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01-08-2017, 05:15 PM
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#81
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Senior Member
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Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by tractors1
No sympathy here. I'm supposed to be landing on Maui Hawaii in 2 hours - instead I am stuck in Portland, Oregon with all flights cancelled due to an ice storm............
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At least your in Portland Oregon , I can think of many worse places to be stuck.
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01-08-2017, 05:16 PM
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#82
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Dry weather makes it more bearable in both extremes, that's for sure. I remember being in NYC with temps just above freezing and a super high humidity level, chilled me to the bone, whereas a -20 day here, especially with no wind, and with our low humidity levels, makes this more bearable than with the NYC example.
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01-08-2017, 05:38 PM
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#83
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Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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That is the way I feel, a damp 30 degree day feels colder than a dry 20 degree day.
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-08-2017, 05:40 PM
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#84
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
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Portland sounds as if it is having worse weather than usual. Unfortunate for those picking up, and poor Charlie!
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01-08-2017, 05:43 PM
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#85
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Senior Member
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Location: Denison, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg A
I've been way more uncomfortable in 90 degree summers in humid places than our summers here.
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But when it gets to be 110F, that's a bit much for some of us!
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
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01-08-2017, 05:57 PM
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#86
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by float5
But when it gets to be 110F, that's a bit much for some of us!
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The 110 or less isn't bad, Cathy, but the 115+ makes one hide.
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01-08-2017, 06:48 PM
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#87
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
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We scraped ice off the windshield early one morning leaving Westcliffe, Colorado, and arrived in Scottsdale, Arizona, that afternoon at 118 degrees. Left our shoe prints in the asphalt as we walked across the street. But as the locals told us, "It's a dry heat". We didn't care what they said! 118 degrees is hot!
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01-08-2017, 06:57 PM
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#88
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Senior Member
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Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
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As I stood in his back yard with my brother in law in the Alberquerque heat and he said, "it's dry heat" my reply was so is an oven.
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01-08-2017, 07:16 PM
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#89
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thoer
As I stood in his back yard with my brother in law in the Alberquerque heat and he said, "it's dry heat" my reply was so is an oven.
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It's equivalent to our week out of the year of below zero.
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01-08-2017, 07:41 PM
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#90
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19 pulled by GMC Canyon Diesel.
Posts: 198
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
This is how I intend to provide good circulation in our 5.0TA. The Caframo Sirocco is used a lot in the marine world, and made here in Canada. Nice that it folds out of the way, and can swing out into the aisle. Will help when using heat or A/C, especially for loft air circulation, and Lisa loves having moving air on her face year round in our bedroon.
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Very nice! How is it powered?
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01-08-2017, 08:06 PM
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#91
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Location: Denison, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg A
The 110 or less isn't bad, Cathy, but the 115+ makes one hide.
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All you have to do is take your Escape up to Flagstaff. That should be good.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
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01-08-2017, 08:09 PM
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#92
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thoer
As I stood in his back yard with my brother in law in the Alberquerque heat and he said, "it's dry heat" my reply was so is an oven.
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It is never that hot in New Mexico. You're in the mountains and can go higher. And it's a fantastic place to be.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
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01-08-2017, 08:12 PM
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#93
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Senior Member
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Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by float5
It is never that hot in New Mexico. You're in the mountains and can go higher. And it's a fantastic place to be.
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107- 110 seemed pretty hot to me that summer.
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01-08-2017, 08:29 PM
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#94
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thoer
107- 110 seemed pretty hot to me that summer.
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I would say that that is unusual for Albuquerque. Albuquerque should be pretty good almost all of any summer compared to any southern area around in the adjacent states. I think you must have been in record heat?! You should have gone to Myron's. He's at 7000' and not far.
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01-08-2017, 08:37 PM
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#95
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Who knows, maybe my brother in law had a bad thermometer! But I know when we were taking off in the plane to go home, I thought we were going to run out of runway before that plane fought its way off the ground in that thin hot air!
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01-08-2017, 10:49 PM
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#96
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JPSpins
Very nice! How is it powered?
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12V hard wired. I am having Escape drop wires in the closet for it.
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01-09-2017, 04:58 PM
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#97
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Thank you!
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01-09-2017, 05:57 PM
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#98
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Senior Member
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Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thoer
Who knows, maybe my brother in law had a bad thermometer! But I know when we were taking off in the plane to go home, I thought we were going to run out of runway before that plane fought its way off the ground in that thin hot air!
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Not to one-up, but.... My wife and I were flying out of Colorado Springs one unusually warm summer day. The pilot came on the cabin speakers and said something to the effect (I'm not lying!), "We're at full capacity and maximum weight today, and we don't have the cool dense air or head wind coming out of the west that usually help give us lift for takeoff. We've contacted the Boeing engineers, and they think we can still get off the ground, so we're going to go give it a try." Again, I kid you not! Everyone on the plane was looking around at each other saying, "Give it a try??" The pilot used every inch of the runway, and I swear we were seeing grass out the window before we finally lifted off, but we made it.
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01-09-2017, 06:24 PM
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#99
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That's Density Altitude Dale. Always a factor where it's dry and hot. Right now the problem in Colorado Springs (I flew in last night) isn't the density altitude, but the WIND. Power lines down all over, trucks overturned all over, fences down, roofs ripped off, trees broken, you name it. Incredibly windy today with sustained winds around 55-60 mph, and gusts earlier today over 90.
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01-09-2017, 06:30 PM
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#100
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Location: Front Range, Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
That's Density Altitude Dale. Always a factor where it's dry and hot. Right now the problem in Colorado Springs (I flew in last night) isn't the density altitude, but the WIND. Power lines down all over, trucks overturned all over, fences down, roofs ripped off, trees broken, you name it. Incredibly windy today with sustained winds around 55-60 mph, and gusts earlier today over 90.
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It sure melted the snow fast.
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