I grew up here also and agree, the summer weather hasn't changed much. It's actually very pleasant today, I have had the windows open since last night and it's a comfortable 73 degrees right now. That's unusual for early August.
Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Growing up in central Indiana I don’t see where it’s any hotter (or humid) > then as it is now. in the months of July, August and even into September 90s > with maximum humidity was the norm, and I can recall it well. I was usually > baling hay in August or working in greenhouses the rest of the time as a > teenager, hydrating heavily and staying covered if out in the sun for > extended periods. Baling hay you had to wear dungarees and long sleeved > shirts or you would be itching for days afterwards. Stacking in the barn loft > was the worst because it was hotter than Hades in there and there wasn’t a > lot of air moving around. > > I don’t ever recall “dangerous heat advisories” when I was a kid. We were > lucky to get the parents to turn on the AC. They were convinced you could > crack the windows and use the attic fan to keep it cool all day long (wrong!) > > -D > >> On Aug 4, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >> >>> Its been raining on and off here in MA for an hour or so. It'll pour >>> for a little and then quit and repeat.We had tornado warnings a >>> little while ago but its been quiet, no twisters that I've seen. >> >> There was a time when a tornado "warning" was a fairly serious >> situation, and specifically meant that a tornado had been spotted. Now, >> it just means that radar has detected conditions that are "likely" to be >> associated with a potential tornado. >> >> I'm not exactly sure when this changed but it seems to go along with the >> "dangerous heat advisories" being issued for normal summer temperatures. >> >> Allan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
