From the NWS in ABQ:
This shit is gettin' OLD. It's way beyond "old" but I don't have words at my command to express just how annoying and obnoxious this situation really is.West to southwest winds will increase today across New Mexico and moreso on Sunday. Sustained speeds on Sunday will range from 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. These winds are in response to an upper level system that will track across the central rockies. The strongest winds each day will be located over the west central and Southwest Mountains as well as areas along and east of the Central Mountain chain.
The unseasonably strong winds will combine with critically dry and very warm to hot conditions across the region. Even some near record warmth may occur throughout the southeast plains on Sunday. Extreme fire weather conditions will develop statewide today and linger into the evening hours... then redevelop and potentially be more dangerous on Sunday. The threat may persist into Monday for the eastern plains of New Mexico where windy conditions are likely again.
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Meanwhile... in Boston:
There were over a million people at the parade, according to what I read at the usual (hockey) source.
Buck, it really makes you appreciate the modern conveniences (think AC). Pam and I were talking just a few minutes ago about how the regional dynamic changed with the TVA, the proliferation of AC throughout the Southeast US, etc.
ReplyDeleteI won't tell my Papaw story again, because I've worn it out...but it was miserable down here, and impossible to be productive (if you wanted to stay alive) before the times changed for the better.
I know this shit is getting old to you. It does seem like the high winds and dry conditions will never end. We were talking about that, too. We've been watering the garden, but it's still dying. Pam used the term "stressed" while referring to the plants.
Well, yeah...
As much as I love me some hot weather, I'm "stressed" as well. Hell, I took the car through a car wash today just to cool it off, and I actually fantasized that it was rain pouring down on me, and the Black Beauty. Almost fell asleep in that four minutes of ecstasy.
It'll get better eventually. But, I'm pretty sure it'll be a while. This reminds me of '80. Everything living outside died. Pam was great with child (#1 son). My family still had the old appliance store, and we'd get a shipment of Westinghouse window ACs in every morning...they were all sold by noon (or before).
It'll get better.
As to the Bean Town crowds...I watched the video. I'm thinking one million is a "conservative" number. Good on 'em.
"...this shit is getting old... ...conditions will never end..."
ReplyDeleteYes, I took your words out of context. But only so I could say that's how we were feeling about the flippin' never ending rainy season we had up to about two weeks ago.
Andy: One of the constant themes among us young Gee-Eyes when I made my first trip down Biloxi way was "how the HELL did people live here before air conditioning?" That applied to us, as well, seein' as how the Air Force hadn't yet seen fit to air condition most barracks on Keesler Airplane Patch. It was a miserable frickin' summer, that was, but at least the school buildings were air conditioned. So... I hear ya.
ReplyDeleteSkip: Long stretches if unseasonable WX of ANY sort wears ya down.
Buck, what amazes me is that there are hundreds of thousands of Coonasses in Acadiana that still don't have AC.
ReplyDeleteWe lived a Summer in Natchitoches, LA with no AC. It's a long story, but the end of it is that we survived, and didn't have to deal with company.
Nowadays they let school out when the AC goes out -- back in the day, we made accordion- folded notebook paper fans and turned out the lights in the afternoons.
ReplyDeleteWe've paid our heat dues (I was pregnant during the summer of 1980, too). Give us better summer weather!!!
Moogie, I am sure that Pam feels your pain. '80 was a killer...hundreds of folks in TX, MO, AR, IL, etc. died from it.
ReplyDeleteThe poor gal just laid naked in the middle of the living room under the ceiling fan. The AC NEVER shut off for about two months. It was just awful.
As to the school deal...girl, I remember trying to write compositions, or take tests with sweat dripping off my big old nose...right forearm stuck to the desk...big old fan blowing at us that the teacher would move from row to row.
It's amazing we ever got edjumacated to learn language & junk!
The only two cool places at Bossier High School were the administration offices, and the Libary. That's why I took "Libary Science" as an elective course my Senior year.
That, and the fact that Ms. Carolyn Moseley (The Libarian) was just as hot as a two dollar pistol. I got an A.
Just sayin'...
Back in my day, there were no ACs in the school buildings. Starting school in early August was miserable. Girls had to wear dresses back then, and I can remember peeling my legs off the chairs (thanks to mini-skirts).
ReplyDelete111 at 6:30 PM wind is blowing too.
At least you've got some wind, Lou.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'...
The victory parade outdrew the one for the Sox in '04, and for the Celts in '08. As much as Boston is (and has been) a hockey town, that was rather amazing. Of course, good weather, having it on a June Saturday, and just the plain down-to-earth nature of most Bruins, made it happen to such a huge extent.
ReplyDeleteBruins threw out the first pitch at the Sox game on Sunday, as well. Some 20 Bruins threw one to some 20 Sox, it looked like to me. My suggestion would have been to have Tim Thomas come out in (some of) his gear and CATCH the first pitch. That would have been unique and WAY cool.