Tropical Heat Wave

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We're havin' a heat wave - - - a tropical heat wave.

7/27 102, 7/28 103, 7/29 98, 7/30 99, 7/31 101, 8/1 100, 8/2 102, 8/3 104, 8/4 101

This is not so bad. If you have $200.00 a month for water and $400 a month for A/C it's just like any other time. Kathy and I went to a nearby lake on Sunday where you can carry an ice chest on the boat and get out and swim, in contrast to the many proscriptions on Lake Arlington. We were out for about 4 hours and had a lovely day. I stopped for lunch this afternoon at about 1:30 and sought out my regular server to ask if I could sit on the patio as usual. He was accomodating but did mention that I was the first today to choose the patio.

This summer heat can't hold a blow torch to my second summer in Arlington, 1980. I was active in a tennis club all summer and the Saturday tournaments were a treat, going 4, 5, or 6 hours.

In Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, high temperatures exceeded 100 °F (38 °C) a total of 69 times, including a record 42 consecutive days from June 23 to August 3. Dallas/Fort Worth reached an all-time high on June 26 and 27, soaring to 113 °F (45 °C) on both days. In the northern hemisphere summer of 1980 in Dallas/Fort Worth, there were 29 days that either tied or broke records for those respective dates.

You see, everything is relative.

Comments

Kristin said…
You are so right - everything is relative. We don't have the heat that you do, but we have humidity. It makes you feel as if you are wrapped in cling wrap.

Try and stay cool.
August 5, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Brian said…
The last two days have been the nicest of all summe; 85 and not a cloud in the sky. Really nice! We've had some hot days this summer but nothing like what you get. We've had a lot of rain but it seems to come at the right times (like at night). Good luck and I hope the temperature moderates ("doesn't hold a blow torch", I liked that one)
August 5, 2008 at 6:40 PM
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