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Well, put some of that heat in a box and send it over, this is the second year in a row that we have gone from late spring to early fall, missing the season in between. I wouldn't mind skipping winter once in a while, that always seems to show up with gusto, but man.....
Be thankful. With the garbage collection people on strike with hot weather you would have some serious health problems.
 
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Be thankful. With the garbage collection people on strike with hot weather you would have some serious health problems.

That's been the only bright spot, they pretty much have it resolved, except some of the city council members have decided the mayor should go down in flames over this and want to vote it down:rolleyes:. I don't know, I feel like emailing my local council member and telling them to not screw this up. Don't get me started though on the mayor and council in this over grown hamlet.
 
Here we are about 130 degrees cumulative below average for July, with several days highs only in the 60's. I have to put on a heater in my basement darkroom to get the temp up to 65. Now if we could find a way to re-distribute some of your heat, we could all be more comfortable.

Bob
 
Here in sunny Tucson, it's been beastly hot--106F, 109F, etc. as usual. The darkroom I use, being well insulated and equipped with an ac window unit, is quite bearable, in fact more comfortable than my apartment, which has evaporative cooling, (aka swamp cooler). However, the "cold" water out of the tap runs about 94F.
Ria
 
Here in sunny Tucson, it's been beastly hot--106F, 109F, etc. as usual. The darkroom I use, being well insulated and equipped with an ac window unit, is quite bearable, in fact more comfortable than my apartment, which has evaporative cooling, (aka swamp cooler). However, the "cold" water out of the tap runs about 94F.
Ria
94 f is hot, we have cooled down in so Cal,but yesterday while rinsing off some negs that were just developed I noted the cold water above 80 deg. f. negs seemed ok.

Mike
 
Were getting a consistent breeze now, yesterday will stay with me in my memories, I have a new resolve to get the studio/darkroom ready for more extreme weather. It's good in the Winter but this Summer heat caught me by surprise.
 
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