So I will probably regret this later when the entire town is flooded for weeks, but we need rain. NOW. I find myself spending more and more time staring at the sky, hoping, praying, waiting for some rain to fall. A few evenings it has taunted me, looking like a storm was about to roll in. But it never does.
It is just too hot. Yesterday was 42 C (107 F) with Real Feel of 45 C (113 F). Yeah. It's that hot. So yes, even with the risk of jinxing myself in the future, I am looking for rain. We need to cool this town down. One of my Thai coworkers was telling me that this is the hottest summer he can remember. As he sees it, this is our punishment for paving over the earth rather than leaving it natural. Same for the floods--pavement reflects the sunlight and makes us hot, but when the rains come they have nowhere to drain and it floods.
It is 103 F right now (not even considering Real Feel/humidity), but it should be "cooling off" to the mid/upper 90's next week. Every day there is a 60% change of storms. Let's just hope that one day it comes true.
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