D'Arcy Norman dot net » globalwarming http://www.darcynorman.net apparently much happier in person Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Hot. Damned hot. http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/07/22/hot-damned-hot/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/07/22/hot-damned-hot/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 dnorman 611911161 That's 47.2?C or 117?F. Odds are, the temperature will rise a bit more in the late afternoon heat. 47.2?C. In Calgary. Canada. My igloo is melting. It's 29?C inside, with all fans running at full blast. No AC, because it's not worth the cost for the 1 week per year it's needed. But, at 15% humidity, at least it's a dry heat. Ouch! Alan, that hurt! Oh, and I realize I'm dabbling in the banal again. Screw it. It's my blog, dammit. And it's hot outside.]]> Woah. What a heat wave we’ve had the last couple of days. No doubt about global warming any more. This was taken outside my house in NW Calgary about 10 minutes ago (just before 3:30pm):

That’s 47.2?C or 117?F. Odds are, the temperature will rise a bit more in the late afternoon heat.

47.2?C. In Calgary. Canada. My igloo is melting. It’s 29?C inside, with all fans running at full blast. No AC, because it’s not worth the cost for the 1 week per year it’s needed.

But, at 15% humidity, at least it’s a dry heat. Ouch! Alan, that hurt!

Oh, and I realize I’m dabbling in the banal again. Screw it. It’s my blog, dammit. And it’s hot outside.

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