Sunday, July 26, 2009

No Global Warming, huh?

Today has been hot here in the Seattle area. We usually don't get this warm until mid-August... and then for only a week or so. Our forecast for the next week or so is a barn burner. Mid-90's all week and temps dropping back to a comfortable level only in the wee hours of the morning which makes for really bad sleeping weather for those of us that don't have air conditioning. A circulating fan can only do so much. Luckily we have an abundant amount of trees surrounding our house and we don't suffer as much as people who have direct impingement of sunlight. While great for our veggie garden, the constant barrage of photons from our host star is wreaking havoc on our yard and our patience. We need rain and lots of it.
We usually have on and off wet weather well into June and the weather doesn't truly stabilize until mid July. This year the waterworks was shut off in mid-May. Part of one of those El-Ninyo thingys? Perhaps.
I saw a report on the drought in Texas this year. What a mess. They were able to tow cars out of rivers and lakes that had been submerged for years but now the water level is so low, they're able to find and remove the wrecks. So maybe we don't have it all THAT bad here in Seattle.
Hey, I wonder if they'll find Jimmy Hoffa in there...