• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    Straight up it was almost 100°F for the later half of this week where I’m at and today is supposed to kiss 90°F today

    I’m in the PNW, it’s freaking September. I should be putting my AC away not choking on smoke while my AC blows for 20 hours of the day

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        9 days ago

        Not to mention the lack of bugs in our drought stricken smoke choked summers

        Where are my things that crawl?

        Where are my critters that skitter?

        Where is the ever present thrum of tiny wings?

        Growing up there were those little woolly bear caterpillars everywhere by this point, last year I saw 2 the whole fall.

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      9 days ago

      Here in Wisconsin we had a heat index of over 100 for about a week not even 14 days ago and today the high was 65. I broke out the sweaters and fall gear today and it was a nice change of pace

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    9 days ago

    Make it at home with ice. Super cheap materials. Pumpkin creamer, cold brew coffee, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin spice powder. Stevia.

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      9 days ago

      Engine room of an Iowa-class battleship. This is an oil-burning steam-powered ship. Men would stand at the burners, directly controlling them. Watches were 4 hours long. The room was a constant 140F. You wouldn’t last long if you didn’t stand directly under the outlet of a forced air ventilation duct. Right in the middle of the compartment within easy reach is a coffee pot.

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        9 days ago

        yep. I used to work on a paving crew, you have to wear long pants & sleeves no matter how hot the weather because the mix is coming out of the truck at 300°F and you don’t want any molten flecks getting on your skin. 75% of the crew has partially melted boot soles, but one of their wives just showed up with a box of joe in an insulated hot bag

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    8 days ago

    just have it. this is the coldest summer of the rest of your life. even if it was just the hottest summer of our lives yet.

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    9 days ago

    20C and sunny today, possibly the best beach day of the summer around here. And the local Starbucks had a sign up, saying that yhey ran out of pumpkin spice…