what's your local weather?
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It's so hot today. I came home and all the flowers were hanging down sticking their tongues out. I brave the 88 degree heat and the mosquitos to water the plants. I finally get done, go inside to cool off. What happens? Torrential rain 5 minutes later. I'm getting ready to punt Alexa into the nearest trash can.
Rather cool-ish and windy today.
Yesterday was windy and cold. It was sunny when I left in the morning, so I thought I could forgo gloves. Big mistake.
We’re coming into mid-May, and I’m still running the furnace. I know it will eventually warm up... soon it will be sunny and warm with temps in the mid- to upper-twenties, which I love. And I know it will even get to the point where the temps are in the mid-thirties, with high humidity (humidex in the low forties), which I don’t love as much, but at least it’s still better than winter.
But for right now, that all seems so far away, and I can only think of that old joke:
Tourist: So, when’s summer around here?
Local: Well, last year it was a Tuesday...
We’re coming into mid-May, and I’m still running the furnace. I know it will eventually warm up... soon it will be sunny and warm with temps in the mid- to upper-twenties, which I love. And I know it will even get to the point where the temps are in the mid-thirties, with high humidity (humidex in the low forties), which I don’t love as much, but at least it’s still better than winter.
But for right now, that all seems so far away, and I can only think of that old joke:
Tourist: So, when’s summer around here?
Local: Well, last year it was a Tuesday...
Sounds even worse than Michigan. We run the furnace through May.
Cool-ish and rainy today. But not too bad.
I kind of wish I had that problem. I can't even remember the last time I was cold. My internal thermostat has always been set a little too high.Sounds even worse than Michigan. We run the furnace through May.
More storms and flooding for the next 3 days. Yay. 
Got together with some of the neighbors and had a little confab about moving cars around in case the water gets too high.
Got together with some of the neighbors and had a little confab about moving cars around in case the water gets too high.
Um...snow.
Yech. But you can keep it, please don’t send it our way.
Seriously.
I kind of wish I had *that* problem. Because I *can* remember. It was at the office, today.
Can’t complain after hearing that. Are you likely to have to evacuate?More storms and flooding for the next 3 days. Yay.
Got together with some of the neighbors and had a little confab about moving cars around in case the water gets too high.
Probably not. But after Harvey, we all like to be prepared, just in case.
That's only the western half. The eastern half is farmland or marshland. Texas is a very big place. You could fit 10 European countries in Texas and still have room left over. So saying Texas is mostly desert is like saying, "Well Spain is pretty dry, so most of Europe must be desert." Houston averages about 49/50 inches of rain in a year.
This is an aerial shot of downtown; it's hot, swampy, and covered in concrete, next to Buffalo Bayou and there are many bayous and rivers in the surrounding areas.
Thus ends the geography lesson for today.
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