I'm So Tired Of This Heat!

[gja1000]

Seriously guys, it is just the PITS. I certainly empathize with all of you that suffer through the cold weather in winter. Weather extremes, hot or cold are just insufferable!!! We have been over 100 almost every day since JUNE! And if it isn't over 100, it's 99!!! We have at least one more month of this as Sept is usually very very hot too.

I had to walk across campus today - about 6 blocks, not that far really - but it was so stinking hot - my feet felt like they were on fire. I kept saying to myself, "I'm getting my vitamin D, I'm getting my vitamin D", but to be truthful, it didn't help at all!!!

I'M JUST SICK OF IT.

Thank you, I feel better - at least I'll feel better till I have to go outside!

[Janet]

I don't think I could handle it either. I can handle the cold so much better than the heat. We just have to wear layers...lol. I could never live in Texas although I loved it when I visited a long time ago.

[DianaB]

I'm sorry that you're still dealing with the heat. It's not fun when it sucks the energy right out of you. Make sure that you're drinking plenty of water.

[Blueyes]

My friend and her hubby (that live here) have a ranch in the hill country. They were there over the weekend and were shocked to see how dry and dead everything is. Jan said the few deer that they saw were small and skinny. I hope y'all get some REAL rain Gayle!

[gja1000]

As Sandy said, we got 12 drops this evening. A big red (via radar) cloud went right south of us, so I'm sure south Austin got some good rain!

I need to take a picture of the yard next door. There are young kids who live there and they haven't watered the yard a drop. It is dead and yellow. I have watered, so mine is still green. It's like that up and down the street - green yard, yellow yard, green, yellow, green, yellow - a really stark contrast!!!

We usually see deer when we drive to my daughter's - but not any more, I'm sure many of them have died or dehydrated. All the streams and ponds are dried up and there is no green grass in the pastures at all. It is terrible. I heard on a radio show that lots of very old trees in the hill country are dying due to lack of water. It is incredible to think they may have lived for decades, but now are dying/dead. I think it will rain lots this fall/winter, but the effects of this drought will last a long time and I don't think a wet fall/winter will get us out of this drought.

[Marilyn]

Gayle, you are right, it is horrible. This is the hottest driest year that I can remember. As I drive around between Bay City, Matagorda and down to Corpus in my work, you see an area that got a little rain, and the grass has greened up, there are even mushrooms sprouting up in places, and a mile or so down the road, the grass is all dried up and dead and the oak trees are beginning to show the signs of the drought. It's strange how some areas have gotten a little rain, and others are parched.

I have to go into chemical plants and hot warehouses in my work. I have to look nice, business casual, but it's hard when you have to get in and out of the heat all day. Late this afternoon I was in our warehouse for a while checking some things & was practically panting from the heat. There is very little ventilation. The lady who works in our warehouse all day doesn't even open one of the windows. I've tried to show her how she can open them an use our big fans to create some cross ventilation, but she just doesn't get it. She's the one that has to work out there all day, so it's her problem. Just hate to have to go share her space from time to time.

[gja1000]

I've been meaning to download these pictures, evidence of the central Texas drought.

1. my yard (sorry there is a "fog" in the pic), I water once a week
2. the strip between my yard and the neighbors yard (they don't water)
3. my neighbors yard
4. the neighbor across the street

I certainly don't blame anyone for not watering their yard. Water is expensive, and we probably shouldn't be using it to keep our grass green - but there is stark contrast between watered and non-watered yards.

[gja1000]

Here's some pictures of Lake Travis - it is down so low it's terrible. We were eating at the Oasis - a restaurant on the side of a hill overlooking the lake.

1. that island is NOT supposed to be there
2. the tree line is where the lake is supposed to be
3. The pretty umbrellas on the deck below us at the Oasis - there are 17 decks at this restaurant. It is HUGE!

[gja1000]

These aren't drought pix - but thought you might like them

1. My front yard
2. a BIG crepe myrtle bloom
3. my 2 year old granddaughter, Emma, looking at the chickens
4. on the left is the my 12 year old granddaughter, Abigail, Emma, and a friend

[Marilyn]

Very nice pics, Gayle. Your granddaughters are beautiful!!!

Lake Travis is really low!!! Canyon Lake looked as bad or worse when we were there in late spring. Lake Texana is totally dry on the north side of Hwy 59 at Edna. There is water in the lake, but the north side is very shallow so the water has completely receded.

You can tell by your pics that an inch or two is literally a drop in the bucket. We need many inches to get back where it would be nice to be.

[Tiramisu]

Enjoyed the pictures, aside from the drought effects. You're girls are so beautiful.