Melted kitty
Can you believe how cute this picture is? The cat is completely melted, it was really hot and we were all hanging out on the terrace kind of stupefied. Mimi and I were at least wet and cool and getting in and out of the pool, the pets were just melted.
About the time of this picture, I looked at the accuweather widget and it said it was 109°F (43°C) with a RealFeel of 115°F (46°C)!!
it's always 30° in the kitchen
We had the house shut up and it was quite a bit cooler inside. We have this clock / thermometer on the wall in the kitchen and our joke is that it never moves more than a degree or two off of 30°C. Stephen brought it outside a few days ago and said it went up to 40° so it must be true, right?
Today it was hard to believe though, I was even cooking a bunch of dog food on the stove and it still said 30°. So, I brought it outside and the humidity went from 60% down to about 25% but the temp only went up to maybe 34°. I still think it must be broken.
I’m putting another thermometer on my US shopping list, one that shows the temp in good old US numbers. I’m getting pretty good at thinking in Celsius but it just seems more real in Fahrenheit.
Not only am I functioning in a different language, I’m functioning – more or less – in metric as well. Kilometers and meters are easy, centimeters I have to think about but temperature? Forget it. I just started over and I’m building a mental image of what different temps feel like in Celsius. There is some rule like subtract 30 and add something else but it only works in a small range of temps so I haven’t bothered to learn it. I have figured out that I am very comfortable between 26° or 27° and 35°. I’m cold at 23° and miserable at 20°. BTW, I do all these neat conversions for you on the blog using my nifty mac conversion widget. I have one of those on my iPhone too that I use when I’m too tired – or too hot – to think about it.
So, we are off to Akumal tomorrow for the sea breeze and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the town. The Brits are coming with us and we’re hauling all the dogs and cats too, they need a break from the heat as well.
Here’s a pic of our whole tribe this afternoon, don’t they look like they need to be at the beach for a weekend?
Chillin'
Your four legged friends look exactly like I would in 109 F weather – time to head to the beach?
Great post. I wish the six of you lived over this way. Our weather has been hovering in the 80s. Quite pleasant. Jiggs would have enjoyed a visiting welcoming committee.
I doubt I wil ever get use to celsius.
Yes, even the plants look HOT!! Have a great time at the beach!
I noticed the 109 temperature when I read your “beach” post last night. Reading your post about the “ventilation” in your home, made me reflect on the “passive solar” nature of many structures in your area.
Once, I was at Yaxcopoil (hacienda near Merida and Uman) in April heat where the outside temp was about 104-105 F. The temperature inside the hacienda seemed to be about 20 degrees cooler. The extremely high ceilings, thick walls (at least 1 meter), well placed doors and windows, the wide columnaded “corredor”, and ceiling fans in each room, all made for a remarkably comfortable interior on a miserably hot day. Of course solid stone masonry loses and gains heat slowly. Great construction.
Have fun at Akumal.
Have a great time at the beach, I was noticing on your weather thing how similar Mazatlan and Playa del Carmen are in temperature. We are warm but the breeze saves us from the humidity.
Are you going to pass through Mazatlan on your way to the US? We would so love to have you guys over if you do come through here you know.
Whew! Hot and more Hot. Tita is so cute (love the purple harness) and the pups too. The heat must be taking the wind out of their sails. They are so lucky to have a great place to melt into. You mentioned taking a drive to the states. Are you heading to CA? Be safe!
That is so funny….Tita gets the big pillow all to herself and the pups have to sleep on the hard floor.
We too think that our thermometer is broken, it seems to show the same temp all the time. We are in Canada right now, so we bought a new one. We will see if it works when we are back in Progreso in a week.
As for the metric thing – well, we’ve been on the metric system in Canada since the 70′s, I think. I also worked in a scientific field, so the metric stuff is pretty easy for me. Except when it comes to body weight. I cannot figure that one out. I can understand the weight listed on food packaging, but as soon as we get to human sizes, forget it. Or else its just my way of not having to think about it.
LOVE the photos of hot pets, very cute. I hope you get to the coast soon to cool off! It’s still HOT here, but not Merida hot and with the ocean breezes and sea at your feet, it’s all worthwhile. Safe travels!
Oh my lord! It has been hot as blazes here for about a week. I can’t even imagine how hot it is there! Birdie just spent three days in Ek Balam and said it was scorching. Spent most of there time in the cenote!
OK, Jonna, this is Joyce over in Panamá. I figure this is a better way of commenting further on your hibiscus question than on my own blog’s comments–you’re likely to get it sooner.
No wonder you’re worried about heat–ye gods, you people have some serious stuff there! 109? I’d die! Our plants have never been subjected to that kind of stress. it’s gotten into the 90s here but that’s it. David approaches 100 and may have broken it a time or two, but this is rare, rare, rare. Since we’ve been here, it’s not happened in Potrerillos.
So maybe it is the heat that is causing the problems with the hibiscus. Can you keep it out of the afternoon sun?