Stifling States of America: Heat Wave!

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Yeah this was my arguement. It was 2 nights, now its just 1. Problem is seeing a couple friends ya see once every year or two and because they can get the time off trying to get through it . gonna suck it up for 24 hours, if it b/cs a problem we will leave. Another issue is his wife scheduled this as a man-cation surprise for him to get away with the guys and from her and the kids...i mean who the f*ck schedules a tent camping trip in middle of summer? camping is a fall/spring activity...women

Everyone pitch in for a hotel room nearby, move the beds out into the hallway/parking lot and pitch tents. Crank AC up and enjoy.

Going to a crab feast on Saturday, work function for wife. It starts at 1pm. I plan on eating as many crabs as i can in a short amount of time so we can get back in the AC of my minivan for the ride back home. The host lives on the bay, and does have a pool, but i don't think it's going to matter on Saturday.

[JoeRedskin]

I have to work at a farmer's market Sat. from 6:30 - 12:30. I'll be in the shade and, hopefully, it will be early enough so that I avoid the most brutal stuff. Other than that, it's inside and AC cranking.

As for your camping trip, just to reiterate what the others said - if you can reschedule, do so. Don't drink alchohol to cool yourself off. Wear a cap of some type, keep your head cool as you can (wet rag, etc.). Water, water, water and more water.

[JoeRedskin]

In the US, from 1979 - 2006, only extreme cold has killed more people than extreme heat. Extreme heat has killed more people than flooding, lightning, tornadoes & hurricanes combined.

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Some facts about deaths due to heat waves | Watts Up With That?

[MTK]

Yeah it's effin hot. I'm planning on spending a lot of time in the lake or indoors this weekend, probably with a cold one close by too.

[mredskins]

My poor wife is due 7/28; I honestly feel so bad for her right now. I think Buster's wife is due soon too.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mredskins

My poor wife is due 7/28; I honestly feel so bad for her right now. I think Buster's wife is due soon too.

Due 08/15!

Gotta feel bad for the mothers.


We had a 2-hour power outage last night (8-10pm) because too many people cranked their ACs up.


Today's heat index for this part of PA will be 115.

Just heard D.C. is going to be 117 today!


Just had to listen to some crazy lady say "she's convinced that Al Gore is right and people thought it was a good idea to cut down all of the rain forests".


It's July! We complain about the heat EVERY summer and then the snow in the winter...but have very short memories.

[MTK]

I haven't camped since my senior year of high school. I have a lot of friends that love it, but at this point in my life give me a nice comfy hotel room any day.

[firstdown]

When you hit a certain age camping is only for the cheap people who try to explain why camping is so great. This is whats so great about camping. If you neighbor wakes up they wake you up. If you neighbor wants to party all night they keep you awake all night. When the sun comes up in the morning your tent turns into a oven. Public bathrooms (enough said). You have to try and keep all your food out of the cooler water and ice. You have to spend and hour preparing to just cook something and then spend 1/2 hour cleaning up. Public bathrooms (you cannot say that one enough). The Mr. I know how to do everthing trying to tell you how to set up camp (every camp site has one). The sand and dirt that gets into your tent and just trying to live out of a tent in general. Public Bathrooms. Have fun CHICO23231 and remember to check the stalls before you begin to brush your teeth.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

When you hit a certain age camping is only for the cheap people who try to explain why camping is so great. This is whats so great about camping. If you neighbor wakes up they wake you up. If you neighbor wants to party all night they keep you awake all night. When the sun comes up in the morning your tent turns into a oven. Public bathrooms (enough said). You have to try and keep all your food out of the cooler water and ice. You have to spend and hour preparing to just cook something and then spend 1/2 hour cleaning up. Public bathrooms (you cannot say that one enough). The Mr. I know how to do everthing trying to tell you how to set up camp (every camp site has one). The sand and dirt that gets into your tent and just trying to live out of a tent in general. Public Bathrooms. Have fun CHICO23231 and remember to check the stalls before you begin to brush your teeth.

LOL! You have me laughing today!

As far as dirt in the tent I always start saying, "hey who keeps tracking the dirt out of the tent" becasue by the second day you have more dirt in the tent then outside it.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by firstdown

When you hit a certain age camping is only for the cheap people who try to explain why camping is so great. This is whats so great about camping. If you neighbor wakes up they wake you up. If you neighbor wants to party all night they keep you awake all night. When the sun comes up in the morning your tent turns into a oven. Public bathrooms (enough said). You have to try and keep all your food out of the cooler water and ice. You have to spend and hour preparing to just cook something and then spend 1/2 hour cleaning up. Public bathrooms (you cannot say that one enough). The Mr. I know how to do everthing trying to tell you how to set up camp (every camp site has one). The sand and dirt that gets into your tent and just trying to live out of a tent in general. Public Bathrooms. Have fun CHICO23231 and remember to check the stalls before you begin to brush your teeth.

All right Larry Craig. I know how you love them stalls.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

All right Larry Craig. I know how you love them stalls.

So with all that said where are you going camping.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So with all that said where are you going camping.

Kerr Lake, west side of the lake, virginia side. We are going down for the night catfish fishing. We are gonna be looking for this: Notebook: 143-pound blue catfish beats world record by 13 pounds | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

Catfishing is kinda a bore to me, but whateva drinking beer with friends works just as well.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Kerr Lake, west side of the lake, virginia side. We are going down for the night catfish fishing. We are gonna be looking for this: Notebook: 143-pound blue catfish beats world record by 13 pounds | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

Catfishing is kinda a bore to me, but whateva drinking beer with friends works just as well.

I have never done any cat fishing. You should come down some time and we could go fishing. I could pick you up around the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and we could head over to the CBBT and go flounder fishing.

[724Skinsfan]

It's supposed to "cool" off this weekend. Hopefully, it won't be too bad for those that don't have AC. I remember growing up w/o it. Some of those hot nights were miserable to try to get some sleep.

[Alvin Walton]

My boys and I always loved camping, especially the Smoky Mountains.
However, I remember a couple nights at Mammoth Cave when it was still in the 90's at night in a pop up camper. It was so humid that when you rolled over the sleeping bag would stick to you. It was a nice 55 deg down in the caves though.