HOW HOT IS IT?...

IT'S SO HOT in Nebraska...(HOW HOT IS IT?...)

.....the birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground.

.....the trees are whistling for the dogs.

.....the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance

.....hot water comes from both taps.

.....you can make sun tea instantly.

.....you learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.

.....the temperature drops below 90 F and you feel a little chilly.

.....you discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your car.

.....you discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.

.....you actually burn your hand opening the car door.

.....you break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 A.M.

.....your biggest motorcycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death"?

.....you realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.

.....the potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter.

.....the cows are giving evaporated milk.

.....farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard boiled eggs.

And....

IT'S SO DRY IN Nebraska...(HOW DRY IS IT?...)

....that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes, the Presbyterians are giving rain checks, and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water!

 

AJ, a few of those are actual truths for me during this 100+ spell. :roll:

 

At this point last year, we had over 30 days of 100+ degrees in central Texas and no rain. This year, it is 7 days and plenty of rain. We are enjoying it! :wink:

 

I looked one night and it was hotter in South Bend than it was in Houston.

We've had a really rainy summer, grass is growing fast and lush. As you may have seen on the news we have had some flooding, but my area of town seems to have better drainage and my area didn't experience any flooding...just lots of rain.

 

Tom, I recall your photos of a lake affected by your drought conditions last year. We are experiencing the same kind of conditions up here this year with no meaningful relief in sight. Our community just declared a watering ban effective yesterday. The city of Indianapolis has had a ban in effect for a week.

 

If my area floods, I will be looking around to see where the Arcs are being built. We are on one of the highest parts of North Austin. The state capitol dome will be about 50 feet under water before we have water creeping up to the front door.

All of our rain has been in the Travis and Williamson county areas, some in Hayes county. It needs to rain about three counties West by Northwest of Williamson to do any good in the low reservoir issue though. Lake Travis is still seriously low. However, the watering restrictions have been changed from once per week to twice per week. Sure... lax the restrictions when the lawns no longer need it!

 

Hey AJ, one thing negative about all this nice rain, it's knocked 20 yds off my drive and roll!! Last summer even at the ancient age I'm at I hit a couple of 300 yd drives, with the rock hard fairways I'd get a really high first bounce then it would seemingly roll another 50 yds!

 

Man, that's tough. When someone up here complains about the drought, I'll just say........Be careful about wishing for rain. Let me tell you about the problems it's caused a friend of mine down in Houston. :lol:

 

Right now it's 101 here, 97 in Phoenix and 78 in Ft. Lauderdale. I don't know if I should water my lawn or smoke it.