Yes, hot but the heat index, with our low humidity and breezy conditions, is not at all bad. Dry air and wind makes it easier to take triple digits. I'm not sure triple digits are even in the forecast, since the "heat dome" seems to be located farther north and east, not squatting right on top of us. Can we catch another break?
For a while it was not all that hot but it was also quite humid. Soon we'll be back to triple digits but the humidity will be low. I think the "comfort" level will remain about the same. And if it manages to be breezy, as it is this morning, not so bad. Earthquakes continue. A 5.1 somewhere in West Texas and a disaster declared! Disaster? With a 5.1?
And they are getting stronger, and all are centered in and around areas where fracking has been taking place for years. Hey, if Midland and Odessa collapsed into a giant sinkhole I would not shed a tear. Or it could be that fracking fluids have lubricated ancient and inactive faults, so that they can become active again. Maybe Texas will get what Texas deserves, but we must wait and see. Calm in this area. Cool morning and a pleasant afternoon yesterday and probably today a nice afternoon but triple digits will return next week. That, of course, is what one expects for August. If the air is dry enough, it will not be so bad. Rain chances are nil during that period, though most days will be partly cloudy. A plume of dust from the Sahara is due to arrive mid-week. Will that have any effect on our temperatures, an albedo effect?
Still having cool mornings and warm but not hot days and dry air. It was not so bad on the patio last evening and not bad at all this morning, and I did the last of the work this morning, until that cycle begins again, in a week or so. I will be happy to say goodbye to July, and in August there is promise of seasonal change, though it will remain hot, mostly. I've lined up my reading for the remainder of the year, at least. I simply love to read. I always have one fiction and one non-fiction active at once. I find myself completely indifferent to the Olympics and will not waste my time watching any of it.
Some people seem to rebel against SOSO but I see routines as highly efficient. At least my routines are highly efficient. I've never felt much of a need for novelty. Order and predictability work well for me.
