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Phoenix Phatties?

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23 Mar 2014 12:33 #174146 by SuperflyPete
It's confirmed - we're very likely moving to Phoenix. I'll be in LA for 2-3 months while we find a place in Phoenix, but I am curious to know....

Any F:ATties in Phoenix? Anyone I can game with?

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23 Mar 2014 23:03 #174160 by jeb
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Phoenix is hot, Pete. HOT. Like you can not believe hot. The day will come, perhaps this year, perhaps in five years, when the overnight low is over 100˚F (38 C). The low.
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24 Mar 2014 00:17 #174166 by Gary Sax
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Well, that's good to hear. Hope the move is a good one, for an opportunity.

Don't listen to Jeb. You'll learn to love the desert. Though not in the middle of summer. But when you're hearing about 4 months of blizzards and below 0 temps? That's when you're sipping your margarita on a sunny, 60 degree winter late afternoon.

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24 Mar 2014 00:44 #174169 by Msample
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"Its a dry heat".
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24 Mar 2014 09:29 - 24 Mar 2014 09:36 #174178 by ThirstyMan
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jeb wrote: Phoenix is hot, Pete. HOT. Like you can not believe hot. The day will come, perhaps this year, perhaps in five years, when the overnight low is over 100˚F (38 C). The low.


That's fucking nothing. Overnight low was 40C last summer. You're all a bunch of wimps. Daytime was 50C in the shade.
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24 Mar 2014 09:47 #174182 by SuperflyPete
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The worst part is that I hate the hot. HATE it. I used to enjoy it when I lived in San Jose and PA summers...100-105F was hot enough, though.

The wife wants to leave our beloved Kentucky and move to the persistent sun. I explained that the temperatures will be rising slowly thanks to global warming, and that we will be living in a place that, if the shit hits the fan socially or economically, we will have to drive 4-6 hours for a BOTTLE OF WATER.

But alas, she remains unrepentant. My mom is moving down there and she's getting old, so someone has to help her out with things, and since my 2 brothers can't do it, I'm going to. Flameyhotness, here we come!

@Jeb: Record overnight high is 63. Record daytime high (1990) was 117F. I reckon if soldiers in full battle rattle can tromp through Baghdad, so can I. I'll just do it in Arizona.
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24 Mar 2014 10:43 #174190 by Columbob
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SuperflyTNT wrote: I explained that the temperatures will be rising slowly thanks to global warming,

Fuck that shit, this winter's never ending. -17 C (about 0 F) this morning and the snow banks have barely started melting, and we're nearing the end of March! This morning I thought we were in the middle of January.

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24 Mar 2014 10:58 #174192 by SuperflyPete
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Columbob wrote:

SuperflyTNT wrote: I explained that the temperatures will be rising slowly thanks to global warming,

Fuck that shit, this winter's never ending. -17 C (about 0 F) this morning and the snow banks have barely started melting, and we're nearing the end of March! This morning I thought we were in the middle of January.


Tell me about it. Here in Cincinnati-area it's going to snow tomorrow. 39F. Shit's ridiculous...it's almost APRIL!

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24 Mar 2014 11:20 - 24 Mar 2014 11:20 #174194 by Hatchling
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I was long ago defeated by this winter, and I no longer remember who I was. It was always this cold, and it always will be. Summer is just a fantasy that distracts people from the inevitability of their fate. This is the only reality I have ever known or ever will know.
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24 Mar 2014 11:36 - 24 Mar 2014 11:37 #174197 by Schweig!
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Columbob wrote: Fuck that shit, this winter's never ending. -17 C (about 0 F) this morning and the snow banks have barely started melting, and we're nearing the end of March! This morning I thought we were in the middle of January.

We had 20°C and sunshine two weeks ago, now it's 15°C and cloudy.
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24 Mar 2014 11:51 #174201 by jeb
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Yeah, but you're not a soldier in Baghdad, or living fat off oil money like Thirstyman. You're moving to Phoenix, AZ.

Where it's fucking hot .

Just have a plan, is all. Look for a house that's buried, or has a white roof, or is not, actually, physically in the urban heat sink of Phoenix proper. Or develop a plan to deal with those temps and power outage--maybe a swamp cooler/gennie in the garage in case the AC is on the fritz. You have kids.

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24 Mar 2014 12:06 #174203 by SuperflyPete
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We're looking for a place in Queen Creek right now, away from the heat sink. We've thought that through. Requirements include a pool and no backyard neighbors...like behind a park or open area.

We have a generator, and that's going in the day we buy a house. If there's a brownout at 115F, we're either in the pool or firing that bitch up to keep the A/C going. I'm also going to have a pallet of water on hand for emergencies. I'm not a "prepper" or anything, but you have to protect yourself, sahib...
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24 Mar 2014 12:20 #174204 by VonTush
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Ha! My parents live in Gilbert around Queen's Creek Rd and Power Rd.
When they're in AZ and not in Chicago that is.

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24 Mar 2014 12:32 #174209 by Space Ghost
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Blech -- I'm still waiting for my court hearing to materialize so I can visit you in KY. There might be a chance that I have an interview in the next couple of years at ASU. I don't know though because I hate the heat more than about anything else.

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25 Mar 2014 06:44 #174260 by Schweig!
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SuperflyTNT wrote: We have a generator, and that's going in the day we buy a house. If there's a brownout at 115F, we're either in the pool or firing that bitch up to keep the A/C going. I'm also going to have a pallet of water on hand for emergencies. I'm not a "prepper" or anything, but you have to protect yourself, sahib...

How about solar panels?

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