Hot as balls this week. And it’s only June (our summer is typically August-October). Entire western US just blanketed in a dome of heat. Death Valley hit 126 (F) / 52 © yesterday. Brutal. That’s a rare steak, not a climate.
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Same here. As in unseasonably warm. Not a fan when it goes over 25 c.
Moan-y cunts. It’s 14c all year round in Dublin. Kip. 
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Have a Solero and shut the fuck up
Tooting has been bathing in glorious Caribbean sunshine for the last 48hrs and that looks set to continue for the next 5 or 6 days.
Living the dream!
SM001 Moan-y cunts
It’s JC. It’s what we do.
As an aside, for any of you contemplating a visit out this way, I cannot recommend Death Valley enough. It’s like another planet. One of the lowest elevation points in the world with no light pollution. The night sky is incredible. You feel like you can see the entire universe.
jonattonyeah
We’re planning a national parks run, maybe next year, taking in a few cities and shit as well.
Early planning stages, any recommendations always appreciated
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jonattonyeah looks boss. 52c sounds bonkers, at what temp do humans start to cook? Surely that’s gotta be close.
I’d be sure to visit with a real fat bastard so that I could enjoy the smell of succulent pork.
Hit me up when you start to plan that out. I can point you in many directions out west. Random places many might not think to visit, good eats, all that.
I dunno. But it’s impossibly hot there. It’s hard to put into words. But it’s such a unique place. There’s one desert bed where these rocks move around. Nobody could figure out how for years. While it’s hot as all hell during the day, it gets very cold at night. It’s also incredibly flat. Condensation builds up on the floor at night time. Just enough to elevate the rocks and move them with the wind but not enough to have anything grow or really be noticable. Really bizarre landscape.
Not a bellybuster or boozer in sight.
S to the werve.
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jonattonyeah
In a previous role our engineers experienced a similar phenomena whilst working a hospital project in deepest Wales.
At least once a week, usually on a Thursday or Friday, they’d finish work and find large cock and balls symbols had appeared on their vans, along with incomprehensible Celtic slogans such as
“ENGLISH WANKERS”.
“FUCK OFF HOME”.
&
“NO TWATS LEFT IN THIS VAN OVERNIGHT”.
daubed on the outside.
Mystery was never solved
I mean, I know MOST of California and the entire Southwest of the US is overly warm, but a perk of living in San Diego, and only a couple miles from the beach is that it’s not really getting warmer than 75F/24C (up to 85/29C with heat index). Also got some breezes going here, so I haven’t even had to use my A/C today. I’ll take it!
Problem up here is that we’re not built for higher heat. SoCal is. Most places have thicker external structures and AC installed. We don’t as it’s typically much more temperate, or at least used to be. We’re also lucky in that the higher heat months also come with shorter days; it cools down in the evening. Having a heat wave this time of year just cooks the housing as the sun doesn’t set until 8:30 or so. It’s brutal.
An ocean/bay breeze seems to be settling in. Hopefully get some reprieve tomorrow.
I lived here for the culture and the climate. Both are disappearing with every passing year. Not sure what to do.
jonattonyeah Yeah..although coming from the midwest where it gets absolutely SCORCHING and disgustingly humid in the summer, the “preparedness” of SoCal for higher heat is kinda laughable to me. I mean, window air conditioning is something you find in trailer parks in the midwest. Here, it’s par for the course. I don’t love it. And newer places that have central heating and cooling are out of my price range. I’ve got millionaire tastes out here apparently and I’m not a millionaire 
Yeah very fair. I always get annoyed when midwest folk get mocked for being obese and out of shape. Have those people ever experienced a summer in Oklahoma or Missouri? Or a winter? It’s impossible to get outside and do anything exercisoral (new word!). It’s no wonder health maintenance is such a challenge.
And that’s part of the issue too, Kels. I’m not a millionaire either. We have doctors getting paid very well who are moving because this area is too expensive. I am compensated fairly but I can’t keep up with some Facebook tech bro virgin with stock options. It all feels untenable around here. A house of cards. We cannot staff restaurants. We cannot find builders or remodelers. We cannot higher coffee shop employees. Businesses are closing not because they don’t provide a demanded service, but because they cannot staff up. I swear the idiots in Palo Alto (sorry, Shallow Alto) won’t wake up until they’re paying $30 for a latte. That is where we are headed.
Not to rant too much here, but SF has always had major issues with homelessness, drug use, whatnot - it was built on vagrancy, after all. But it at least used to be fun. Vibrant music and arts scene. Weirdos and freaks. Now it’s like Laguna Beach with fentanyl.
