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It's Hotter Then Blazes!

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Real Estate Agent with Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc, Kitchener-Waterloo ON

By Warren McNeil,

For the past three days the weather here in Waterloo area has been extremely warm. Yesterday I got into my car and pressed the outside temperature button. The temperature registered at 109F. My vehicle had been sitting for a couple of hours so when I started driving the temperature dropped to 100 degrees. The forecast all week has been in the 30's. We measure in Celsius so that is 30 degree Celsius. Then you need to factor in the humidity which makes it feel more like 45degrees. Now I know what it must have been like for Les Stroud (Survivorman) when he was in the desert. His temperatures reached up to 60degC....

One thing that bothered me the other day was some people who left their dogs in their car while they ate at a restaurant. They checked on them frequent enough but I don't think they should have left the dogs without air conditioning. I always hear these horror stories about young children and pets left alone in hot vehicles.  I think it is ok to trasnport animals in a car but I don't think they should have left them unattended for any period of time.

Last night I was watching the news and they said that one way to cool down is to submerse your arms up to the elbows in ice water. Brrrr!!! They say it is suppose to drop your body temperature a few degrees.  Another option is to buy a bag of ice, and put the ice in wide shallow container.. Then setup a fan in front of the ice and turn it on. It will mimic an air conditioner. Kind of like a poor-mans air conditioner. I never tried this but it sounds like it would work good.

Well I hope everyone stays cool and thanks for reading!

Comments (3)

Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

It's hot hot hot in Burlington too! They have been giving the animals at the zoo blocks of ice to stand on to cool off. Maybe it would work for us LOL.

Jul 07, 2010 07:18 AM
Brian Madigan
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON
LL.B., Broker

I just heard that Environment Canada takes the temperature in the shade. So, most of the time you can add another 5 or 6 degrees.

 

Jul 07, 2010 02:21 PM
Warren & Melanie McNeil
Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc, Kitchener-Waterloo ON - Kitchener, ON
Team McNeil

Brian: Interesting! I didn't know that....

Janice: There are all kinds of tricks to stay cool. I am sure that standing on a block of ice would be "cool" :)

Jul 07, 2010 06:03 PM