I rode in the heat wave today: did you?

[Adeptus_Minor]

I haven't ridden the motorcycle since about April or May, but I've been pedaling which...while being lighter in gear... requires considerably more physical exertion and yields less wind to cool me off.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

No help in sight.....

damn, arent soem areas there going to be over 100 for over a month now?

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by tommymac

damn, arent soem areas there going to be over 100 for over a month now?

Yes...it's getting a little scary as the sources of drinking water are drying up. The wheat crop was shit...the corn crop is completely destroyed....I've heard some farmers saying they aren't even going to plant soybeans or milo this year.

Not sure how this story can end well if it doesn't rain...a lot....SOON.

[Krabill]

My neighbor's trees are starting to loose their leaves. They're turning brown and falling off. It looks like fall on my street.

On a good note, though . . . not only am I still riding in this heat, I stopped by the local Honda dealership to pick up some parts at lunch time today and got to take the new VFR1200 for a test ride. Sweet, sweet bike.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Krabill

My neighbor's trees are starting to loose their leaves. They're turning brown and falling off. It looks like fall on my street.

On a good note, though . . . not only am I still riding in this heat, I stopped by the local Honda dealership to pick up some parts at lunch time today and got to take the new VFR1200 for a test ride. Sweet, sweet bike.

but its still ugly as sin

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by Krabill

My neighbor's trees are starting to loose their leaves. They're turning brown and falling off. It looks like fall on my street.

I was in Riverside Park downtown over the week-end....walking around enjoying some outdoors time (despite the heat) after a long week in the office....and couldn't help but notice that it "felt" like late August....the grass is shot...the trees are all tired and losing their leaves....the ground felt like walking on concrete....I can't even imagine what it will be like if we get a typical August...another 30 days of 100+ and no rain...it's already a disaster...but that will feel like a kill shot, I think.

[Krabill]

Doing some maintenance on my bike in the garage yesterday and did a quick to the end of the street and back test ride in my shorts and a t-shirt. Oh, that felt good. I might have to give up on wearing gear. Ok . . . not really

[KSGregman]

Fecking hell....I didn't think it was possible...but...it's getting WORSE...not bettah.

109F?!

[azoomm]

We would have had a record number of days in a row over 100. EXCEPT, we had two days at 99. Pfffffffffft, we can't even do record temps right

I was in Minnesota for a week. I kept laughing because they all kept saying "heat index." I swear, they use that and "wind chill "just to make it seem more impressive. Anything over 100 is just plain hot.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by azoomm

I was in Minnesota for a week. I kept laughing because they all kept saying "heat index." I swear, they use that and "wind chill "just to make it seem more impressive. Anything over 100 is just plain hot.

heat index does make a huge difference because of humidity. That was clear the last fiddy race, it was about 5-10 degrees cooler than the time before, but the humidity from the rain that just went through made it seem much much worse than the time before.