News from the New American Dustbowl

[icepixie]

See this map? Nashville is right on that border between red and darker red--you know, the one indicating the most severe level of drought. It hasn't rained since July. No, literally, it hasn't rained since July.

The past seven days have all been 100F or above (mostly above); the nine or so days before that were all above 95F, I believe. Today we topped out at 106F.

I like it warm, but this is ridiculous!

Comments

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

The other day, New Orleans had a heat index of 126, and a town nearby had a heat index of 135. I don't understand why Chicago people are complaining.

[nickless.livejournal.com]

You guys are getting slammed, that's for sure. It's been miserable around here with 90+ temps and humidity pushing the heat index up over 100, but nothing like what you guys are dealing with.

I don't think most of us around here would mind so much if we weren't all perfectly aware that in six months, we're going to be dealing with day after day of 10 below with -50+ windchills...

Ah, Mother Nature. *grumble*

[tnbella.livejournal.com]

LMAO at you and Sarah snarking about blowing the hell out of the middle of the US, so we can get some rain already!

I don't usually like hot weather at all, but something freakish is going on with me, and I'm going to sit in the shade, in the swing under a tree in the backyard around 5:00 in the evening and play with my cats. *shrugs* I think my body is just convinced it's supposed to sweat all the time now, so it's over it. lol

*prays for rain soon*

P.S. I feel so bad for those poor people in Texas right now -- they keep getting slammed with flooding. Dear, hurricanes: Leave Texas and New Orleans alone already -- come further east and bring the rainz. kthanx.