Coping with the heat.

[Woody girl]

I think your over reading thermometer has come up before during a hot period when your garden was technically the hottest in the land

Well done for checking the neighbour! Both my parents are terrible for not drinking water, the ‘cup of tea’ generation. I went round today with a few lemons and made lemonade. They have Lo-Salt and regular so a bit of each went in the mix.

Bought new thermometers for the garden this spring, as last year my thermometer busted due to the heat.
I have one on a wooden post, facing north under the shade of the apple tree. The other is on a wooden post next to the house, facing north on the north side of the house.
My solar shower heated to the point I needed to add cold water to use, it was so hot! The pond was measured with a jam thermometer which measures the heat of liquids.
Today is cooler , we have quite a stiff breeze and it's delicious!
Went out very early into the garden and let the wind blow on me "all over" blissfull.

 

[Tengu]

i have just come back from Tewksbury Medieval Festival and never in my life have i seen so many PARASOLS

 

[TLM]

Here we often utilize the "high latitude method": yesterday it was 28C today 18C.

 

[Pattree]

i have just come back from Tewksbury Medieval Festival and never in my life have i seen so many PARASOLS

I seem to remember that umbrella originally meant “little shade” in Italian.
I think Parasol / Parasole (Against the sun) was originally Italian too.
They’ve always done sun well down there.

The inhabitants of this soggy little island and other Northern Europeans adapted it as a rain guard or parapluie (Against the rain.) in French.

It’s a brolly or gamp to me

 

[Herman30]

In Finland it is called sontikka, from the russian word zontik. And the russian word comes from dutch zondek.

 

[Pattree]

I presume that originated from sun protection rather than rain.

Do you have a sadetikka

 

[TLM]

Do you have a sadetikka

Just a side note: sadetikka translates as rain woodpecker, sadetakki translates as raincoat.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

It was actually "cool" this morning between 5am-6am for the first time in weeks ? Months ?. Then as the sun rose above the horizon, it was like standing next to a furnace again. This morning thunderstorms were forecast for this evening, a few hours later, no thunderstorms forecast. Currently 33°C.
The 4th heatwave is on the way according to meteorologists...I have never wanted the weather folks to be so wrong..

 

[Keith_Beef]

In Finland it is called sontikka, from the russian word zontik. And the russian word comes from dutch zondek.

The modern Dutch word for an umbrella (for protection against the rain) is "regenscherm".

"Zondek" sounds like it could have been historically a parasol, its meaning e would be something like "sun roof"... Checking this, I found "zonnedek" as an archaic nautical term for an awning to protect sailors on the deck of a ship from the sun. In modern English, we'd call this a "Bimini top".

 

[Woody girl]

Temps going up again this week. Last few days, though rather warm ,we've had a breeze, so it's been bearable. Not sure how long this next one will be, but I pray it's short lived.
I'm glad to have my gel cooling mat, not easy to walk around with it though , there are no arm holes!

 

[XSR101]

Not one mention of the combination of humidity/heat and the impact it has on the body's ability to cool via evaporative cooling. Wet-Bulb temperatures will soon be the leading cause of death, according to Kevin Hester https://kevinhester.live/2016/05/21/wet-bulb-temperature-soon-to-become-the-leading-cause-of-death/

 

[Silverclaws2]

Temps going up again this week. Last few days, though rather warm ,we've had a breeze, so it's been bearable. Not sure how long this next one will be, but I pray it's short lived.
I'm glad to have my gel cooling mat, not easy to walk around with it though , there are no arm holes!

And when evaporative cooling is compromised the next possible is air flow and in that a good old fashioned fan has been somewhat of a godsend in the heat we've had airflow of which can be aided by the soggy bandana tied about the neck. Also in my place and have not yet taken them down I have reflective picnic blankets covering the windows behind the thermal curtains. When I thought to do that the temp in my place dropped by 2 degrees. Am also running a dehumidifier of which takes the weight out of heat. The folks upstairs have the loft hatches open. In terms of cooling liquids have found cold milk is more cooling than water and is of course an electrolyte

 

[neoaliphant]

And when evaporative cooling is compromised the next possible is air flow and in that a good old fashioned fan has been somewhat of a godsend in the heat we've had airflow of which can be aided by the soggy bandana tied about the neck. Also in my place and have not yet taken them down I have reflective picnic blankets covering the windows behind the thermal curtains. When I thought to do that the temp in my place dropped by 2 degrees. Am also running a dehumidifier of which takes the weight out of heat. The folks upstairs have the loft hatches open. In terms of cooling liquids have found cold milk is more cooling than water and is of course an electrolyte

we were getting about 1-2 litres of water an hour running our small humidifier...let alone using larger portable AC in humidifier mode ( which helps save energy)....also the distilled water you get is good for indoor plants

 

[Silverclaws2]

we were getting about 1-2 litres of water an hour running our small humidifier...let alone using larger portable AC in humidifier mode ( which helps save energy)....also the distilled water you get is good for indoor plants

My dehum, a 2 litre Meaco device was at the height of the heat back in May extracting about six litres a day but part of that I know from later recordings was how soggy my flat (25 sqm) was out here on the Devon coast in a place known known for high humidity, over 90% in not unheard of here. The second heat wave I was down to 2 litres a day, same with the third wave for the thing to now kick in a kick out through the day to maintain humidity at 50%

To be learning by watching the external humidity to open the windows and turn the thing off when the outside is less than the inside but closing the windows when it's higher. My method is not just about heat tolerance it is also about dealing with black mould and the potential for fungus on my camera lenses.

