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[monicakm]

It's 70 degrees in Texas in July   This is what dreams are made of   It's actually due to the hurricane in the Gulf.  We've gotten some much-appreciated rain here but the poor folks much closer to the coast are having it rough   I need to call my sister in law who lives in Houston.  They may not have power.

[Kachina624]

@monicakm.  I've been watching the storm closely and wondered if you'd get heavy rain.

We had a front come through Albuquerque last night and had 50+ mph winds and it's only 84° here today but it opened the door for more monsoon rains which means the humidity went way up.

At least we don't have hurricanes or tornados.

[bmorechick]

@monicakm  Got a text from a friend who's daughter and son in law have a recreational spot in Sargeant Beach.  I understand it may have gotten washed away, along with the pier.  Yikes I live on the MD coast, but we have been so lucky.  Hurricanes have been bypassing us narrowly for many years.

Stay safe!

[songbird]

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@bmorechick wrote:

@monicakm  Got a text from a friend who's daughter and son in law have a recreational spot in Sargeant Beach.  I understand it may have gotten washed away, along with the pier.  Yikes I live on the MD coast, but we have been so lucky.  Hurricanes have been bypassing us narrowly for many years.

Stay safe!

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Maryland will be OK.  I saw the projected path and it won't come near Maryland. It will hit part of Ohio though.

[monicakm]

That's sad about your daughter's friend. I'm sure hundreds and thousands have been misplaced or are without electricity. I tried calling my sister-in-law who lives in Houston but no answer. We used to get outer bands of hurricane weather quite frequently but this is the first time in several years. It's now 68° in Texas in July 🤯

[bikerbabe]

2.7 million without power and many tornado warnings in TX and LA.

You would be better off with the normal heat.

[Nonametoday]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
2.7 million without power and many tornado warnings in TX and LA.

You would be better off with the normal heat.

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@bikerbabe 

This is so sad. I recall, growing up with the miserably hot summers in the south, we had a window fan and an attic fan.  Nights would get so cool with that attic fan, toward daylight but earlier in the nights when we heard frogs and cicidas, the night would be soggy wet with humidity.  We could not sleep for heat.  We had to arise at daylight to work in the fields, picking peas, cotton, pulling corn, helping shell peas or whatever was on Grandmother's agenda.  Days were heavy with humidity and the threats of storms every afternoon. 

We had two summers which were frightful.  Once, a large oak tree fell onto our house, missing my sister and me, as we hid behind the sofa, by less than 10 feet, thinking if we hid from it, it might miss us.  The sound of thunder and the popping lightning were very everfrightening as the sound of falling trees.

Two summers later, a pecan tree fell onto our bedroom (of course, we were not there during daytime).  It smashed in on Sister's side.  We had carpenters all summer long those two summers.  They arrived early each day, took a lunch break and not long after lunch, the storms would begin closing in and they would shut down.  I think they were more frightened of the weather than we were, or either they just wanted to "knock off" early. 

Sister and I had fun talking to them, annoying them and they became annoyed at us and told their boss we needed to leave them alone. Our grandmother got a peachtree switch and left stripes on our legs when she found out.  So we left them alone after that, and after lunch, we would get our chores done and head for the lake, often after Grandmother had fallen asleep, once we got the kitchen cleaned up.  

If the weather became threatening, we would run home.  Once we took cover in an old abandoned, rusty pick-up truck which, unbeknownst to us, was home to hundreds of hornets.  By the time we made it home, we required admission to the hospital and once home from the hospital, we were threatened with that peachetree switch for sneaking off to the lake without permission.

Oh, the fun of being raised in the south in the humid summers where threats abound, the least of which was the peachtree switch.

[bmorechick]

@songbird   Oh I knew we were not in the path at all.  I'm talking about the rest of the hurricane season, which runs until Nov.  It's been a while and we are due!

[bmorechick]

@monicakm   Yes, she said she tried calling him but no answer.  He actually lives in Troy, but this was his vacation spot in Sargeant Beach. 

[Jk9]

I have a niece living in the Houston area and she lost power this am.  She's usually above the flooding level but still impacted by the storm.   Hope that's all that happens.