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[gelderland]

OMG the wether is not normall around here in the Netherlands.
It's here about 31 Celcius.
Very very hot and I don't like it. :(
There is no wind at all.
I have my ventilator al day by the comp. (-good-)
My feet are fat(spelling?) :angry: and my blood presure is much to high :( ,no this is definalty not the wether I like.
Normaly I like the sun but this is toooooooo much.
I'm dreaming of rain,rain,rain. :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:


BTW: How is the wether by all of you?????

~Nicole~ ;)

[antinomy]

Originally posted by gelderland@Aug 5 2004, 05:38 PM
OMG the wether is not normall around here in the Netherlands.
It's here about 31 Celcius.
Very very hot and I don't like it. :(
There is no wind at all.
I have my ventilator al day by the comp. (-good-)
My feet are fat(spelling?) :angry: and my blood presure is much to high :( ,no this is definalty not the wether I like.
Normaly I like the sun but this is toooooooo much.
I'm dreaming of rain,rain,rain. :hahaha:  :hahaha:  :hahaha:


BTW: How is the wether by all of you?????

~Nicole~ ;)
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The weather here in the UK is not normal... Tropical rain storms, thunder and lightening. When the sun is out it is hot hot hot!!! I would like a cool breeze - even with the rain, it is hot!

[gelderland]

Originally posted by antinomy+Aug 5 2004, 05:54 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(antinomy @ Aug 5 2004, 05:54 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-gelderland@Aug 5 2004, 05:38 PM
OMG the wether is not normall around here in the Netherlands.
It's here about 31 Celcius.
Very very hot and I don't like it. :(
There is no wind at all.
I have my ventilator al day by the comp. (-good-)
My feet are fat(spelling?) :angry: and my blood presure is much to high :( ,no this is definalty not the wether I like.
Normaly I like the sun but this is toooooooo much.
I'm dreaming of rain,rain,rain. :hahaha:  :hahaha:  :hahaha:


BTW: How is the wether by all of you?????

~Nicole~ ;)
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The weather here in the UK is not normal... Tropical rain storms, thunder and lightening. When the sun is out it is hot hot hot!!! I would like a cool breeze - even with the rain, it is hot!
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I would do anything for some thunder and lightening (-wild-) (-wild-)

~Nicole~ ;)

[jim]

It's beautiful here in Michigan. About 76 and sunny! I'm Puerto Rican, so if it is sunny and hot, I'm right in my element. The hotter the better if you ask me. Hope it get's more to your liking soon though.

Jim

[Lene]

lol.. the past days have been terrible, but today it hasn't been
too hot..
We had thunder yesterday.. and trust me.. You wouldn't want it..
It was still terribly warm.. and when there's thunder it gets really
humid.. Not sure if that's the right word in english or if I mix it with something else..
It's really boring to stay inside alone when it's raining without
beeing able to use the computer because of thunder and lightening.. :(

Originally posted by gelderland+Aug 5 2004, 07:03 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gelderland @ Aug 5 2004, 07:03 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by antinomy@Aug 5 2004, 05:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-gelderland@Aug 5 2004, 05:38 PM
OMG the wether is not normall around here in the Netherlands.
It's here about 31 Celcius.
Very very hot and I don't like it. :(
There is no wind at all.
I have my ventilator al day by the comp. (-good-)
My feet are fat(spelling?) :angry: and my blood presure is much to high :( ,no this is definalty not the wether I like.
Normaly I like the sun but this is toooooooo much.
I'm dreaming of rain,rain,rain. :hahaha:  :hahaha:  :hahaha:


BTW: How is the wether by all of you?????

