I didn't realize it was such a bad storm, but I knew I was too scared to go outside to find my animals. Sadly my videos didn't turn out very well.
Last night was another storm, and the lightning kept me awake almost all night. I couldn't believe how long it lasted, even through the birds singing at 4:30 AM.
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Although I am a total hot weather wimp, I was surprised that "only" 88 was unbearabe for me this week. So I ran the numbers for the heat index and I feel somewhat less wimpy now: )
* - One commenter wrote, "A normal day in the (American) plains states."
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One way we always calculated whether we should do a long conditioning ride or not was to add the temperature plus the humidity. 90 degrees plus 25% humidity = 115, safe enough to ride. Anything below 120 was acceptable. Over 120 we started to be more careful and anything approaching 150 was just not safe. People used to more humid conditions probably have a different safe/unsafe zone.
So even though it was 110 here the other day, the humidity was probably less than 30%. But in your case, 80s +80s = no thanks! :0)
Karen,
I'd never heard of that method of figuring heat index. I don't think we calculate heat index in Germany because I've never heard it mentioned in the weather reports. They just say "hot" or "hot and humid": )
I guess one reason I may not have heard of your calculation is that being from Seattle, that kind of weather is so rare it's not necessary. You know, we just try to figure out which rain coat is dried out from the last use: )
I thought it was ridiculous this week to see on wetter.de ("weather.com") they had listed a hot weather warning. Then scrolling down the page, there's an article, "June promises to be comfortably cool." WTH. I would have taken that article down from the site immediately after the temps topped 30!
Currently it's 3:30 PM, 77F, sunny, and 67% humidity. *gasp* I just rode!: ) (but only in circles)
Heat and humidity are tough for my big, dark, heavily-muscled horse...in part because we don't get to practice working in it much. Humidity, yes. The Swamp is a wet place. But temps rarely top 85°, and that's just fine...until we travel elsewhere for a ride and have to cope with conditions that are completely different from home!
One of the advantages of going to the Renegade camp a week early is that we adapt (a bit) to the warmer temps before we have to compete in them.
Yeah the humidity is brutal. If we didn't have humidity here in the south I would love the summer weather so much more!
That storms sounds terrifying!!! We have a ton of huge trees so that scares me... I've heard of it happening around here a lot too. I'm glad you and the critters weathered it well
I forgot to hit the email follow up comments... grr. I wish they would let us do that without having to publish another comment. Sorry!
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