"feel the door handle before opening it"

[azurelunatic]

I went outside partway through the day to warm my toes, and later to take a picture of the porch thermometer.

Both times, opening the front door released a wall of heat that had been trapped between the inner door and the storm door. Touching the metal handle of the storm door felt like I'd need pot holders to do it safely for more than a few seconds. If the storm door hadn't been glass I would have wondered if there was a fire on the porch that I had been unaware of.

The porch thermometer was reading upwards of 100°F when I poked my head out.

And (according to turkeys with their heads in the sand) Seattle doesn't "need" air conditioning.

Comments

Oy.

[swingandswirl]

This is why I will take 40C in India over 30C in Paris or London any damn day of the week, because in India we have things like air-conditioning.

(also, poor you. I hope things cool down soon!)

Re: Oy.

[azurelunatic]

We are lucky enough to have been able to afford a pretty robust heat pump a while ago, so we got through last summer's "heat dome" and this summer so far. When kiddo got her house, I insisted on bringing one of our retired portable air conditioners and stashing it in her garage, despite her saying that she wouldn't need it and she didn't think the HOA would like looking at the window outlet for it. The past few days were bad enough that she asked yesterday what she'd need to do to set it up.

[princessofgeeks]

Hoping this heat breaks for you soon.

[azurelunatic]

We're getting a break today, though I'm not sure how long it will last.

[kore]

♫ It's so hot that it's hur-ting my feel-ings ♫ ♫

//melts

[azurelunatic]

Too hot! Hot damn.

[senmut]

I have a glass storm door next to an honest to gosh metal door on my apartment, and it gets sun from around noon to five pm.

I have, in the worst of summer, resorted to hanging a drape between them, despite the hassle of getting out, because otherwise I was getting blisters from accidentally touching the metal door.

If I ever get the ability, when I enclose the stairwell outside that door, I am hanging outdoor shades to be able to get the sun off the door.

[azurelunatic]

We've got a potholder by the door now.

Yikes!! That's much, much too hot.

[silveradept]

The regular climate for the area wouldn't need air conditioning, but we are not in regular climate world any more.

[mdlbear]

Yeah, this. Welcome to climate change.