Subj : Re: Keep cool USA and European folks To : Nightfox From : Avon Date : Sun Jul 23 2023 11:46:47 On 18 Jul 2023 at 08:24a, Nightfox pondered and said... Ni> I have the impression we've been breaking heat records in recent years. Ni> Just a couple years ago (2021), my area saw the hottest day on record - Ni> It got up to (I think) 119 degrees Fahrenheit (about 48 or 49 degrees Ni> Celsius) one day. Temperatures that high are unusual for my area. We Ni> do get some hot weather in the summer, but usually the hottest it gets Ni> might be around 107 Fahrenheit (41 Celsius). Usually it doesn't get Ni> quite that hot, but it can be near there, and usually for just a couple Ni> weeks or so. based on news coverage I'd say you/the world is breaking records right now :( I think the thing that would do me is is any humidity. On trips to places like Singapore I've struggled. Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64) * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) .