by Cudedog » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:39 pm
Fall. Autumn. Yes. . . I kinda remember what that is.
It has something to do with cool weather, right?
Yesterday it was one-hundred ten (110) degrees on my front porch (which is in the shade). Today is was a cool one-hundred five (105). My beautiful, formerly green, back yard - about a quarter acre - is brown and brittle. Twice weekly watering, as mandated under current water rationing rules, is not nearly enough to keep the plants going in this kind of heat.
It is supposed to cool a bit, starting tomorrow. . . only high 90's for the rest of the week.
No rain in sight. Terrible wild land fires in many places in my general area of Northern California. The air is filled with the haze of smoke.
Local reservoirs showing historic low-water levels.
I'm just about to bail on Northern California - but not sure where I would go, with my family here.
The grump (Anne)