Apr 20 2009
It’s summer hot in Southern California
Depending on which thermometer you read this afternoon, it’s either 98 or 100 degrees this afternoon. That’s hot. We’ve lived in this area a long time. When we lived near the ocean we just lounged for a couple hours during the hot part of the day. Most days that was enough. If it got too bad, we went shopping.
Now we live 12 miles inland - not so very far from the beach. Near enough to go to the beach for the afternoon and come home for supper. The difference in temperature is a lot. Not only that, but we begin to think of Global Warming. Years ago, we just thought it was a hot day. Now when it’s hot we worry about the GW Boogie Man coming to get us. Before we’d call it “unseasonably hot.” Today we are a little nervous about it all.
After all, what can I do about it? If you have been reading my blog, you know the gas and electric company has been cutting down my trees. We cut a big one down that shielded our west wall of windows. That pepper tree was great shade and I loved it because it reminded me of all the climbing trees in my life - the ones you can climb into easily and hide in its branches to watch the world go by.
That tree - that gaves us so much shade from the afternoon sun had a hole in the middle. I just happened to see it when I was washing some debris off the trunk. I think I could have stuck my arm inside that hole. I didn’t try because who knows what was living there? It was going to come down by itself and maybe on the house. So, we cut it down. We haven’t replaced it yet, but we intend to.
I have the AC on and fans going in the house to keep the cool air moving. I’m hiding out on the east side of the house. I don’t take heat very well. So, if it’s too warm inside I just have to sit around with a cool drink and a book, - or go somewhere with better AC. We have a heat pump, but it doesn’t keep the house cool in the same way as the other kind of AC would. We had no idea there was a big difference when we had it installed. We bought it because it was more environmentally friendly.
So, I am going to turn off my heat-generating computer and go where it’s even cooler. Because it’s April, the weatherman has assured us that it’s only a day or two.
Marilynne
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Gosh! Is it normal to have such high temperatures in April? I hope that you manage to keep cool. I don’t like very hot weather either, so I hope it cools down soon. When we had the heatwave here, we kept going to the shopping mall as the AC was on a lovely cold setting in there!
Keep cool,
Roz
I’ve been moaning and groaning about the extended winter we’re experiencing in my area. Reading your post reminded me that I live in a desert locale and should enjoy these comfortable days because before long I’ll be sweating it out until September! Hope things cool down for you soon.
I don’t tolerate heat well myself. I am not looking for to the hundreds of the coming summer. Fortunately here we’re only hitting the high 70’s and low 80’s these days.
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I think I enjoy the weather here in Tennessee.
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog about your sunflower.
Joe
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