~Nicole~ ;)
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The weather here in the UK is not normal... Tropical rain storms, thunder and lightening. When the sun is out it is hot hot hot!!! I would like a cool breeze - even with the rain, it is hot!
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I would do anything for some thunder and lightening (-wild-) (-wild-)

~Nicole~ ;)
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[gelderland]

Last year we went to Turkey for the summer holiday's
There it was 40 Celsius in the shadow.
I never tought it could be so hot there.
All we did was laying by the pool and to nothing.
Next year we would stay closer to home and go to Mallorca. :rolleyes:



BTW:it's still very hot here in the Netherlands,with no rain at all :(
I get the feeling I drink tons of water. (-good-) (-good-) ~

~Nicole~ ;)

[Gnida_M]

Nicole u tell 31C is 2 hot ??? :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:
in Georgia after end of June this is normal 29C- 45C ;) yesterday my thermomiter shows 38C :) hehe and i think it's not very hot ;)


Andrew

[gelderland]

Originally posted by Gnida_M@Aug 6 2004, 09:23 PM
Nicole u tell 31C is 2 hot ??? :hahaha:&nbsp; :hahaha:&nbsp; :hahaha:
in Georgia after end of June this is normal 29C-&nbsp; 45C ;) yesterday my thermomiter shows 38C :) hehe and i think it's not very hot ;)


Andrew
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I think when it's normal in Georgia the ppl there are used to that kind of tempatures.
Here in the Netherlands it's sometimes that hot but we also have a lot of rain.
In the Netherlands we normally not used to that kind of tempatures.
It seems that is going that way for the next week.
And I tell you thats not nice wether with high blood pressure :)

~Nicole~ ;)

[Gnida_M]

i all countryes r in other climat zones... but now near our earth temperature incrase +4C, this is news from EuroNews.

Andrew

[Lene]

Originally posted by Gnida_M@Aug 6 2004, 10:23 PM
Nicole u tell 31C is 2 hot ??? :hahaha:&nbsp; :hahaha:&nbsp; :hahaha:
in Georgia after end of June this is normal 29C-&nbsp; 45C ;) yesterday my thermomiter shows 38C :) hehe and i think it's not very hot ;)


Andrew
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Yes, that is HOT!!! LOL :lol:
31 C makes me want to lay down and not do a thing..
or sleep so I don't have to think about how warm it is.. and
wake up to a colder day.. :blush1:

[rabsonja]

Aloha!
It's still hot here in the Netherlands, but thanks we live on an island, so you don't feel how the sun burns you because of the light sea-breeze. I'm more tanned than ever before in my life :lol:

Last week we were on the beach and within 2 hours I was totally burned :blush1: I looked like a lobster! :lol:

Nicole, for you this heat must be really horrible! But I think, now that summer started here in NL, it will last for a while. I'm happy that I choosed a bridal-dress with short arms, last year it was really hot here in September, so maybe it will be also this year :unsure:

Happy I found a bit time to come in here, the last days were really stressy!

Much Greetings!
Rabsonja

[antinomy]

It's boiling here again as well - and believe me, I've never seen the UK when it didn't freshen up after a rain - it feels more like a tropical rain forest.

I've just hung up the washing to dry and I'm dripping sweat like I would have done in Japan this time of year.

I believe the biggest difference between the US and here is that most home here are not geared for airconditioning (eg cooling the house) - heating it up - YES, but not climate control. Most people don't have air conditioning in their cars either..

I don't mind an increase of 4 C - it's the extremes that are killer. We had some freak weather in Jan/Feb which brought out all the spring flowers and baby birds... Then snow (yes I have a picture of daffodils in full bloom standing proud in about 8 cm of snow). Then it was a long wet spring - got a bit hot in May and cool again. This summer is definitely as hot if not hotter than last summer - but the rain is different.

[rabsonja]

Aloha!
I'm very happy, that our car has aircool... It costs a lot of gas, but driving without it is suicide currently here. A few weeks ago I made jokes with an emailfriend from San Antonio/Texas about weather there and here - well, after my moaning about the bad weather here, I guess, he send Texas-Weather to the Netherlands (Sorry, Nicole!)
Our house has no air condition and even at night we have around 28 grades Celsius inside! Horrible! Today it was hot again like crazy, but we had a little pool-party at the neighbours (-good-) That really rules at this time!
When I'm cooking, I have around 45 grades in the kitchen, even with opened windows... :blink: Sounds like fun, huh? :lol:

Much Greetings from a hot Netherlands island!
Rabsonja

[gelderland]

