Hell Tuesday
Well for those of you who have not heard, the entire area that I have been living in for just 3 weeks now is being declared a disaster area. The temp has been over 100 degrees for around 10 days straight. Today the forecast calls for temps around 106, possibly getting to 110. It is a dry, hot disaster. My kids school was called off early last week, because 11 bus drivers suffered heat exhaustion and heat related illnesses. The trees and grass are dead, and dust is blowing in the wind. The ground is cracked everywhere you go. Farmers have lost thier crops and believe me there are dead feilds of crops everywhere. We are on madatory water conservation, meaning we can not water anything outside,just have to let the lawn die. The water towers are running extremely low and some towns are on a boil order. Even the electric company is saying they cant handle anymore, and that they recently reach the highest usage in thier history for one day. You just open the front door and immediatley shut it again, its that hot. Car air conditioners do not work. People are dying from the heat.
Last week we had a day in which we were the hottest city in the country, even beating out death valley. Just when I thought I couldnt find a place with worse weather than St. Louis.....
The good news is that we aer supposed to get rain friday. This will be the first rain this aea has seen since early June. Apparently though, the area has been suffering this drought for 2 years!!!!!! I love rain, and was hoping that moving closer to tornado alley would set me up for seeing some real good storms. I have my camera set up and tripod ready. But thus far, this has not been the case. But surely this has to just be a rare phenomenon right? Why would there be so much farmland around here if it was impossible to keep anything alive???
SO anyway, It is supposed to be hot and hellish for a few more days. THen storms on friday and after that it is supposed to be in the mid 80's for a few days. But believe me, when the rain hits these hard dry grounds, its just going to flood, it has no where to go. Plus the thought of waking up to one more sweltering day when you cant leave the house isa nightmare. Friday cant come soon enough. I havent seen a cloud in weeks. I am thinking of doing a rain dance.
Next time you take a shower, do your own private little rain dance and think of me. No wait..maybe not.