 

[XSR101]

we were getting about 1-2 litres of water an hour running our small humidifier...let alone using larger portable AC in humidifier mode ( which helps save energy)....also the distilled water you get is good for indoor plants

At a push with mineralising salts, this water could be used for drinking. Storing it in its demineralised state might reduce algae growth, though I am not sure of this. I don't have an AC or a dehumidifier.

 

[neoaliphant]

my AC is a meaca, rated 10,000BTU

soemtimes we run it AC for a couple of hours just in the bedroom to make sleep possible
other times just running it in dehumidifier mode...

in 100% humidity.. 31C is life threatening temperatues....

we noticed lots of damp on our flagstones this summer with teh high humidity....

current plan is to use 4x 1000L IBC tanks ive acquired as garden irrigation system

the distilled water from teh AC< wouldt drink it, but just goes to see how humid everything is....

My dehum, a 2 litre Meaco device was at the height of the heat back in May extracting about six litres a day but part of that I know from later recordings was how soggy my flat (25 sqm) was out here on the Devon coast in a place known known for high humidity, over 90% in not unheard of here. The second heat wave I was down to 2 litres a day, same with the third wave for the thing to now kick in a kick out through the day to maintain humidity at 50%

To be learning by watching the external humidity to open the windows and turn the thing off when the outside is less than the inside but closing the windows when it's higher. My method is not just about heat tolerance it is also about dealing with black mould and the potential for fungus on my camera lenses.

 

[Silverclaws2]

At a push with mineralising salts, this water could be used for drinking. Storing it in its demineralised state might reduce algae growth, though I am not sure of this. I don't have an AC or a dehumidifier.

Yeah I have already looked at this idea to find yeah there is some advice pertaining to drinking the condensate to suggest it's not potable due to what else may be in the water that the dehum has pulled from the air.

Materials like bacteria, mold, dust, and heavy metals and I myself have seen black dust like particles on the bottom of the catchment bucket I can only assume might be carbon from airborne pollution and airborne pollution the HEPA air intake stage of my dehum has missed.

Further there is some suggestion that if it comes down to a survival situation the condensate must be boiled first but of course boiling won't get rid of any heavy metals that might be present meaning one has to cause it to pass through a capable water filter that will filter out such things.

But best use the condensate for non potable purposes like say washing and flushing.

 

[XSR101]

Yeah I have already looked at this idea to find yeah there is some advice pertaining to drinking the condensate to suggest it's not potable due to what else may be in the water that the dehum has pulled from the air.

Materials like bacteria, mold, dust, and heavy metals and I myself have seen black dust like particles on the bottom of the catchment bucket I can only assume might be carbon from airborne pollution and airborne pollution the HEPA air intake stage of my dehum has missed.

Further there is some suggestion that if it comes down to a survival situation the condensate must be boiled first but of course boiling won't get rid of any heavy metals that might be present meaning one has to cause it to pass through a capable water filter that will filter out such things.

But best use the condensate for non potable purposes like say washing and flushing.

Of course, it would need proper purification for drinking. A recent study discovered that fog is alive and that condensing it to consume without boiling could expose the user to pathogens we know little about.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71366683/living-fog/

 

[Woody girl]

Beautiful rain today! ( saturday,) been waiting since it was promised on Thursday. Got totaly soaked twice, and loved every moment of it.
Back to my beloved jeans and t shirt instead of a dress. Im so deliciously happy, so is my garden. No watering cans tonight. Whoo hoo!
Strangest thing tho. I had an empty white plastic shopping bag with me, rain got in and pooled in the bottom. and it was green. Weird. Green rain. What might be the cause of that. Wish I'd taken a pic, but I needed the bag so emptied it out, but I showed it to a friend who was also flummoxed.

 

[hughtrimble]

Beautiful rain today! ( saturday,) been waiting since it was promised on Thursday. Got totaly soaked twice, and loved every moment of it.
Back to my beloved jeans and t shirt instead of a dress. Im so deliciously happy, so is my garden. No watering cans tonight. Whoo hoo!
Strangest thing tho. I had an empty white plastic shopping bag with me, rain got in and pooled in the bottom. and it was green. Weird. Green rain. What might be the cause of that. Wish I'd taken a pic, but I needed the bag so emptied it out, but I showed it to a friend who was also flummoxed.

Was the liquid itself actually green, or was it possibly that the sunlight penetrating through the bag's material was giving it a green tint?