Originally posted by rabsonja+Aug 8 2004, 09:42 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rabsonja @ Aug 8 2004, 09:42 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Aloha!
It's still hot here in the Netherlands, but thanks we live on an island, so you don't feel how the sun burns you because of the light sea-breeze. I'm more tanned than ever before in my life :lol:




Much Greetings!
Rabsonja
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I want to live on a island toooooooooooooooooo :rolleyes:
But i'm a scary chicken when it comes to boats.
I'm afraid of the big ocean :( :(


Originally posted by antinomy@Aug 8 2004, 11:11 AM


I've just hung up the washing to dry and I'm dripping sweat like I would have done in Japan this time of year.


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And what about the nights they are so hot :(
The space between my husband and I is pfffffff 2 feet or so just because it's so hot and of course no airco :o


<!--QuoteBegin-rabsonja@Aug 8 2004, 10:31 PM
Aloha!
I'm very happy, that our car has aircool...

Much Greetings from a hot Netherlands island!
Rabsonja
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hehehe our car has airco to,maybe whe could sleep in the car (-....-) (-....-)

Take car every one with those temparatures and vele groetjes:
~Nicole~
:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:
My brains gets over heated

[rabsonja]

Hi Nicole!
Guess, you watched TITANIC too often :P
Last time when I went with the boat, a few kids were talking about the TITANIC there :blink:
Our local tankstation would get rich fast if we sleep in the car, can't click sooo much :lol:
It's again much too hot today, and forget the breeze - no breeze today! :(

That's OVERKILL!
Guess I'll be black burned until our wedding! The beach is also full, so I'll search for a shadow place in garden :ph34r:

Veke Groetjes!
Rabsonja

[gelderland]

Originally posted by rabsonja@Aug 9 2004, 12:12 PM
Hi Nicole!
Guess, you watched TITANIC too often :P
Last time when I went with the boat, a few kids were talking about the TITANIC there :blink:
Our local tankstation would get rich fast if we sleep in the car, can't click sooo much :lol:
It's again much too hot today, and forget the breeze - no breeze today! :(

That's OVERKILL!
Guess I'll be black burned until our wedding! The beach is also full, so I'll search for a shadow place in garden :ph34r:

Veke Groetjes!
Rabsonja
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O no it's not that I watch titanic to much ,because i'm a romantic and I love to see that movie.
But when I was a little girl(toooooooooo long ago hehehe) we went with a boat in Spain.
You now that kind of boat where you can see another Island.
Right before the boat came to the coast I jumped(stupid,stupid me)of the boat and i almost came beneeth the boat.
So i'm still a chicken with boats and oceans.
I don't mind to swimm in the sea as long i'm can feel the bottom of the sea.
But hey that's one of the few things i'm chickend of.

BTW:Whe get tommorow 33 C.
PFFFFFFFFFFFFF the ventilator works 24/7
Don't get to black in the sun :lol: :D :lol: :D

Liefs ~Nicole~ ;)

[rabsonja]

Hi Nicole!
I survived the day! :hahaha:
With coconut oil (for faster and better tanning hihi) and cool drinks by my site (water, BCE and so on). And now I'm deadly tired! I'll go to bed and sleep like a baby :lol:

Why our best friend called me black beast today? (-....-)

Vele Groetjes en en koel plekje! :lol:

Rabsonja(more and more melted brain)

[D.Koenemann]

I might be able to assist those of you that are having hot weather and do not have air-conditioning in your homes. :)

If you have fans you can move the air in many ways and some of them cool quite well at times. (-good-)

If you have a fan that you can set in the window you can use it to exhaust air as well as bring air in. Set you fan in the window so that it is blowing air out of the house. Close all windows except those on the oppisite side of the house. If you can you want to be pulling air in from the shady side of the house asa it is cooler air. If you have several fans that you can fit into your windows this will work even better. You want to try and create a tunnel effect. You will have to play with which windows will work best for this. :)

