Ettrick Va (Petersburg area) right NOW- 109.2 degrees

[underpants]

Yikes!
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KVAPETER4

Temperature 109.2 °F / 42.9 °C The High for today---> 110.1 °F / 43.4 °C 75.4 °F / 24.1 °C 90.5 °F / 32.5 °C
Dew Point 49.5 °F / 9.7 °C 76.8 °F / 24.9 °C 46.4 °F / 8.0 °C 61.8 °F / 16.5 °C
Humidity 14% 93% 13% 52%
Wind Speed 3.0mph / 4.8km/h 4.0mph / 6.4km/h - 1.3mph / 2.1km/h
Wind Gust 8.1mph / 13.0km/h 10.1mph / 16.3km/h - -
Wind SW - - West
Pressure 29.68in / 1005.0hPa 29.76in / 1007.7hPa 29.68in / 1005.0hPa -
Precipitation 0.00in / 0.0mm

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/wxStationGraphAll?day=3&year=2006&month=8&ID=KVAPETER4&type=3

[oscar111]

1. global warming .. end it with artificial clouds and other novel ideas

see General Discussion forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1811816

Kyoto has been way too slow.. did not prevent this heat wave.

we need other means going ahead at the same time as kyoto.

dont rely only on kyoto.

My linked post has a link in it to CBS report on other ways.

[oscar111]

2. tube, a/c to your bed: mirrorize your roof, or at least white paint it

the two best ways to beat the heat.

run an eight inch diameter tube to your bed, under the sheet. But be sure to do a "loose coupling " of the tube to the ac, so if you add a way to close it off in bed's end, you will not create a big resis tance to the ac's fan.

that would harm the fan.

Studies find a white roof cuts ac costs twenty percent. Mirrorizing is done for warehouses... why not do your own roof.

[Blue_Tires]

3. not much cooler in Va. Beach, either

[npincus]

4. Gore in 2008

[Midlodemocrat]

5. 102 here.

I can't believe this. We are destroying the planet.

[Nay]

9. 102 in Bon Air. Ain't it somethin', Midlo? We're burning up here.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. 98 here at 9:00

Dear God.

[Penndems]

6. 102 degrees in Northern Virginia

We're supposed to get a bit of a break tomorrow: High 80s-low 90s, 40% chance of thunderstorms.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Relief is on the way

It's a balmy 80 here in Chicago, down from 97 yesterday

[BrotherBuzz]

8. 109.2 is a radio station, right?

:hide:

[lawladyprof]

10. Planting trees is relatively easy and inexpensive

way to help cool your home. I planted one tree that shades my patio and patio doors (morning sun hit it directly) and dropped my summer electric bill by a fourth.

I am in the deep, deep South and it infuriates me to see all these houses with not a tree, not even a newly planted one, within a hundred feet.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.