The night it was 34 degrees
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! That's amazing!! Paul Watson wrote: During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. 42 :omg: damn thats hot!! Is that normal during the summer? Here in South Carolina, we usually get around 5 days(give or take) per summer where its 37+. I love my air conditioning during that time! :) BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson
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Paul Watson wrote: A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! That's amazing!! Paul Watson wrote: During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. 42 :omg: damn thats hot!! Is that normal during the summer? Here in South Carolina, we usually get around 5 days(give or take) per summer where its 37+. I love my air conditioning during that time! :) BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson
brianwelsch wrote: 42 damn thats hot!! Is that normal during the summer? 42 is pretty hot for CT. December and January are CT's hottest months, averaging about 35 degrees celcius. Up north in SA some places get a whole week of 48 degrees celcius, which is pretty damned unbearable IYAM. And to to boot my office does not have aircon. The fan just pushes hot air around. So most of the time we are sitting here in just our shorts and running outside every 30 minutes to jump in the pool. Not good for productivity!
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Talk about pleasures! It's a good fiver below zero here, and without skyrocketing the heating I'd piss ice cubes. No snow, though.
If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [sighist]
peterchen wrote: Talk about pleasures! Let me tell you something peterchen; Trying to fall asleep in 34 degree weather with a hot, dry howling wind sweeping through your flat is not fun. I find it much easier to fall asleep in cold weather, at least then you can really snuggle up in blankets and duvets. Last night I lay for at least 30 minutes with not even a sheet over me (not even a pillow under my head because even that is too hot) trying to fall asleep. My ideal is freezing cold nights with hot summer days. During August and September you get close to that ideal here in CT and it is great :) Still I must not complain. Sitting here in my swimming costume with a beautiful summers day outside. I spent the whole morning reading by the pool and just soaking up all that vitamin D, or is it A? Whatever it is it feels great :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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peterchen wrote: Talk about pleasures! Let me tell you something peterchen; Trying to fall asleep in 34 degree weather with a hot, dry howling wind sweeping through your flat is not fun. I find it much easier to fall asleep in cold weather, at least then you can really snuggle up in blankets and duvets. Last night I lay for at least 30 minutes with not even a sheet over me (not even a pillow under my head because even that is too hot) trying to fall asleep. My ideal is freezing cold nights with hot summer days. During August and September you get close to that ideal here in CT and it is great :) Still I must not complain. Sitting here in my swimming costume with a beautiful summers day outside. I spent the whole morning reading by the pool and just soaking up all that vitamin D, or is it A? Whatever it is it feels great :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Sounds wonderful, Paul! A summer day of 45 would be considered a cold snap here, and summer lasts from April through October. Right now is the best season of the year, however... It's 10 on the porch, and it may get up to 25 by afternoon, just about perfect by my standards:-) Now if we could just have a bit of snow, and maybe a tree or two... "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Sounds wonderful, Paul! A summer day of 45 would be considered a cold snap here, and summer lasts from April through October. Right now is the best season of the year, however... It's 10 on the porch, and it may get up to 25 by afternoon, just about perfect by my standards:-) Now if we could just have a bit of snow, and maybe a tree or two... "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
Roger Wright wrote: and maybe a tree or two... LOL Well that is just the thing. Cape Town is a lovely sea-side city dominated by a stunning mountain. It is supposed to be a mediteranean climate. The flaura is not lush but there are plenty of trees and scrubland. All very lovely and all and nothing like a desert. So this 34 degree night was a shocker to us! I am just glad it is not Durban up the coast though. There during summer it gets damned hot (obviously not as hot as your town) but the kicker is it gets up to 90% humidity, at night. So you lie there in bed sweating like a pig and not getting any cooler as the sweat does no evaporate. Jumping in the pool does not help either as the water is 25 degrees. Winter in Durban is awesome though. Like most cities summers.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Roger Wright wrote: and maybe a tree or two... LOL Well that is just the thing. Cape Town is a lovely sea-side city dominated by a stunning mountain. It is supposed to be a mediteranean climate. The flaura is not lush but there are plenty of trees and scrubland. All very lovely and all and nothing like a desert. So this 34 degree night was a shocker to us! I am just glad it is not Durban up the coast though. There during summer it gets damned hot (obviously not as hot as your town) but the kicker is it gets up to 90% humidity, at night. So you lie there in bed sweating like a pig and not getting any cooler as the sweat does no evaporate. Jumping in the pool does not help either as the water is 25 degrees. Winter in Durban is awesome though. Like most cities summers.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
We get the humidity, too, being located on the shore of the Colorado River. The period from July through September is known as the monsoon season, when we get moisture from the Gulf of California streaming in from Mexico. Sadly, all the rain falls in Phoenix, so all we get is wet air. I can well imagine how miserable it must be for you at night - you have my condolences! With no A/C to cool things down it would be unbearable; on the flip side, though, running the A/C in summer sends the electric bill through the roof - $300/month for many people. Have you ever stopped to wonder why the "native" population chose to stay in such places, rather than moving on to someplace nice? People here whine about the local Indians being fat and indolent - heck, they've had 5000 years experience with this climate and know that it's impossible to get up off your duff for half the year! "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
