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Note to Self:
Jun. 29th, 2012 04:53 pmDon't move to a desert. You will not like it.
102 degrees today, and although I had intended to not leave the house, I realized that dinner would require a trip to the store and I had library books due. There's a breeze, so I thought it might not be so bad. Yeah, no, that was wishful thinking. Particularly after I decided, hey, let's go to the farm market since I'm already out and sweet corn sounds like an excellent dinner idea. The farm market was a little malodorous. I mean, I'm accustomed to it smelling a little bit- it *is* a working farm with animals and everything- but damn.
It does, however, look like it's going to rain, and that would be so, so nice. I don't think we're officially in drought status, yet, but we had fire hazard warnings the past couple of days because it's been so, so dry here. Fire is high on my mind right now because my brother and sister-in-law live in Colorado. They fortunately do not live near Colorado Springs and the biggest and most dangerous of the fires. The fire that they are nearest to is about 70% contained (it was one of the first fires) and spreading away from their area, so they aren't in immediate danger, thankfully. But the Waldo Canyon fire (near Colorado Springs) is horrible. They've had to evacuate over 30,000 people, including the Air Force Academy and there is already over $3 million of damage. Today I heard that there has been at least one fatality connected to that fire. The state is a disaster area.
My brother (who works for the local department of Natural Resources- he's a professional nature guy, basically) says that in some respects, the fire near where he lives is a good thing- it was caused by a lightning strike and there hasn't been a fire out that way in several years, so the fire will clear some of the undergrowth, which is good. But it's been so hot and so dry that the fire is burning hotter than usual, so it will be more destructive. The Waldo Canyon fire is still under investigation but there have been reports that it may be arson. Which just adds to the level of awful, in my mind.
Anyway, the rain I mentioned? Turned into a full fledged storm right quick. I am going to take the cat and go sit in the basement for awhile because this looks pretty nasty. No sirens yet, but the power keeps flickering and if nothing else, if it goes out completely, it's cooler in the basement.
102 degrees today, and although I had intended to not leave the house, I realized that dinner would require a trip to the store and I had library books due. There's a breeze, so I thought it might not be so bad. Yeah, no, that was wishful thinking. Particularly after I decided, hey, let's go to the farm market since I'm already out and sweet corn sounds like an excellent dinner idea. The farm market was a little malodorous. I mean, I'm accustomed to it smelling a little bit- it *is* a working farm with animals and everything- but damn.
It does, however, look like it's going to rain, and that would be so, so nice. I don't think we're officially in drought status, yet, but we had fire hazard warnings the past couple of days because it's been so, so dry here. Fire is high on my mind right now because my brother and sister-in-law live in Colorado. They fortunately do not live near Colorado Springs and the biggest and most dangerous of the fires. The fire that they are nearest to is about 70% contained (it was one of the first fires) and spreading away from their area, so they aren't in immediate danger, thankfully. But the Waldo Canyon fire (near Colorado Springs) is horrible. They've had to evacuate over 30,000 people, including the Air Force Academy and there is already over $3 million of damage. Today I heard that there has been at least one fatality connected to that fire. The state is a disaster area.
My brother (who works for the local department of Natural Resources- he's a professional nature guy, basically) says that in some respects, the fire near where he lives is a good thing- it was caused by a lightning strike and there hasn't been a fire out that way in several years, so the fire will clear some of the undergrowth, which is good. But it's been so hot and so dry that the fire is burning hotter than usual, so it will be more destructive. The Waldo Canyon fire is still under investigation but there have been reports that it may be arson. Which just adds to the level of awful, in my mind.
Anyway, the rain I mentioned? Turned into a full fledged storm right quick. I am going to take the cat and go sit in the basement for awhile because this looks pretty nasty. No sirens yet, but the power keeps flickering and if nothing else, if it goes out completely, it's cooler in the basement.