Re: dry as an old bone

Many of us seem to have water woes--either too much or not enough. We're on the not enough list. This AM the forecast was for "heavy rain"--but thus far all we've had is a light sprinkle for a few minutes and clear, bright skies with 80+ degree heat. And this is our "monsoon" season. It's 91 degrees at the moment outside in the shade. Inside, we've got the ceiling fans cranking and the A/C set at 80, so it's tolerable. I just wish it would rain and knock a few degrees off the temp. 

On Jul 4, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:


Well, we need the rain terribly.  It was predicted for today and
tomorrow, and has been quite overcast since mid-morning, but
so far not a drop.  However we've been having an unusually cool
start to summer.  Ten days ago the temps were in the 40s, but
just a week ago it shot up to the 80s on Tuesday and low 90s
on Wednesday.  Then a brief thunderstorm with less than half
an inch of rain brought the temps back down, and it hasn't been
above the low 70s in the daytime since.  It's been in the low
50s at night - 51 this morning.  This might be typical weather
in Maine, but not lower New York.  Right now it's 69.  I do
hope this dismal-looking weather brings us some rain - I am
not really able to carry water to all the places that need it, and
we don't dare just run the hose since we are on a well.
Auralie

In a message dated 07/04/2007 12:37:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tchessie1@sbcglobal.net writes:

Yeah- we are also going to be in the heat today.  I made an apple pie
this AM to take to friends, then went out and weeded for an hour or so,
but 9:30 I was done and it was getting warm. We are inside now with all 
the windows closed up and ceiling fans on.  Probably about 80 inside,
but with the fans it is fine.  The AC will kick on later I'm sure- it's
set at 82 when we are home.

Theresa

Cyndi Johnson wrote:

You can send it my way, we are supposed to hit 110
today and keep it up possibly through this weekend. It
was pretty darn hot yesterday too, although my patio
thermometer only said 90. (It always reads 90, except
in the winter when it reads 20.)
Anyway off to weed the corn before it gets really
scorching, I should have been out there an hour ago.

Cyndi
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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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