it’s too hot here!
NASA reports that 2005 was the hottest summer in 400 years, as the Arctic ice continues to melt.
We are still having triple-digit temps where I live, although there is hope of rain today. We did not get a drop from Rita.
I am starting to wonder - maybe I should be buying retirement property in Britsh Columbia.
September 28th, 2005 @ 9:07 pm
Well Canadians are really nice but I don’t know how they’ll react if we all move up there!
We got 3 inches of rain from one of Rita’s stray feeder bands. Other than that, no rain since Katrina.
September 29th, 2005 @ 9:32 am
Bill, I think I will stay in my beloved Texas and just relocate to the Davis Mountains. Wanna join us?
September 29th, 2005 @ 9:49 am
Carl and I are looking at property in Golden, British Columbia and, wow, is it expensive. That’s the spot we’ve visited a couple of times this past summer and fell in love with.
I caught a glimpse on the news last night of the ice melting … this is scary business.
September 29th, 2005 @ 1:20 pm
Well It has not been raining here very much either. I am just a spit away from BC. right now it IS cold and windy and sprinkling. THat is typical. COLD wet misty rain.
September 29th, 2005 @ 9:42 pm
Oh bill. You’re not telling me that they convinced you of global climate change, too?
We got our earliest Santa Anas that I can remember last night. Check my blog to see what it did.
September 29th, 2005 @ 10:11 pm
Well, a cold front came in last night and brought a smattering of rain and dropped the temps considerably. That makes me feel much better.
Patty, the Davis Mountains are mighty purty as I recall. We are going to visit them again in October. It might change my mind.
Joel, you should know I don’t believe anything unless Rush says it’s true.
September 30th, 2005 @ 10:27 pm
We had 8 record-breaking days of 100+ temps before the cool front came in yesterday and dropped us from 106 to 88. I actually spent yesterday in the garden–the first time in months. This late hot weather has wreaked the same kind of devastation that a late freeze does on northern gardeners. By the end of August the plants (and me!) have had it. We hold on to the promise of rain and cooler temperatures in September…and then we get a September like this.
We got a lot of Rita evacuees in Austin, but not a drop of rain. This weather is making me disgusted with the whole idea of gardening. I’m ready to move into a condo. (You’d think I be used to it; I’ve lived here 30 years and in the desert southwest before that.)