Too Hot!

[bendigonudey]

Although you folk in the Northern Hemisphere will not have much sympathy, it is forecast to be 44 Celsius (about 112 Fahrenheit) her tomorrow, with high winds - emergency services are calling it the most dangerous fire conditions we have EVER had - they are telling people to just stay home unless they really need to go out.

I'd love a weekend in the low 30's- just nice for some backyard reading (or even weeding!)


Serious question though - how hot does it get in Palm Springs? I keep seeing pics of the nudist haven in the desert - it looks hot, but how hot really?

Cheers,

Rob

[Boreas]

We have been hearing about your heat up here for the last little while. One of my colleagues is going (has gone?) for a visit to Australia to visit family, and was not looking forward to the heat.

I have been in Toronto when it was that warm and I do not envy you. Stay cool and may you have cooler temps soon.

[Naturist Zoar]

May a cool breeze find you soon.

[naturist_norm]

The snow is falling quite heavy again in southern England, UK. I will be digging my car out of the garage tomorrow if it does not ease off. Please send a box of heat to melt the snow and I will you send a box of cool. LOL.

:laugh:At least you can be nude.

[David77]

Serious question though - how hot does it get in Palm Springs? I keep seeing pics of the nudist haven in the desert - it looks hot, but how hot really?


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width=50>75°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>47°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>61°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=60>1.15 in.</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=80>99°F (1986)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left>24°F (1953)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=middle width=60>Mar (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/daily/USCA0828?climoMonth=3)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>80°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>51°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>65°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=60>0.63 in.</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=80>104°F (1966)</TD><TD 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class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=middle width=60>Aug (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/daily/USCA0828?climoMonth=8)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>107°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>76°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>92°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=60>0.40 in.</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=80>123°F (1993)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left>52°F (1976)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=middle width=60>Sep (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/daily/USCA0828?climoMonth=9)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>101°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>71°F</TD><TD 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cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=middle width=60>Nov (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/daily/USCA0828?climoMonth=11)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>78°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>50°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>64°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=60>0.29 in.</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=80>102°F (1962)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left>23°F (1964)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=middle width=60>Dec (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/daily/USCA0828?climoMonth=12)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>70°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>43°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=50>57°F</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=60>0.61 in.</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left width=80>93°F (1958)</TD><TD class=lapMonthAvgDataRow vAlign=top align=left>23°F (1953)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=vbgD vAlign=center align=left height=20>Palm Springs, CA Weather Facts


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The average warmest month is July.


The highest recorded temperature was 123°F in 1995.


On average, the coolest month is December.


The lowest recorded temperature was 19°F in 1937.
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[Pete Knight]

The snow is falling quite heavy again in southern England, UK. I will be digging my car out of the garage tomorrow if it does not ease off. Please send a box of heat to melt the snow and I will you send a box of cool. LOL.

:laugh:At least you can be nude.

I offered to do the same for my friend in Toowoomba, or better still, I could move out to Oz, except I'm to old apparently.


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z136/Pete_Knight/bloodyhot.jpg


This is how hot it gets in Australia!


Pete Knight

[richinoregon]

Too Funny!!!!

[risunbum]

Nice picture..really funny... send some of that hot weather my way..freezing here in RI

[atalanta]

Great pic! This leads me to ask whether home air conditioning is as ubiquitous in Australia as it is in the warmer (or even not-so-warm) bits of USA?

[Yuppers]

While it is hot down south, we here up the northern end of Oz are growing duck feet. Rockhampton is expecting a monsoon over 1 to 2 days from Monday. Well, if you don't like falling water, one shouldn't move to the tropics.

[FireProf]

Serious question though - how hot does it get in Palm Springs? I keep seeing pics of the nudist haven in the desert - it looks hot, but how hot really?

Cheers,

Rob


Rob,

Having been to Palm Springs many, many times in the summer, I can tell you that it does get hot and hotter than those temps posted above. We've been to PS numerous times when the temps were 118 -121.

Hottest temp we've been in was at Lake Mohave just north of Laughlin, NV. Air Temp was 128. Water temp was 88. You had to dive down about 5 ft to get to cooler water to cool off! Felt like your skin was on fire and we were with a bunch of non nudists so it felt worse with a bathing suit on.

The Prof and I took off on Seadoos to get away, get out of our suits and cool our bottom halves off as well.

;)

[Fitz1980]

"Yea but it's the dry heat man"

-Hudson ('Aliens')

"...and so's a f**king oven"

-Kenny (my old co-worker)

[OZJames]

Hey Pete, the melted ice cream truck is a bit how I feel today, it has been 109F on our front veranda today Upper Hunter valley NSW

Seriously thought it's a disaster down in Victoria. I heard tonight that 40 people have been burnt to death. There are serious winds coming in a day or so and I am very worried about the effect of that on the fires now burning.