The windows that you have open may need to be partly closed. The smaller the opening the greater the wind speed, the greater the speed the more cooling power you should have. What you are attempting to do is create a breeze artificially. If you are able to pull the air in through the shady side windows it is usually cooler than air that is on the sunny side. :)

Even air that is hot will feel better if it is moving, especially if it is humid out. At night this can make an almost unbearable room more tolerable. It may still seem hot but you will have moving air which as it passes over your body while you are sweating it cools some. Our body's sweating in moving air is your own personal air-conditioner. I know it still leaves much to be desired, but it could be worse. :huh: No air flow! :ranting2:

There are too many ways for me to list that do help. These are ventilation tricks that I have learned and use to ventilate my chicken houses. I have been very fortunate in not loosing many chickens during the very hot humid weather that we have in the Southeast U.S. Many are not so fortunate. Chickens die very easily in high heat and humidity. In the summer, which it is here right now, we see temperatures in the mid to upper 90 degree's F with plenty of 100 degree plus temperature thrown in. It is also very humid here many times, it many times will feel like it is 115-120 degrees F because of the humidity. :newconfuse:

I am lucky that I do have air-conditioning in my home, but I stay out in the heat most of the time so that I can tell what is happening to my chickens. I am able to go in the house once in awhile to cool off and my bedroom has air-conditioning. So I am pretty lucky as I can usually get some relief. :)

I have used the above techniques when I did not have air-conditioning and it did help. You just have to experiment around to find the right combination, it can be different on somedays than it is on others. :rolleyes:

If anyone wants to ask questions about this just post it here and I will try to help you find a method that works for your particular home and/or climate. (-good-)

D.Koenemann

[lungfish]

Some cool-down tecniques for in the house.

1. Buy a big metal tray. Put your bare-feet on it while sitting down.

2. Run your wrists under cold water for a few minutes, or put your hands in a bowl of cold water, or wrap them in wet cloths (cools the blood as it returns to the heart, the cool blood then circulates through the body)

3. Get a hot-water-bottle and fill it with cold water instead, great for hot nights.

And if you're REALLY desperate, (and I don't know how healthy this is) take a cool (not cold) bath and let yourself dry naturally(no towel).

[jim]

I love central air conditioning! Ohhhhh, feels so nice. :D :ph34r:

Sorry, I had to!

Jim

[rabsonja]

RAIN!!!! WE GET RAIN!!! (-worthy-)

Thank you all for the good hints!

Yesterday it became already a bit colder, and when I woke up this morning, it was raining! :D (-wild-)
It's still not cold but much better to live with it!

Much Greetings and Groetjes!
Rabsonja

[Gnida_M]

ppl... LOL

what about u all speak made me smile ;):)more then week+ in Georgia temp. stay in 33-34C+ today is 36C 2 me it's not hot :) maybe u all think i'm not normal but 2 me it's OK ;) hehe

Andrew

[gelderland]

Originally posted by Gnida_M@Aug 11 2004, 11:39 AM
ppl... LOL

what about u all speak made me smile ;):)more then week+ in Georgia temp. stay in 33-34C+ today is 36C 2 me it's not hot :) maybe u all think i'm not normal but 2 me it's OK ;) hehe

Andrew
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Hi Gnida_M

Are you from earth?(i'm just kidding) :hahaha: :hahaha:
If it's normal those temparatures in your country then it's easier sad than done.
Ppl in your country are use to those temparatures.
Here in the Netherlands,no it's not normal.

Hey but today happy dance (-worthy-) (-worthy-) (-worthy-)
It has been raining all morning here.
Now in the midday the sun is shinning.
It's a little bit tropical heat but I think tommorow I do my raindance so whe can all cool off here in our tinny little netherlands.

Take care Gnida_M with the sun otherwise you look like the pork steaks from VamP :rolleyes:
(I'm sorry VamP i'll guess the sun has overheated my brains) :)

~Niocle~ ;)

EDIT
hehehe you see I even can't spell my own name right.

[Gnida_M]

Dear Niocle :)

Are you from earth?(i'm just kidding)
good joke ;)

we r in other climat zone if 2 me this is normal for u it's not and etc... ;)

have a good day

Andrew