Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 18, 2024

It’s a good thing Lupin is behind the anchor desk. Don’t look Ethel!

Ora Zella with the best line yet. I think she’s a bad influence on my Gracie. Cause Gracie tried to climb inside my mouth last night. LOL At first I thought she was going for a headbutt, but she got right in my face and was looking for a way inside.

Nekkid Lupin! Thankfully he’s in front of a white background.

Eternally grateful that my guys do not do this.

(Also Lupin is correct. Just remember sunscreen is your friend, people!)

Ugh! Summer heat and humidity. I wish it were fall already, when cat snuggling is ever so welcome.

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I mentioned before that I’ve been stressed, yeah? I turned 39 last month and I have never had a driver’s license. I found out I could do the written test online, whih I thought was great, but there was an issue where they couldn’t “verify my identity” so I had to go to the DMV anyway. Hence, stress.

But I had my appointment on Friday and passed the test with only four wrong answers!

There’s this newfangled technology called air conditioning. It’s highly recommended.

Invisible Lupin!!! Giving us the naked news…

Reminds me of when it was too hot for Elvis and he got naked

Sunday Funday

Cats can say ‘turn the AC up’ without using the words.

My husband and I have taken to getting up early to get our daily walks done, and even at 7 am the temperature is in the 80s, with humidity at 90 percent. We both turn into limp rags and stagger home after a couple of miles. It helps to listen to podcasts or stories while we walk, and distracts from the heat. We’ve been listening to a lot of Garrison Keillor, great for an early morning belly laugh.

When it’s hot, my cats don’t go on the catio, preferring to nap in our sinks.

I’m still missing Iggy.

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The woman is showing more skin than usual. The cats are covering her up for modesty.

Did Goldie just slap the Woman’s leg in the second to last panel or is that fur shedding on the leg?

This is literally me. I woke up this morning with four cats draped on me like the world’s heaviest electric blanket. One wrapped around my neck like a winter scarf. I thought I was having heat stroke.

It’s normal weather where I live, so quit your bellyaching, lol!

I know that I should know better, but I had a mouth full of coffee when I read OZ’s words! Almost snorted it onto my keyboard! LOL!

This more hot year for we also. And we is gots more rains this year too.

Pucky white floof patch!

♪"Hot town, summer in the city

Back of my neck gettin’ hot and furry

Been down, isn’t it a pity?

Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, kitties looking half-dead

Sittin’ on the sofa hotter than a match head"♫

(Written by: Benjamin Levin, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone, Andrew Wansel, John Sebastian, Tory Lanez, Brianna Cash, Kennedi Kathyrn Rae Lykken)

Having flashbacks to last month when after Hurricane Beryl we lost power (and AC) for 7 days…in South Texas. I had enough shed cat hair on me to make another cat.

There’s Iggy! Been missing him this summer. :)

The Lovin’ Spoonful: Summer in the City

Hot day! Summer with the kitties

No time to dress, down to the nitty gritty

Sit on your Human, out of pity

Sharing fur, all of the kitties

All around, people staying out of the heat

Sitting on the couch, a fan would be a treat

…….

But at night it’s a different world

A thunderstorm, it all comes unfurled

Come on, come on perspire through the night

The lighting comes and lights up the night

The thunder’s loud, but it’ll be alright

The storm is such a real cool sight

In the summer, with the kitties

In the summer, with the kitties

…….

Hot day! Summer with the kitties

No time to dress, down to the nitty gritty

Sit on your Human, out of pity

Sharing fur, all of the kitties

All around, people staying out of the heat

Sitting on the couch, a fan would be a treat

Lupin at least put on a white undershirt like Pucky -Bear.

That poor the woman

Whenever it’s summer

They’re at her side

Skin is burnin’

And it feels just like fire

Could this be the devil’s decree

Or is this the way a cat’s supposed to be

‘Cause it’s a heatwave

Flamin’ from the start

Can’t keep from lyin’

On her hottest parts

…Won’t pass up this chance

To share their furry hot pants…

/Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland /Heat Wave /Martha & the Vandellas

I have a ductless A/C-Heat Pump that is very economical to run. But I use fans alot mostly. Only when the humidity and temp get really bad do I resort to the A/C.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: Looks like we’re having a heatwave.

Iggy: I remember a heatwave like this when we sailed in the tropics.

Beatrixia: Well, when the temperature rises, it isn’t surprising.

Ora Z: I still like to dance. I can, can!

Thomios: Good news, gang! I have ice cream and ice tea! How the Royal Procurers managed it I know not!

Lupinium: Well what are waiting for? The ice won’t last forever!

Elvis-Anum: Put on a tunic first!

Lupinium: Oh, very well.

Sometime Later

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Thank you, everyone for lending a paw in cleanup. Now there is one more thing to do.

All: ZZZZZzzzzz…

OT: National Navajo Code Talkers Day (USA)

Oh dear!! Lupin is Nekkid! Must be really hot there!!

Well it’s raining cats and dogs in my city, and we are about 14°C right now. We are having a great monsoon this year

Phone said it was 86F outside yesterday – grabbed the book, iced tea and bug spray and walked outside to thickness. Didn’t last 5 minutes. The “Feels Like” temperature was 98F!

Humidity requires humility

We have a fifty-year-old house that does not cool well. Because the thermostat is on the first floor, the AC turns off before the second floor, where all the bedrooms are, cools down. Split-level homes are also a challenge to cool. By far, a ranch style is the best, especially since our summers are only going to get hotter.

The Woman is suffocating from love. At least it is only four cats and not all of them.

It’s like wearing a fur coat when they lay on you in the summer heat.

I love it, my cat would climb into me if she could!!! roll on cooler days!

Woman, It’s called central Heating and COOLING, other wise known as AC. We have the technology now.

It seems like on the hot and humid days, our bodies must feel “cool” to the cats,

When I first moved to FL with Natasha (long hair) and Ash (short hair), I couldn’t afford to use the HVAC. It would have cost half of my rent. So for the first 9 years, went without. But both Natasha and Ash would want to be on my lap! I would let them for a bit and then put them off. I lost both of them in 2007, two years after moving here. That’s when I got my Vlad and a few months later, Sebastian. I’m glad the apartment finally converted to central air.

My cat lies to lie on the floor on the lowest level all stretched out with his belly exposed and legs apart. It’s really cute.

There’s enough cat hair on my pillow that it FEELS like one has crawled into my mouth! ;P

Having lovable, furry companions by your side is a good way to beat the summer heat.

Hopefully the Woman can deploy a fan or two to cool things off. While it is in the low 70s where I am sitting and a bit humid, I feel hot just looking at today’s strip and those warm kitties gathered all around Georgia.

We have tile floors in the downstairs. There’s a rug in the living room. When the heat is at a maximum cats lie completely on the tile. At lower but still warm temperatures they lie partly in the rug and partly on the tile. I’ve often wondered if you could calibrate it. E. g. 50% of cat on tile = X degrees.

Just a note: our predicted high temp for Wednesday in this part of south Texas is 104°F. (That’s 40°C.)

August 18 Mark Trail!

Why do they even wear clothes?

I love how Elvis is the only cat who appears to be angry because it is so hot. :-)

so… y’all know why the cats want to be next to us during these heatwaves right? Because their body temp is higher than ours. We are literally their personal cooling stations..

Furry hot water bottles.

I can’t stop laughing at puck just blending into the background

90 Degrees isn’t too hot where I’m at. In the summer, days will make it to 100+ easy.