[Pete Knight]

Hey Pete, the melted ice cream truck is a bit how I feel today, it has been 109F on our front veranda today Upper Hunter valley NSW

Seriously thought it's a disaster down in Victoria. I heard tonight that 40 people have been burnt to death. There are serious winds coming in a day or so and I am very worried about the effect of that on the fires now burning.
Yes I'm worried about my friends in Adelaide, and Tindo Club out by Gawler, it must be tinder dry there now, and with it being amongst the trees too!

Still, I'd rather be hot than flipping cold any day.

Pete Knight

[nudeM]

For all you people from Down Under, I have a question. Being that you are in the middle of a major heat wave, do the authorities let up on some of the nudity laws? I would imagine they would allow nude swimming at the beaches, especially now and allow more home nudity (if not too open to the public). By that I mean, they would not act that quickly on neighbor complaints on their neighbors being spotted nude. Just curious.

Back on subject, as Fireprof stated, the summer temps in the Palm Springs area does get very hot. Being they are located in the Mohave Desert, or very close to, those cities temps hover around the 110 upwards to 122 days on end. Obviously, some days hotter, especially during a major heat wave. And further to the east (Death Valley), the temps are quite a bit higher. Where I live, it seems unbearable when the temps hit over 100, but I do feel for those in the desert areas. And yea, the water in the pool isn't that cool, but at least it's out of the dry air.:smoking:

[MoonShadow]

Still, I'd rather be hot than flipping cold any day.

Pete Knight

I am with you on that one too!!! :)

[Nude_not_rude]

Whilst it's a balmy 30℃ here in Sydney, the disaster in Victoria is hard to believe. 35 lives now confirmed and whole towns are ablaze. © AAP 2009.
The Federal Liberal member for McEwen, Fran Bailey, said she understood the entire town of Marysville had been destroyed.

"Marysville I understand, there's only one building left in the town."

here's another new story : http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=744996

I do love these pics though. The natives are so desperate to cool down, they're not even bothering to avoid people.
Cute koala! Cool Koala's (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax.aspx?sectionid=9016&sectionname=slideshowajax&subsectionid=150862&subsectionname=koala)

[bendigonudey]

It actually got to a bit over 46 degrees here, and a wildfire on the other side of the city (Bendigo has around 100,000 people) has destroyed at leat 50 homes, and confirmed one person dead (rumours of at least one more).

Our side of town is fine, for which I am very thankful.

The official death toll for the State is now 65, and they are talking about the possibility of reaching 100 - over 700 houses reported destroyed.

Awful.

Rob

[Yuppers]

For all you people from Down Under, I have a question. Being that you are in the middle of a major heat wave, do the authorities let up on some of the nudity laws? I would imagine they would allow nude swimming at the beaches, especially now and allow more home nudity (if not too open to the public). By that I mean, they would not act that quickly on neighbor complaints on their neighbors being spotted nude. Just curious.



They would still act against you regardless.

[risunbum]

To all my fellow nudists effected by the severe heat wave and fires in Australia, I know some of us joke about being cold and wishing we had the heat but our hearts go out to you and to those who have lost loved ones and property. Stay safe, good luck and I hope it gets better soon.

[Pete Knight]

To all my fellow nudists effected by the severe heat wave and fires in Australia, I know some of us joke about being cold and wishing we had the heat but our hearts go out to you and to those who have lost loved ones and property. Stay safe, good luck and I hope it gets better soon.
Sadly its not looking that way, the death toll has topped 80, as reprted this morning by the BBC.

Pete Knight

[MoonShadow]

Fires such as this are terrible. Hopefully, this one will be under control soon and no more homes and lives lost. My thoughts to all in hoping this gets under control quickly.

[OZJames]

Now over 100 people dead and over 750 homes destroyed:mad:

I have just been talking to a friend who lives about 25 miles from the Bendigo fires in Victoria and she said that yesterday the temperature in her town was over 116f degrees and then overnight a southerly wind came up and the temperature is now 50f.

Nearly half of Queensland is under water from cyclonic rains over recent weeks.

- that's Australia

[Yuppers]

Now over 100 people dead and over 750 homes destroyed:mad:

I have just been talking to a friend who lives about 25 miles from the Bendigo fires in Victoria and she said that yesterday the temperature in her town was over 116f degrees and then overnight a southerly wind came up and the temperature is now 50f.

Nearly half of Queensland is under water from cyclonic rains over recent weeks.

- that's Australia

And the rest are mostly watching sport on tv while drinking their favourite ale. :laugh:

Seriously though, there are ways of donating to help the victims of the bushfire which they believe is most likely deliberately lit. There a lot of burns victims who need blood. There are also a lot of missing people which could lead to a death count of up to 170 people.

Then there is the number of livestock lost as farm after farm has been destroyed within minutes.