Too Hot Outside For Everything

@LadyDuck Here we do need AC for those really hot, hot days. lol Thunderstorms still around here.

We have no AC, almost no house in Switzerland has AC, we have only some hot days in one year. Tonight we should have a strong thunderstorm and I am sure that tomorrow it will be fine.

@LadyDuck A thunderstorm sounds beautiful.

The decision to eat outdoor is an invitation for the storm. Many times I had to rush everything inside.

@jaboUK The storm declined the invitation, it came a lot later, around 3 in the morning. Today it's not so hot and in the afternoon another storm should make the temperature drop another 8 Celsius.

@LadyDuck Oh my - let's hope the storm declines the invitation!

We are expecting a strong thunderstorm later tonight.

@LadyDuck hoo that's bad

@sunilparthan Yes, I hope that it will not cause damages.

@LadyDuck Our lake is not very deep but it is spring fed so the water is very cold. There is an old mill dam that accounts for most of its volume. I'm not even sure there would be a lake if not for the dam. Oh and it has an official beach with a lifeguard.

@koopharper There are several official beaches on our lakes, but people love to go to swim where the river enters the lake, the water is very cold, because the rivers comes down from the mountains.

@LadyDuck I just hate the summer's heat, I tend to get weak from it. I must be one of the few that prefer the winter's cold over the summer's heat. I can at least stay indoors and not be so affected by the winter's cold, but you have to be like a hermit if you stay indoors in the summer.

I had fruits for lunch for three days in a row, I am not really in the mood of heating with this heat. Later in the night we expect thunderstorms.

36? i think i`d struggle to breath

We thought that a pool in Switzerland is a waste of money, you can use it only a few weeks a year. We use the hot tub from mid May until mid October. Right now I do not heat the water, when it's colder I do.

@LadyDuck That is a very sensible thing to have. As you say a pool would be a waste of money.

@JudyEv One of our neighbor had a pool and they have decided to fill in the pool with dirt and plant grass and flowers.

@LadyDuck That's very sweet of you my friend . When we were younger , we also would always eat at our lawn just beside our dining room . It's one way of having fun for all of us , as if we are having a picnic .

@SIMPLYD I remember we had picnics in the lawn behind my grandmother house when we were young.

It's nice to dine outside, this is something that we do several evening in summer. I wait until after the sunset, when the temperature goes down.

Yes, it's the only thing to do, inside and with all the shutters closed.

@Jessicalynnt Our windows are very good, they are insulated with double glasses, it's the Swiss starndard, we need this in winter.

@LadyDuck we need to add some more layers to some more windows, the material fades and rots after a few seasons

The bigger birds can be pretty bully, I have noticed the magpies bulling the smaller birds here around. I do not even heat the water in the hot tub, it's so much better to enjoy the cool water.

@crazyhorseladycx Using bubblewrap to heat the water is a great idea, it is incredible how hot the water can become only heating with the sun. I loved the old clawfoot tubs, I remember we had one in the old house where I was born.

@LadyDuck oh, the hubs didn't drain't proper the first year i 'twas hit with illness - froze'n broke the heater, with the only option bein' a new'un since 'tis an older model, quite spendy. then, the next year he again didn't drain't proper 'n now water leaks out. we'd used bubblewrap 'n the top'f the tub to heat the water (one had to keep'n eye out coz itd sometimes breach that 120 degree level jest from the sun!) 'fore this last mishap. i wish he'd jest haul't off...'long with lots'f his other broken/not needed schtuff. i've 2 antique clawfoot tubs that'd look jest lovely settin' 'n its space where's one could't least take a dip'n relax with no fuss 'bout heaters 'n busted lines :)

When it's so hot and humid you feel sticky all the day even if you do not move. Today it's a bit better, but I hope for more rain tonight.

@BACONSTRIPSXXX I am drinking plenty of water and I already took 3 showers today.

@LadyDuck Yeah its hot here today too, 96 degrees, I have both fan and AC on in my office to keep cool and im drinking lots of water as well

The humidity aggravates the heat sensation, it's really horrible.

@sol_cee LOL, of course south of the Equator line it's winter.

@LadyDuck I am mistaken. Not everywhere. I just read a discussion about the frost in NZ. lol

@shshiju We have a river running on the side of our property.

This tub is too small too swim, but it contains enough water to feel refreshed staying inside.

@LadyDuck That's nice. I like natural waters in canals and rivers.

@DianneN I cannot believe that the hotel had no A/C, most of the houses have no A/C, but all the hotels in our area have air conditioning. May be farther north there are hotels without A/C.

We would need the air conditioning more or less 10 days a year, so we did not install it. When it's hot and humid we stay in the family room in the basement, it's always naturally fresh, because it's opened only on one side.

@LadyDuck You are lucky for that! When we visited Switzerland, it was during a heatwave. Of course, the hotel had no a/c. We kept the windows opened, but bugs flew into the room.

I use the gas stove for the shortest time I can, but I avoid to turn on the oven.

@paigea After two days of thunderstorms, today is cool and pleasant, I can bake a cake.

@LadyDuck Yes, the oven is for cool days only in the summer. Luckily here, it cools off at night just about always. Not many people have air conditioning as our houses do cool down.

@LadyDuck Yes, there is certainly nothing wrong with the beach here.

I agree that 40 C is too hot. You can stay in the water all the day, there are beautiful beaches in Majorca.

@LadyDuck aww I hope you're feeling better! I hope you don't have anymore hot days! The weathers been strange but so far, so good. Only a few heat wave days but that's it so far here!

I went to the mall where there is A/C and now I got a cold. Now the temperature is fine again. I hope that for this year we will have no more very hot days.

@infatuatedbby The weather has been nice since last Wednesday. It seems we will have a couple of hot days during the next week, followed by rain. I hope not as hot as one week ago.

@amadeo The weather in October is usually good. October is usually a dry month with the temperature around 65 F.

We are expecting a thunderstorm for the night and we should go back in the 80s, that is what I prefer.

@LadyDuck what is the weather in October.Not sure if I ask you on this?

We enjoyed our dinner on the patio and during the night we had a thunderstorm, now the temperature is more bearable.

@just4him Today is still humid, but more fresh as it has rained all the night.

@LadyDuck That's great. Ours is unbearable. I took my grandson to work and the humidity is horrible.

I have visited Nevada, it is much more hot, but it's dry. I do not know if you have ever experienced heat with 70 or even 80% humidity. You almost cannot breath and the "heat sensation" of 90 F is comparable to 110 F in a dry area.

@norcal Louisiana is also very humid, I could not say which has been the most humid city I have visited, but I would say Atlanta in Georgia.

@LadyDuck - I live in Nevada City, California. It is more humid here than the state of Nevada, not what you've described though. I did live in Louisiana and Florida as a child, and have visited there, so I have experienced high humidity.

We had some hot days, but we had hotter summers in the past, 2003 and 2013 were terribly hot summers.

@Shivram59 We never had a temperature hotter than 35º C.

@LadyDuck Last year we had 50 plus C.It was just no less than fire.