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So how's that weather?
We've had a miserable cold wet spring.
Speaking of wanting what you can't have.
Today ...
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http://www.globaltvbc.com/Toronto+officially+breaks+heat+record+extreme+weather+
hits+parts+province/4914157/story.html
The Canadian Press: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 3:17 PM
During much of the day, residents in southern Ontario were
feeling the heat. By mid-afternoon, daily records going back
to the 1950s were toppled in Toronto, Ottawa and London.
In Windsor, the temperature hit 35.1 C, topping the record
of 34.1 C for June 8, set back in 2008.
Toronto's high was 33.3 C, breaking the record of 32.2 C
from 1950. Ottawa hit and London both reached 33 C,
smashing records set back in 1959.
With humidex values in the 40s, most of southern Ontario
was hot, hazy and humid. Smog and heat advisories were
in effect for several areas.
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Ridiculous. For the Fahrenheit lovers, 33C is about 92F. Our humidex was 43C -- about 110F. And it's the beginning of June.
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hi janey, well being as far north as you can go in uk, i know all about power cuts.yes i do know what the hydro are are our local company is scottish hydro electric. as soon as our power goes off in the gales, someone in the house will say better tel the hydro!
if it happens at night and usually it does, we go to the bathroom and whats the first thing you do, switch on the light, even though you know the powers off. lol
offer to make a cuppa while we are waiting for the power to come on. duh!
yes we have all the same stupid thoughts. oh another one is boil the kettle(electric) and then we can fill a flask for later if its still off. yes my daughter thought that was a good idea!!
Thankfully we havent had too many this year, but i am so glad i still have an open fire in our lounge and would not replace it with an electric one!
florence
in the hebrides
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It's like with everything, Janey, we all want what we can't have :-)
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It did this afternoon. A bit problematic for me, because it was about 2 pm and I would normally start getting work in my inbox around 4 pm, and you never know how long it will last.
Our block was out, the bank 6 blocks away (where No.1 was about to go, so we called ahead) was out, and people walking by said the school was out, and it was out a fair ways in the other direction too. I had called the power company so I just had to wait.
(This sounds funny to me. Over here we call it "hydro" -- the hydro went out, I called Hydro -- but I know nobody'd know what I was babbing about.)
So whaddaya do ...
You know what stupid stuff comes into your head?
Turn the TV to a local channel and see what they're saying.
(You know, even if the cable is out ...)
I have to email the office and tell them ... that I can't get email ...
Well, I'd better call the office (at least the phone lines have their own power), and tell them
... just have to check my old emails to get the phone number ...
(You know, even if the internet is out ...)
We had a huge blackout a few summers ago -- the very days my mum was visiting. Hot as hades, nothing to do.
So you sit on the porch for a while hoping to catch a breeze ... and it comes into your head that you should put a fan on inside.
(You know, even if the air conditioning isn't working ...)
Gotta eat something. Can't cook, so how about toast and tea?
(You know, even if the stove isn't working...)
But the hydro is out! No fan and no toast for you.
This aft I did manage to find a scrap of paper with a phone number on it for a related office, and called that one to ask for the number of the office I wanted, and while I was on hold and she tried to find it, the power came back on ... and cut me off.
About 3 hours later, a huge thunderstorm kicked up here (preceded by tornados! along its route to us) so we had to shut down the modem and computers voluntarily. Booooring!
It's amazing how little work I bother doing all day, until I have to turn things off, and then I just have this urge to work ...
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