Hot Enough for Ya?

Steve West | July 22, 2011
God, I hate that question. I swear if it doesn't go below one hundred degrees in the next few days I'm going to have the best tan in hell. Although I must admit that the odds of getting frostbite have been significantly reduced except I keep shoving my head in the freezer. I am susceptible to heat stroke (what with my ginger complexion and all), but that gives me all the fun of a real stroke without all the paralysis. Just a few more days and I can stop fantasizing about a move to Antarctica.

Scott Hardie | July 22, 2011
It seems like every winter, when Floridians mention that it's unusually cold outside or there was a frost overnight or some other comment about the low temperatures, we hear from northerners about what babies we are and how we don't know what cold really is. Since your excessive heat wave sounds like a pretty typical midday forecast here, please forgive me for not being completely sympathetic about the recent scorching temperatures. All the same, stay cool.

Denise Sawicki | July 22, 2011
Here in Fargo we get both the extreme highs and extreme lows, though not usually *as* extreme of a high as Florida or even DC, I am sure. Nonetheless, earlier this week, Moorhead, MN (right across the river from us) was supposedly the most humid place on earth, with a heat index of 134 F.

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Normally I view heat indices and wind chills as silliness, but I figured this was kind of a fun fact that many people may not know about the so-called "Frozen North".

Steve West | July 22, 2011
Adding the humidity, the heat index was at 112 degrees today. Wherever you are, that shit is hot! Wherever I ultimately live, climate control will be my best friend.

Samir Mehta | July 23, 2011
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Scott Hardie | July 25, 2011
I shouldn't have argued with you folks, since you're not some of the hypocrites I was describing. Instead, I talked to a friend from Iowa who mocks us Floridians whenever we mention that it has become chilly outside in December. (Typical response: "HA HA HA HA HA.") She didn't seem to like my pointing out that she has complained about 90-degree temperatures for most of last week, but she took it all in good humor.

Speaking of Fargo as the "frozen North," I read that it has become a mecca for out-of-state college students. The state invested in education, which has kept quality up and (more importantly) costs down, and is poised to reap economic rewards. Meanwhile, other governors, like mine, slash education funding at every turn, and it still doesn't save us money.

Tony Peters | July 25, 2011
if you have a climate control system then it doesn't really matter how hot it is. On the other hand here on the New England coastline the only climate control we have is wind and the occasional fan.....so last weeks' mid 90's + 90% humidity was truly torturous

Erik Bates | July 25, 2011
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Tony Peters | July 25, 2011
Erik thats usually New England our winters blow (often litterally) but our summers are usually quite pleasant

Scott Hardie | July 25, 2011
Last week, the heat wave got even hotter for a few Chicagoans.