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@hi_cial every time I wonder why the heck Fiona is in a place that seems warmer than my little fan-and-ice-chest nest I measure it with my IR thermometer and she’s always got me beat by a degree or two.

It’s also 92°F inside and I fell aslee and had delirious angry dreams. Fortunately a woke up and wrapped a cold-soaked towel around my head and I’m feeling a lot better now.

I am not going outside today

I guess Werner must be okay, he’s trying to eat my salad instead of the food I gave him

as a bonus the cats have tuna water to enjoy

oh right I have everything I need to make a vaguely-adequate tuna salad, guess I’ll do that then

a sure sign that it's too fucking hot: I gave Werner some wet food and he didn't even care about eating it, and neither did Fiona

blah mod pizza is saying that "online ordering is not available at this time" which means I assume they shut the store down to protect the employees from the heat wave, which I am glad that they did but now I need to figure out a different food source

yesterday I was planning on picking up some premade chicken salad and stuff from QFC but it turns out everyone else had the same idea and the store had been picked clean

guess I'll order a big cool salad from mod pizza or something, at least I'll have AC in my car on the way there

nope, it's gone furry

hm, I do have some corn salad that is hopefully still edible

ugh I need to eat something but I don't have anything that appeals to me that doesn't require heating up and I sure as fuck am not going outside right now

@hope I'm lucky that as of a few months ago I do have a basement and tomato plants for the first time in my life

5 hours until the worst of it. We’re making do.

Also, if you have any plastic food containers (like big Tupperware bins or the like), fill them up with water and fill your freezer with as many of them as you can. Then you can blow a fan over it to get a small air conditioning area.

Also put damp towels in the freezer as well. Those make very good cold compresses that you can use to chill yourself in a hurry.

PROTIP for folks in the Seattle area: I've had the best luck getting bags of ice at Saar's. https://www.saarssupersaverfoods.com/StoreLocator/State/?State=WA

Unlike the larger/more mainstream grocery stores, they've been a lot better about keeping their ice chest stocked, and also not imposing a ridiculously low limit on customers. I'm not sure how they do it but they've been AMAZING for me while I was still getting my freezer up to ice-making capacity.

I know that's not exactly helping with climate change but

Tomorrow I might just sit in my car and run the AC all day