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Old 07-17-2023, 03:44 PM
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So how is everyone holding up weatherwise? Yesterday was the first full day in about two weeks that it did not rain. Put an empty 5 gallon bucket out on my deck when the rain started a couple of weeks ago. Rain filled it up to within an inch of the top. Some storming at the beginning and the top of a tree in my neighbor's yard broke off and knocked out the power for a couple of days which is kind of miserable when you have an all electric home like mine. Guess, I shouldn't complain. Rain moderated the usual heat that one expects in July in Arkansas, but that was only a brief respite. Hitting high 90s and a hundred this week. I've seen a couple of models of where the worst of the heat is supposed to hit and it looks like Hot Springs just on the edge of the really bad stuff so maybe we'll be spared a little bit, but probably not.
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Old 07-17-2023, 04:24 PM
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So how is everyone holding up weatherwise? Yesterday was the first full day in about two weeks that it did not rain. Put an empty 5 gallon bucket out on my deck when the rain started a couple of weeks ago. Rain filled it up to within an inch of the top. Some storming at the beginning and the top of a tree in my neighbor's yard broke off and knocked out the power for a couple of days which is kind of miserable when you have an all electric home like mine. Guess, I shouldn't complain. Rain moderated the usual heat that one expects in July in Arkansas, but that was only a brief respite. Hitting high 90s and a hundred this week. I've seen a couple of models of where the worst of the heat is supposed to hit and it looks like Hot Springs just on the edge of the really bad stuff so maybe we'll be spared a little bit, but probably not.
Nice win Cal, evern a dollar to the good is a win. Good job to Digger too.

We had a one day break here from the swelter in the DFW area yesterday, highs in the low 90's and a "pleasant" breeze. The ocassional front comes though with some rain for about half a day then leaves as quickly as it came. Rest of our week heats up again 105 106 etc, etc, etc. October can't get here fast enough. All that said no records have been broken, with most of them set in the summer long 1980 furnace. It was so dry our nasty gumbo clay soil opened up cracks you could lose a small dog in, they were everywhere. That summer was just wicked.

The terrible weather, fires and floods are worldwide. Mother Nature is telling us she doesn't like what we've been doing to her. I'm not sure it will get any milder and not sure the general population will ever learn.
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Old 07-17-2023, 05:32 PM
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Friend of mine in New Jersey told me it was windmills causing all the problems. I laughed. So funny. When we were young and in college, he was a very liberal person, but now he has become this super conservative. Strange what a few years will do to your outlook on life.
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Old 07-17-2023, 06:37 PM
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The Colorado Cheetah 🐆
In The Rocky Mt High
No Humidity At All
Sunshine + Azure Sky

Am 6000 Ft High Up
So Tiz No Womder Why
This Colorado Feline
Has A Rocky Mt High
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Old 07-17-2023, 08:15 PM
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Cal, there's a lot of that going around. We have just gotten our power back after being out for about 7 hours. A tree across the street made it through several days of heavy rain, but chose to fall onto the power lines on a clear, dry afternoon.

It has been very rainy as of late. The normal rainfall for July 1 until today is just over 2 inches. So far, we have had over 9 1/2, including more than 3 inches in just a few hours on Sunday morning. A few towns to the west of us had enough rain to wash out some smaller roads and culverts. Still, we have not had any of the truly serious flooding problems of our friends up in Vermont.
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Old 07-17-2023, 10:17 PM
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The Colorado Cheetah 🐆
In The Rocky Mt High
No Humidity At All
Sunshine + Azure Sky

Am 6000 Ft High Up
So Tiz No Womder Why
This Colorado Feline
Has A Rocky Mt High
Yes but it takes you longer to bake things and boil water
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Old 07-17-2023, 10:34 PM
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DON CHIRPS
“ it takes you longer to bake things and boil water“

A
I DO NOT BAKE
LIFE TOO DANG SHORT FOR COOKIN

OVEN HASNT BEEN ON IN DECADES
MICROWAVE ONLY

B
MICROWAVE BOILS MY COFFEE WATER IN 2 MINUTES
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Old 07-18-2023, 09:56 AM
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DON CHIRPS
“ it takes you longer to bake things and boil water“

A
I DO NOT BAKE
LIVE TOO DAMG SHORT FOR COOKIN ��

OVEN HASNT BEEN ON IN DECADES
MICROWAVE ONLY

B
MICROWAVE BOILS MY COFFEE WATER IN 2 MINUTES
Interesting points but understadable. I cook most every day as its a required pleasure for me and I bake sometimes too. We have a Kureg coffee maker. Making sratch pizza for tonight . . . DELISH!!!
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