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ssuprnova
Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: Saigon
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| my aircon be on allday erday... 18 degrees norwegian summer temps |
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v88
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Dazed and Confused
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:27 am Post subject: |
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I laugh every time someone complains of the heat. Last summer I was home and the temp was 45C everyday. At 10pm I sat in my back yard, texted and friend expressing my happiness that it was only 38C. That wasn't even including heat index. Apparently, this summer the temps are even hotter in my hometown.  |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| Dazed and Confused wrote: |
| I laugh every time someone complains of the heat. Last summer I was home and the temp was 45C everyday. At 10pm I sat in my back yard, texted and friend expressing my happiness that it was only 38C. That wasn't even including heat index. Apparently, this summer the temps are even hotter in my hometown. |
Bearing in mind effin hot is effin hot.
My record is proper 55 degrees celcius near every day for months in Pakistan. None of this wishy washy "feels like 55, but is really only 27" crap. Not sure at what point you actually start to physically cook, but this was horrible.
That having been said the difference between say 35 and 55 isn't a lot. Only a mad dog or foolish englishman is going outdoors in that.
Likewise in reverse....minus 10 or minus 30. either way it's uber cold. Only a moron is going out in that, rather than hanging out indoors in the heat.
Once it gets far enough in either direction the differences in temp between one extreme and another lose significance fast. |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| 110+F heat index has been rough. |
Farenheit? For real? How many of us outside the U.S or Belize can even spell that let alone know if it is hot or cold. Reminds me of my granny talking about weighing people in stone and paying in penny farthings and shillings and shit. Get on the winning metric train, son! |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Nationwide energy usage alert this weekend. We're supposed to keep our air cons at above 26C to relieve the country's power output which as not to cause widespread power outages. Happened one afternoon last summer.
Good ways to keep energy bills low and help decrease your usage footprint is to go to a public facility. Studying at the library, going to the beach, meeting a friend for coffee, using a sauna or exercising in the health club in the afternoon heat can help you save.
It's this reason why I don't mind deskwarming in public school. Someone else gets to pay for my aircon usage.
Once businesses and factories get back up to running next week after the summer vacation, be prepared for the worst.
Korea could definitetly be a leader in solar and wind energy if the government would only take the initiative and start offering tax credits. |
Coffee and saunas don't immediately spring to mind when the weather is hot 
Wind energy? In 18 months here I can only remember a handful of occasions when it's been windy. Solar energy could definitely work, but I favour nuclear power myself |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
Nationwide energy usage alert this weekend. We're supposed to keep our air cons at above 26C to relieve the country's power output which as not to cause widespread power outages. Happened one afternoon last summer.
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The way most aircons "work", the only way for me to achieve 26C at home is to set the aircon to 22C and open my balcony door a little and the bedroom window a little more. But if the gov't says so...
I have 26C in my office at Muyeok Center and it sucks! The temperature might be fine, but the aircon does not dry the air at this setting (never met one that could dry air if set over 24C) and I'm sticky throughout the day.
It's a bit cooler outside today, good. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Squire wrote: |
Wind energy? In 18 months here I can only remember a handful of occasions when it's been windy. Solar energy could definitely work, but I favour nuclear power myself |
Even nukes run into problems in hot Summers if they're not built close to an inexhaustible supply of cooling water. France usually has to shut off a number of their NPP's every year because the rivers they draw the cooling water from dry up and the return flow is so hot it'll kill the fish.
I think many (most?) Korean NPP's are built near the ocean. And all of them are built near North Korea |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Get used to it, it only gets hotter from here on out...renewable energy isn't a viable candidate for a while yet |
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Pablo
Joined: 15 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| lemak wrote: |
| wylies99 wrote: |
| 110+F heat index has been rough. |
Farenheit? For real? How many of us outside the U.S or Belize can even spell that let alone know if it is hot or cold. Reminds me of my granny talking about weighing people in stone and paying in penny farthings and shillings and shit. Get on the winning metric train, son! |
Yeah, well we think you dress funny, too. Welcome to the world. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really enjoying the clear sunny hot summer weather here. Been taking zinc, magnesium & potassium (bananas) + lots of water on a daily basis. Enjoying cycling around the river paths, gardening and working on my tan. I really hate -30 degree Canadian winters. Much happier with the heat. My wife on the other hand hates the heat and humidity...go figure.  |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| lemak wrote: |
| My record is proper 55 degrees celcius near every day for months in Pakistan. None of this wishy washy "feels like 55, but is really only 27" crap. Not sure at what point you actually start to physically cook, but this was horrible.... |
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth is 57.8 Celsius degrees. You do know that these supposed to be measured in shadow not on the sun. |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| Lazio wrote: |
| lemak wrote: |
| My record is proper 55 degrees celcius near every day for months in Pakistan. None of this wishy washy "feels like 55, but is really only 27" crap. Not sure at what point you actually start to physically cook, but this was horrible.... |
The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth is 57.8 Celsius degrees. You do know that these supposed to be measured in shadow not on the sun. |
I don't measure the temperature myself. Just base it on weather reports. That was freakin' hot, man. Dozens of people dying every day when the power would cut out. |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:51 am Post subject: |
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| Pablo wrote: |
| Yeah, well we think you dress funny, too. |
You hurt my e-feelings. |
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Pablo
Joined: 15 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| lemak wrote: |
| Pablo wrote: |
| Yeah, well we think you dress funny, too. |
You hurt my e-feelings. |
:- ) |
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