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alright – who touched the thermostat?
I woke up this morning, fired up my computer and was greeted by this pretty fall illustration Chad found on one of the many desktop background sites he trolls when he’s not compulsively checking weather.com.
It’s that compulsion that let him know that this morning was going to be the first “real” day of fall… (It’s 54 degrees outside)….
Compared to yesterday’s high of 90….
It’s like someone just threw a switch.
Woopie! I get to haul out the long-sleeves!
Layering is good for full-figured boys.
Deft choices in layered outfits can make the difference between:
“Hi.. I have a gravy problem.”
and
“I’m just a beefy boy who hits the gym,…. sometimes.”
I’m not blogging – I’m contemplating shirt combos and fleece.
break in the heat-n-haze
The nasty heat-wave we’ve been having is supposed to break today.
You can tell…. Breathing isn’t such a chore… You can make buildings out in the distance…. the clouds have changed their personality.
Meanwhile – I’m preparing for the relief and will most likely spend the bulk of my day out nabbing as many exterior shots of our, (work’s), properties as I can during the break.
Meanwhile – I’m not blogging about it.
gack’
We’re having an “heat-wave advisory” in St. Louis this week…. Temperatures have been hovering in the high-90’s, but the humidity and “other” factors have been giving us heat-indexes in the triple-digits.
Radio broadcasts this morning report that the power company, (citing a shortage of fuel), is asking people to turn up their thermostats a few degrees.
The local weather service labels days like today, “Orange” air quality days… These days are accompanied by recommendations that people with respiratory problems, the elderly, etc – should stay INSIDE – and that EVERYONE should avoid physical exertion out of doors.
You have to suck a little to get that sugar coat off the information provided by the weather folks…. “Other” factors…. It’s smog… but for some reason that term has fallen out of vogue.
My perception isn’t a good standard to evaluate by – it’s changed too much over the last couple of years so much…. but…. I really don’t “remember” these lousy air quality days being so dismal.
Maybe I’m just noticing it now…. Just like a couple of weeks ago during that two week stretch of crystal clear 71-degree days…. I had to stop the car and ask the guys, (who’d not lived here their entire lives): “Have the skies and clouds always been this dramatic here?” …. their answer was yes.
So… for now.. I guess I should spare the green-party rant about why in the hell is our air quality so whacked and listen to the nice man on the radio and…
STAY INSIDE!!! DON’T BREATHE THE AIR!!!!
Guess while I’m at it I better not blog either.