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I USED TO CURSE, HOLLER, AND MOAN-  

stardust81937 87M
4345 posts
8/14/2016 4:40 am
I USED TO CURSE, HOLLER, AND MOAN-

I've lived on the Mojave Desert now going on 41 years--a couple of years past half my life..

These years have taught me that man made THINGS break during the summers here.

I used to cuss, moan, and groan when a car's battery went dead, or a tire valve rotted off a tire, letting the tire go flat. A car setting on it's rim can't make it anywhere to get the tire fixed... Everything made of plastic and rubber lives only a short life under the intense sun of the Mojave.

An EXTRA hot day in late June this year, created temperature in Palm Springs of 122, and the electric cars that are all over The Springs, would not start. A few of the cars did start, but they had no power and had to be towed. We live 60 miles from The Springs, and during the summer our temps. are similar to Palm Springs.

Refrigerators and freezers die during July and August. Window Air Conditioners that have been running non stop since the middle of May, suddenly start making the rattle and roll dance of their death.

I've seen cabins and<b> houses </font></b>burn down to the cement slabs they were built on. When the volunteer fire department finally locates the places on the trails that pass for roads here, the fire fighters are only able to cool down the smoking remains, and make sure all the embers are out.

Places burn down out here during the summer because of electrical overloads, and because many places were wired with aluminum wire whose connections and splices loosen and start to arc under heavy loads.

In late August and through September we USED to get the MONSOON RAIN, sometimes torrential rainfall would wash out the sand trails and make it impossible to get into town for a few days-- until the pools of water and mud began to firm and settle.

Perhaps you've heard or read that Southern California is suffering from one of the worst droughts in recorded history, so flooding hasn't been a problem for at least ten years.

The thing that I find ironical is that only 160 miles to the West from where our place is, Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean exist. Over 15 million people live and work in that area, and most of those city people never venture out to the Mojave Desert. It can be 115 in the shade here, and 70 in L.A. at the same time of day.

M. and I like everything about this open desert. I've even become used to things always breaking during the hottest part of our summer.

You sweet people who've taken the time to read this little post, probably have your own hurdles to jump over where you live. M. and I would much rather be a little too hot than even a little too cold. And.. I for one, have never liked gloomy, rainy days.

by david stardust... Sunday, August 14, 2016







stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
8/15/2016 3:28 am

Wood down here is more expensive than electricity... It has to be brought into the desert from other places and the cost of trucking it in is expensive...


silk_petal_rose 60F  
2363 posts
8/14/2016 8:35 pm

    Quoting stardust81937:
    It should start cooling down here a little soon. Today it was 111 at 3 in the afternoon. Anything over 105 starts to feel hot to me. As far as rain goes??? What is THAT.. I honestly can't remember the last time it rained ..I know it's been way over a year. I remember the last REAL rainstorm we had because it came down as such a shock. About 3 inches in 30 minutes. THAT storm is etched on my memory... It was August 22, 2012 ! We really do love the heat rather than the cold. Our bodies can get used to just about anything within reason.

    I've seen people move out here during the winter months and then move out when the July arrives. We have a wood burning stove, but I haven't needed to start a fire in it during the past five winters.
lol I burn 3-4 cords of wood every winter

silky...


stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
8/14/2016 5:47 pm

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    You must truly love the desert environment! Be way too hot for me to live in. I think all places in the world are getting hotter each year. Even up in BC it is bit warm for me in the summer times. hugsssssssssss V
I bet when the people who study global warming write up their report about this summer, they'll determine it's been the hottest one on record. It was 111 today at 3 PM, which is about 5 degrees above normal for this date here.

At least technology is keeping up on improving air conditioning. 40 years ago the A/C I had was a real clunker compared to the modern high efficiency ones we have today. As long as the power stays on, we stay nice and cool with all the modern conveniences... If the power was out for a long period during the summer, we'd have to pack up our dogs and leave. We could do OK with our generator for a couple of weeks, but after that we'd just have to leave.. I hope that never happens !


stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
8/14/2016 5:36 pm

    Quoting silk_petal_rose:
    its been soo hot here for the past weeks that we are loving the rain we received this weekend...
It should start cooling down here a little soon. Today it was 111 at 3 in the afternoon. Anything over 105 starts to feel hot to me. As far as rain goes??? What is THAT.. I honestly can't remember the last time it rained ..I know it's been way over a year. I remember the last REAL rainstorm we had because it came down as such a shock. About 3 inches in 30 minutes. THAT storm is etched on my memory... It was August 22, 2012 ! We really do love the heat rather than the cold. Our bodies can get used to just about anything within reason.

I've seen people move out here during the winter months and then move out when the July arrives. We have a wood burning stove, but I haven't needed to start a fire in it during the past five winters.


silk_petal_rose 60F  
2363 posts
8/14/2016 4:52 pm

its been soo hot here for the past weeks that we are loving the rain we received this weekend...

silky...


sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
8/14/2016 1:48 pm

You must truly love the desert environment! Be way too hot for me to live in. I think all places in the world are getting hotter each year. Even up in BC it is bit warm for me in the summer times. hugsssssssssss V

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stardust81937 87M
8340 posts
8/14/2016 12:37 pm

    Quoting  :

I agree with you about global warming, HC. And also about Science. Big Pharma has clouded the issue about medicine and the function of chemicals in the human body, but the research MD's are usually right on when it comes to how our bodies work and the toxic effects of many Big Pharma's high priced formulas.

I remember as a kid living in upstate New York, where the mosquito's and gnats would eat a person alive during certain times of the year. One huge reason for living where we live is that there are next to no mosquito's or ghats. We go nude here half the year and I can't remember when the last time I was bitten by a mosquito....

Our bodies seem to adjust a lot to the heat.. I know during the winter months, I get cold when it goes below 80. Thanks for commenting HC... dave


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