Heatwave 2010 - Day 1

[akk]

Outside temperature[°C]: 31.3 / 19.8
Bedside temperature[°C]: 23.4
Sleeping time: 07:00 - 15:30 (too early. have to shift further to 10:00-18:00)
Symptoms: bleeding nose membranes (ozone)
Other: Breeze and birds in the morning. Lawn has brown edges (~20% of the grass is dead). The strawberries, tomato plants and petunias on the balcony are watered three times a day and still alive.

Forecast
[32/20]-[36/19]-[32/21]-[34/19]-[33/20]-[30/19]-[30/18]-[21/15]
real temperatures, felt temperatures approx. +3


Realization: I tend to panic when it comes to heat. Thanks, heatwave 2003, for nearly killing me. You certainly succeeded with my rationality!
Plans to keep my cool:
1) rereading / rewatching X/1999 specifically for Twin Star, Fuma and Seishiro interaction. (I might as well do something useful!)
2) a card on the desk constantly reminds me that HW 2003 was deadly because it lasted 6 weeks!
3) started a new Yanoman jigsaw puzzle: rice paddy in the mountains (lots of soft green and blue in 5146 pieces)
4) this blog documentary (daily)

Comments

[rheasilvia]

It's good that you're able to shift your sleeping pattern like that - and yes, I don't think this heat will hold up nearly as long as the 6 weeks of 2003.

Can you get an AC installed? That won't help against the ozone, of course...

[akk]

I'm working on getting an AC, but there are restrictions from the landlord, so it has to be a portable one and money's an issue as well. I plan to get one for next year, though.

[rheasilvia]

I used to have a portable DeLonghi AC unit with a water tank (no installation necessary, merely electricity and a window/balcony door for the hose letting out the discharged air) when I lived in an appartment with no insulation right under the flat roof. The appartment got hotter than it was outside, and didn't cool down at night at all, no matter what. It was impossible to live in.

Yeah, it was expensive, particularly since I was a student at the time, but I really had no choice. And I got it overnight, again since I had no choice; I couldn't have stayed in that appartment otherwise.

[akk]

I'm at groundlevel in a thick walled, well-isolated "Altbau". As long as it doesn't stay hot too long, I'll manage to maintain bearable temps.
The AC is a fixed position on my budget planning, but right now the money is just not there.

[rheasilvia]

groundlevel in a thick walled, well-isolated "Altbau"

Sounds good! Yeah, in that case the AC isn't such a desperate necessity.

[akk]

It will ease my nerves, once it's an option, though. :)