It was 106* when I left work yesterday. 96* in my classroom. The two classes after lunch were rough. I have 33 kids in my 6th period. We were packed in like sardines in the sweltering heat.
It was much cooler in the city. A balmy 95*. And by the time I got the kids home it had fallen into the high 80s.
Today it’s supposed to be cooler, but they said that about yesterday too. I’ll believe it when it doesn’t hit 100*.
I know a lot of places get heat like this all the time, but we don’t and we’re not equipped for it. Many of my students were trying to sleep in houses where the temps never dropped below 95* on Monday night. Most of them don’t even have fans for everyone’s bedrooms.
I brought my box fan to school and then brought it back home again. It didn’t really help. Standing in front of it was like standing in front of a furnace.
I really hope it cools down soon. I can’t do too many more days of teaching in mid-90s heat.
I’m so sorry. That sounds so so hard. Thinking of you and hoping it cools very very soon.
Ugh! I am right there with ya! Its brutal. And as you said, if we were equipped with A/C here on the Peninsula it would not be so bad we could at least sleep at night.
I feel so irritable, I can’t sleep, I can’t cook inside, it was even too hot to BBQ these past 3 days. And I know exactly what you are talking about with the classrooms… Just watched the news and KTVU claims its gonna be cooler today. If it would just cool down at night we would have half a chance
That doesn’t sound safe! Hoping for cooler temps for you…
Ugh, no fun. We’ve been hot here as well and almost nobody has A/C (including us right now), but at least the cooler night temps help when we can open windows to cool down overnight. Down to a high of 88 today, so much better! Your classroom sound sweltering. I hope the heat wave passes y’all soon!