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

[akk]

Heat is relative. It depends on the temperature normal for the environment where you live. Your reaction also depends on what temperatures you are used to and your thermal "comfort zone".

Normal temperature over here in Summer is around 22-25°C with an occasional day going towards 28-30°C. This is the first time that I (and the German weather service!) recall that Northern Germany may cross into 40+°C. So we're talking about 15°C or more above normal summer heat. If 40°C is normal for your place, imagine 55°C and argue again.

[primera]

I live in one of those places where the winters are really really cold and the summers are really really hot, so I would guess that I'm pretty adaptable to the extremes that come along.

[akk]

Then you're lucky.

[primera]

Lucky for being adaptable, but that doesn't mean I don't think longingly of the day when I'll be able to move somewhere more comfortable :(

[akk]

Lucky for being adaptable. Lucky for being healthy to cope with the strain put on your system so frequently. And I wish you even more luck for finding a comfortable place for yourself in the future.

Mine would probably somewhere with glaciers... :)

[primera]

Thanks :) I must admit I do tend to have a lot of luck, so I'm sure someday I'll settle down in my dream location, where it's always cool and breezy *_*

Glaciers. Wow, you really do like to stay cool. Watch out for the polar bears ;)