$900 electric bill? I've never even had one half that high

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Jun 19, 2017
8:40:54pm

Jericho All-American

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Jericho

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How do you Arizonans handle the heat down there? Seriously.

eddog

6/19/17 6:19pm

My kids love it as long as they're in a pool

Windward_Coug

6/19/17 6:21pm

Ah, I love delicious child soup

fattycoug

6/19/17 6:42pm

RE: Ah, I love delicious child soup

mightybrick

6/19/17 7:36pm

There are a few weeks per year it is this hot. We just don't go outside between

crack

6/19/17 6:21pm

kids don't notice it. Adults don't go outside

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 6:22pm

Easy, work from 9-5, get in a car with AC, drive home.

fredetteaboutit13

6/19/17 6:25pm

A balmy 113°F where I'm at...

WhyKnot

6/19/17 6:25pm

It's Mid-May to Mid-September by the way. The other 8 are great.

WhyKnot

6/19/17 6:27pm

The problem is that it's harder to enjoy the other months because it still gets

Josef K

6/19/17 6:45pm

118 is a very rare day. That said, it's all a matter of being acclimated as well

Jericho

6/19/17 6:27pm

Those other months are how we make it.

blueaussie

6/19/17 6:31pm

It's not the same at other places. It's a dry heat.

El Careeb

6/19/17 6:34pm

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PezD

6/19/17 6:40pm

56k people moved to the PHX area last year. Just jump in the pool or hang out

Thrill

6/19/17 6:41pm

my 70 year old dad plays golf 3x/week in this weather. Green fees are cheap.

Thrill

6/19/17 6:45pm

Wow

TNT

6/19/17 7:03pm

I don't know how they do it either. Especially those in Phoenix.

byuluvr

6/19/17 6:48pm

Flag is nice, but the sun is more brutal there at elevation then the Valley

The Pope

6/19/17 6:56pm

The sun is worse but the temperatures are WAY better than 90% of the state.

byuluvr

6/19/17 7:02pm

So many other great (even better) climates in AZ than just Flag.

P-townCoug

6/19/17 8:47pm

It's not really a big deal.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 6:53pm

I went from my AC office to the pool with the kids to my AC home

The Pope

6/19/17 6:55pm

That's why I left.

chilango

6/19/17 7:03pm

CB isn't the place for hot or not until TNT becomes a mod. Reported!

No touching

6/19/17 7:26pm

118F, bleh, try 43-44C in 80% humidity and come back to me, there was a few days in the Phlippines last summer where i

ChinaFan

6/19/17 7:54pm

This is true. A dry heat is not nearly as bad as the humid heat

MormonDevil

6/19/17 8:05pm

I have a sister in Houston and a brother used to live in San Antonio. One year

P-townCoug

6/19/17 8:44pm

Last spring the heat index hit 52.3C (126F) (combo of 43/44C temps and 75% relative humidity), nasty

ChinaFan

6/19/17 10:08pm

Just got to Phoenix on Friday. Heat isn't bad at all.

CougarThug

6/19/17 7:57pm

About the same way people in snowy climes handle Nov-March. Might as well live

P-townCoug

6/19/17 8:00pm

Ya, April is terrible ...

MormonDevil

6/19/17 8:01pm

It was like that in Vegas a week or two ago...

Jericho

6/19/17 8:14pm

Early April is nice & mid-April is usually still decent. But late April can suck

chilango

6/20/17 10:50am

I wasnt even outside today

JOPE

6/19/17 8:19pm

Sounds like Minnesota in January.

chilango

6/20/17 10:50am

they wish away the summer and pine for football. Swim in pool, crank AC for 900$

Mayor of Cougartown

6/19/17 8:26pm

$900 electric bill? I've never even had one half that high

Jericho

6/19/17 8:40pm

my worst bill was 260

paulb

6/19/17 10:10pm

My worst electric bill last year was $280

permiso

6/19/17 10:11pm

yup - i love my 60 bill in the winter

paulb

6/19/17 10:14pm

How do you get it that low?

crack

6/19/17 10:16pm

use ceiling fans in conjunction

permiso

6/19/17 10:53pm

How expensive was the replacement?

SportsRoad

6/20/17 10:04am

Little over 5k

permiso

6/20/17 6:58pm

just going off from what I read on here from Phoenicians

Mayor of Cougartown

6/20/17 8:11am

Arizona is awful and everyone should stay away

kimchicoug

6/20/17 9:16am

you need to tell that to the 300 people a day moving to AZ, mostly from CA

Nat Gas Man

6/20/17 9:19am

They should especially stay away

kimchicoug

6/20/17 9:21am

Yes, California is hemorrhaging idiots.

whirl

6/20/17 9:53am

it's no less unlivable than zero degrees. Some places have unlivable weather in the winter and some in the summer. To

HarlemCoug

6/20/17 9:33am

When I have to start scraping the heat off my windshield...

BaYoU

6/20/17 10:41am

I've had to scrape melted asphalt off my shoes in Phoenix more than once.

chilango

6/20/17 10:49am

Reminds me when I had to peel off melted wiper rubber off my windshield once.

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