Well ... it sumner here in 1770 Queenxland and I a tally thought about putting a jacket on yesterday. Reminded e if winter in Perth, Western Australia. Bit more humidity today but still cooler than I expectedI live in the high desert where it's usually at least twenty degrees colder than Palm Springs, but yesterday it got to be 90 degrees (F), and that's unusual for May. Today, it's already 80 and it's only 9:00 am! Lord help us.
Yes, this will be attributed to climate change, true, no doubt. On the flip side, we are not burning as much propane and fuel oil to heat our homes, we are not running gas fueled snow blowers, the snow plow trucks are not dumping sand and salt on the roads. Unexpected consequences, or blessings.Thanks for the report Zen. That is unusual for up there. It's been a weird year.
Yeah, i expect records will be broken in parts of the American South today. High 70s on New Year's Day?!It's 75F for the high today. I'm in the SE USA, and we do get some balmy days, but it's hot and humid and nasty out there. Supposed to rain tomorrow and then the temps will drop back to more seasonal highs - around the mid-40'sF.
At 5:30 p.m., no less!74 in Alabama
So sorry to hear about your brother and family. A friend's brother lost their home in the fire. We lost ours in the big fire here in Bastrop,TX, in 2011. It is very hard, but we were fine. Lost "stuff" and keepsakes, but we still have the memories. I definitely feel for them. It takes a while to gather your life. Blessings to all affected.My brother and his wife live 9 miles outside of Boulder, CO. The wildfires that swept through Boulder at 110 mph definitely affected them - they kept looking at the black sky and smelling smoke, and were wringing their hands over what to do. Then al of a sudden there were law enforcement vehicles going through their neighborhood with a bullhorn, calling for all residents to EVACUATE NOW. They grabbed the cat and ran like hell, stayed in a hotel overnight and were terrified to go back and look.
Their house was fine.
But over 1,000 homes were totally destroyed less than 10 miles away. They're pretty freaked out.
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It's 75F for the high today. I'm in the SE USA, and we do get some balmy days, but it's hot and humid and nasty out there. Supposed to rain tomorrow and then the temps will drop back to more seasonal highs - around the mid-40'sF.
Jo, we were neighbors! We moved to The Woodlands (Montgomery County) in 2011, and I clearly recall standing outside the house looking up at the thick black smoke and wondering what crazy mistake we'd made. Those fires made it as close as the next county over, but they were eventually put out, of course, and nothing like that happened during our short time there. (We were there only 3 years; it was a move to help with family when my father in law died unexpectedly.) I'm so sorry to hear you had to live through that!So sorry to hear about your brother and family. A friend's brother lost their home in the fire. We lost ours in the big fire here in Bastrop,TX, in 2011. It is very hard, but we were fine. Lost "stuff" and keepsakes, but we still have the memories. I definitely feel for them. It takes a while to gather your life. Blessings to all affected.
Thank you, Ayin. YES, you should have that fire list handy, even though you may not have time to get it all. It would give you someplace to start, anyway. Brad and I had that conversation too, when we lived in Texas - we narrowed it down to grabbing the binders of negatives and camera gear. And the cats, of course.I am sorry about your brother too Terri. I have been meaning to make a "fire list" for Hannah and myself since fire is a threat here.