Heat Advisory

We have had alot of hot weather here in Indiana. We stay in when we are too tired to go out and get in the pool since we work nights.

We had another day of over 100 degrees yesterday. It was 106 degrees and the humidity was awful. I'm trying to stay in when it gets past 11am. If I need to do anything I try to do it before then. Anything like errands that is. It's just too stinkin' hot.

Mostly I am staying in. We did get a little rain yesterday evening and overnight and that has helped. I exercise inside at the YMCA, but I always have a bottle of water with me, and especially in the car. I worried when you said you were walking three hours each way for a job. The bike will be quicker, but still hot. You be sure to take care of yourself as well.

well, last week it was 117 on thursday here in canada and it was still warm on saturday when we had planned to go to the beach, but we went to the mall instead. today, its is a little cooler.

I have to go from home to work, and normally I walk over to get mail, but I might drive the short distance depending on how I feel (I did in 09, it was tooo hot!) I live in Texas so I do know how to dress for this mess, but it doesn't make it any fun even so...

In Louisiana its been crazy hot in the morning, but rains every evening. We don't go out but maybe once a week to get groceries, and we do that early morning. Our son is mad cuz he can't go play outside much, but we do let him out on the carport when its raining. And I have started a project that I have to be out in the heat for. I'm digging a pond. The rain keeps the ground soft and I dig in the evening after if rains so its not too bad. I'm still covered in sweat though. But its not that bad here I guess, compared to last summer when we had all our air conditioners on and it was still over 80 degrees in the house. But that was late august so well have to wait and see.

Depends on what has to be done get done early morning when its still some what cool

I am in SC and we have been under a heat advisory for a good minute. Best things I can suggest to help yourself if you have to be out in it. 1 : Don't be out during the hottest point of the day, if you don't have to. 2 : Keep plenty of cool water in you, and stay hydrated. 3 : Were airy type clothes, but remember (like I have too) to wear sunblock for your skin. I get rashes from too much sun exposure. 4 : Wear a hat, if you don't mind, a "wide brim" hat that will provide your face a little relief from the sun. 5 : Wear sunglasses with proper U.V. protection for your eyes. 6 : If your going to exercise, plan to go during the expected coolest point of the day (Weather forecast helps).

I don't know what the high was today, but at 6 pm here it is still 98 with the heat index. That is a good 10 degrees cooler than it was the entire past week. I have been drinking a lot of water and only really going outside to go to work although the kids and I were out playing in the water one day last week and I mowed the grass.

Mid 80's, not much humidity, what's the deal?

I haven't been out in several days. It has been over 100 each day now and I can't handle it. We need to be drinking alot of water to keep hydrated expesionally if we are going out in the heat. If you get dehydrated it can make you very ill very quickly. It isn't fun at all!

I am not sure that going out is any more or less dangerous than staying in at this point. We only have fans ... no air conditioners ... and the only thing that fans do in this heat and humidity is move around the hot and humid air but that is about all. We don't have the money to buy air conditioners, but we were going to break down and buy one anyway, because it was so bad here. There are none to be found, though, as all the local stores have sold out of them. By the way, did I mention that it was 95 degrees inside the house the past couple of days? It is not as bad yet today ... only 85 degrees and rising. Oh yeah, and the baby pool that we have (or even the bathtub to cool us down) we aren't able to fill, because we have not gotten much rain in the past couple of weeks and are on a well, which usually is not a problem but we don't want to risk it just in case as we are drinking so much water that it is ridiculous. We can't even keep up with the ice cubes and were going to buy some at the store, but they have sold out of those as well at the moment. *sigh*

It's not really hot here anymore. It's actually starting to rain here so it's still a nuisance.

I have seen all the images of the heat advisory across the continent. And how people are coping with it. But we here in the Pacific Northwest couldn't really relate as it has been unseasonably cold these past few days. It was even raining here just the other day. So, yes we are staying in because it's cold outside.