Re: The misery index

Because that's when the star Sirius (the Dog Star) rises and sets w/ the sun
and in ancient times, they thought it threw off enough heat to make it
hotter.  Sirius is the brightest star (magnitude-wise) in the heavens.  He's
the "dog" that follows the hunter Orion.  If you look just to the left and
below the constellation Orion (best seen here in the winter) you can see it
very clearly.  Sorry, probably more than you wanted to know.

On 7/25/06, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> So why do they call it the "dog" days of summer?
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrea Hodges" <andreah@hargray.com>
> > the humidity is. It's like walking around in soup. I don't even want to
> go
> > outside. Neither do the dogs. We are all four pretty much like big
> slugs.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Theresa W." <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] The misery index
> >
> >
> >> You beat me today- only 107 here.  Just crazy.  I was only supposed to
> be
> >> 100 tomorrow, but now they've revised the forcast to 104.  I'm really
> >> rather sick of this now.  I have resorted to Darwinian gardening-
> >> whatever survives this heat wave does, and what doesn't oh well- I'll
> >> have a new space to plant something else.
> >>
> >> Theresa
> >>
> >> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> >>> I just thought I'd mention that it's 109 degrees out right now. At
> 4:30
> >>> in
> >>> the afternoon. C'mon! Stop it!
> >>> I had a meeting to go to that's a 10 minute walk from here. I figured
> >>> I'd
> >>> drive instead. But it was so hot inside the car I'm not sure it was
> >>> worth
> >>> it. 5 minutes at 130 degrees vs. 10 minutes at 109...and it's
> definitely
> >>> not
> >>> worth standing there for 20 minutes early waiting for the car to cool
> >>> down.
> >>> Sure wish the DoD would support telecommuting.
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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