Spent five years living in Phoenix. Yes, I was the...Spent five years living in Phoenix. Yes, I was there when they closed the airport, 122F. Calcs for commercial aircraft take-off load/speed only went to 120. Yeah you get acclimatized but it's still hotter than H**l's anteroom. One was reminded of the story that in the 1890's some local promoter went to Washington to lobby for Statehood. One of his statements was that all Arizona needed to be a paradise on earth was water and civilization. A congressman replied ; "Sir, all h**l needs to be paradise is water and civilization." Statehood delayed until 1912.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25642099876672120482018-07-20T11:24:53.074-05:002018-07-20T11:24:53.074-05:00Have you looked into your insulation situation, bo...Have you looked into your insulation situation, both walls and ceiling? We weren't so happy with our ceiling situation and had an extra two feet blown in which made a big difference. Our walls aren't too bad so we didn't have to do anything to them. Contractors aren't too expensive or once your toes are happier renting the blower and doing it yourself isn't too hard.<br /><br />Either way spend the few extra bucks to get the plastic or cardboard air diversion things that get stuck down against the eaves between the trusses, and keep the wind from blowing the insulation away from the outside walls.<br /><br />A friend did have wall insulation issues, ended up pulling the siding and upgrading the old insulation as well as adding a thick layer of foam insulation board before replacing the siding. Not cheap or a lot of fun but it is saving enough on utilities that it will pay back in not too many years.Stan_qazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177236446865672828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59753419139042503632018-07-20T07:19:58.575-05:002018-07-20T07:19:58.575-05:00What Chris said! I was working for the USDA in 19...What Chris said! I was working for the USDA in 1980 at the experiment station in Lubbock. Dad showed me a trick: staple a handkerchief around the sweat band in your hat so it covered your ears and neck. keep it wet, and instant a/c! Worked a treat.<br /><br />But that year was pretty sad, too. Old farmer out near us used a donkey to work his little corn field. They were out cleaning weeds from the edges of the field when it got so hot the corn started popping. The farmer and donkey thought it was snow, and froze to death right there in the field. Sad, hot summer....STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75569796637798722412018-07-20T06:35:12.157-05:002018-07-20T06:35:12.157-05:00McChuck, as one born in the South and still a resi...McChuck, as one born in the South and still a resident, I believe Willis Carrier's birthday should be a holiday. Speeches should made, and parades held in his honor.urbane legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699110758399432397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8898759545274656572018-07-20T05:12:50.237-05:002018-07-20T05:12:50.237-05:00Grew up working summers on the farm near Lubbock, ...Grew up working summers on the farm near Lubbock, including that of 1980. We drank lots of water and ice tea. It was over 110 for almost a two week period. When dropped down to 101 one day, we nearly froze...Chris Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815496959546126551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91205167701947621772018-07-20T04:45:15.745-05:002018-07-20T04:45:15.745-05:00Now you know why the South was sparsely settled un...Now you know why the South was sparsely settled until after the invention of air conditioning. Well, that and DDT and Deet.<br /><br />Heat sucks. Unlike in the cold, there's only so many layers you can remove.<br /><br />Good luck with everything.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44448562358829369602018-07-19T23:50:39.998-05:002018-07-19T23:50:39.998-05:00There's a good reason we bug the hell out for ...There's a good reason we bug the hell out for the Adirondacks for about three weeks every year this time of year. I'd prefer a place where I could take a handgun, but given the low amount of vibrant diversity in the place we're heading it'll do.TwoDogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400034283241205713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55925169912633295052018-07-19T22:58:46.678-05:002018-07-19T22:58:46.678-05:00Grew up spending summers on my grandparents' f...Grew up spending summers on my grandparents' farm in Tucumcari, NM. I also spent one summer working for my grandfather. That summer in the fields it reached 125F. I was hoing jimson weed out of a field he was going to turn cattle into. I probably drank 2 gallons of ice tea that day that my grandma made. She'd send me off with a gallon of ice tea in a coleman thermos bottle, and then she'd come out around noonish with another and a sandwich. I won't say those are good times (farming is damn hard work!) but they were memorable.<br /><br />I developed a health tolerance from the heat between that and growing up in the Arizona desert.<br />Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302043608284733000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51468804516194572162018-07-19T21:30:51.266-05:002018-07-19T21:30:51.266-05:00I have the utmost respect for the folks that insta...I have the utmost respect for the folks that installed the fence lines in that heat. Those were some tough hombres.Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351320517246475202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24702474635860584262018-07-19T21:11:12.030-05:002018-07-19T21:11:12.030-05:00Summer of '80, in Missouri - heat wave beginni...Summer of '80, in Missouri - heat wave beginning on the day we got married - was 113° every day for 3 months, 89 at night. Upstairs apartment, and had A/C only in our bedroom. Miserable. You two, and Old NFO, have my sympathies. It's 71 here, and we're loving it.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70697637113425203172018-07-19T19:40:36.085-05:002018-07-19T19:40:36.085-05:00You're out in it, and drink enough(especially ...You're out in it, and drink enough(especially of the right stuff) and you get acclimated to it.<br /><br />Kind of amazing when you think about it.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38443583573159158672018-07-19T19:28:44.218-05:002018-07-19T19:28:44.218-05:00Grew up here in DFW area working at age 12-14 for ...Grew up here in DFW area working at age 12-14 for a neighbor cutting, baling, and hauling hay in this weather. I often wonder how. Never bitched about it then.Flugelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158548139451148587noreply@blogger.com