I think it was two winters ago we had about -42 degrees celcius in north of Sweden where I live (town Boden)! That is damn cold! Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. 9 days and counting! :cool: Aaah - I can't wait to get some heat! I may just blind everyone there with my skin tone of course - shorts will be a no-no until some tanning has taken place (commencing exactly 4 hours after we get into the car at JHB Int and get home :) )
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peterchen wrote: Talk about pleasures! Let me tell you something peterchen; Trying to fall asleep in 34 degree weather with a hot, dry howling wind sweeping through your flat is not fun. I find it much easier to fall asleep in cold weather, at least then you can really snuggle up in blankets and duvets. Last night I lay for at least 30 minutes with not even a sheet over me (not even a pillow under my head because even that is too hot) trying to fall asleep. My ideal is freezing cold nights with hot summer days. During August and September you get close to that ideal here in CT and it is great :) Still I must not complain. Sitting here in my swimming costume with a beautiful summers day outside. I spent the whole morning reading by the pool and just soaking up all that vitamin D, or is it A? Whatever it is it feels great :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: Sitting here in my swimming costume with a beautiful summers day outside. Swimming costume??!! :~ What the hell is a swimming costume? Mike Mullikin :beer:
It is really hard to be a professional and do things right, in a company full of monkeys. - Michael P. Butler, The Soapbox
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Last night, at the stroke of midnight it was 34 degrees celcius in the CBD of Cape Town. No I was not drunk. No I had not been smoking anything. I had just finished watching Harry Potter II (good rollicking entertainment, but a bit scary and serious for kids IMO) but even all that magic could not have affected my brain that much. 34 was displayed on the digital thermometer in the CBD. I stuck my hand out the window and it sure felt that hot. I was actually sweating at 00:00! Even giving the thermomemter some margin of error, it could not have been less than 30 degrees celcius. What was even more amazing was the wind. It was howling in the CBD and as I drove out to the suburbs I could feel both the wind strength and temperature drop. Once I got to an outer suburb, the temperature was 22 degrees celcius. A full 12 degree temperature gradient over just 20 kilometres! Holy crap! From my hazy memories of geography in school I assume the wind was being generated by the rising hot air in the CBD which created a low pressure and the air from the higher pressures around the CBD was rushing in. All those buildings, black top and concrete must have really been storing the days heat energy and then releasing it during the night. Amazing stuff! Talk about meteorology in action. During that same day at noon time it was 39 degrees celcius, out in the suburbs. It must have been about 42 in the CBD at least. Anyway, I just thought that was an awesome experience.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
CBD? Central B.. D..? -- This space for rent.
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CBD? Central B.. D..? -- This space for rent.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: CBD? Central B.. D..? Central Business District. City center IOT.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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I think it was two winters ago we had about -42 degrees celcius in north of Sweden where I live (town Boden)! That is damn cold! Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
Rickard Andersson wrote: -42 degrees celcius :omg: That is unimaginably cold. I assume you gathered your husky dogs around you and used them as a living blanket? Oh wait... damned stereotypes! :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Rickard Andersson wrote: -42 degrees celcius :omg: That is unimaginably cold. I assume you gathered your husky dogs around you and used them as a living blanket? Oh wait... damned stereotypes! :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: I assume you gathered your husky dogs around you and used them as a living blanket? ROTFLMAO :laugh: Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: CBD? Central B.. D..? Central Business District. City center IOT.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: IOT Another TLA.. thanks! ;P So what does this one mean? -- This space for rent.
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Paul Watson wrote: IOT Another TLA.. thanks! ;P So what does this one mean? -- This space for rent.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: So what does this one mean? IOT = In Other Words :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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brianwelsch wrote: 42 damn thats hot!! Is that normal during the summer? 42 is pretty hot for CT. December and January are CT's hottest months, averaging about 35 degrees celcius. Up north in SA some places get a whole week of 48 degrees celcius, which is pretty damned unbearable IYAM. And to to boot my office does not have aircon. The fan just pushes hot air around. So most of the time we are sitting here in just our shorts and running outside every 30 minutes to jump in the pool. Not good for productivity!
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Paul Watson wrote: ...most of the time we are sitting here in just our shorts and running outside every 30 minutes to jump in the pool shorts?!? pool?!? :omg:
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Paul Watson wrote: Sitting here in my swimming costume with a beautiful summers day outside. Swimming costume??!! :~ What the hell is a swimming costume? Mike Mullikin :beer:
It is really hard to be a professional and do things right, in a company full of monkeys. - Michael P. Butler, The Soapbox
Mike Mullikin wrote: What the hell is a swimming costume? You don't know what a swimming costume is? Errr, for guys it is a pair of shorts you swim in. Or a speedo, though only certain types of guys wear speedos. For girls it is either a bikini or a full-body costume. Basically any type of clothing you swim in is a swimming costume. We call them cosies (not pronounced like cozy.) What do you call what you swim in?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Paul Watson wrote: ...most of the time we are sitting here in just our shorts and running outside every 30 minutes to jump in the pool shorts?!? pool?!? :omg:
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary R. Wheeler wrote: shorts?!? pool?!? hehe. We work in shorts and t-shirts. Plus we have a pool outside and a mountain behind the offices... and in front of us. PRetty nice place to work :) The beach is about 10 minutes away as well.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)