The weather is pretty "muggy" today, but thanks to lots of cloud cover the temperature is a quite bearable 33 degrees (92F)
My thoughts today are with those unfortunates in Lower California, Arizona and Nevada.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My thoughts are also about the 43M who face eviction before the election, which may remove them from voting in Nov.
EdEarl
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Aug 1, 2020
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That's really serious. But how can they then become disenfranchised? Surely every citizen is entitled to a vote?
@Petter True, but racists have made laws to limit non-white voting. Once it was poll taxes, but that was eventually declared unconstitutional. I think, but not sure, that they now require everyone have an address. If so, it will eventually be tested in court. If that limitation on voting rights falls, racists will attack some other way.
Not sure where ‘here’ is, but here in SW VA it’s been muggy, too. And, we’ve some kind of a tropical storm headed up the coast to add more moisture. But, with daily soaking rains, my garden and lawn are growing well and (mowed yesterday) looking great!
Heard my hometown, Portland OR, had a couple days over 100 last week … just what they needed.. But, I’d experienced worse over there near the end of July.. Gotta say, when I read that others have basically ‘written off 2020,’ not me. Took a motorcycle cruise on ‘my section’ of the blue ridge parkway yesterday ..that bears repeating - soon 
Varn
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Aug 1, 2020
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That's my sort of person. Take advantage of the positive bits.
My garden is desperate for water. However, there's no lawn, (no point in semi-desert) and is instead covered in small coloured stones, with vegetation growing up through it. The stones trap the moisture in the ground.
Middle Arizona here but at 5000 ft.
Our house is well insulated so we never bothered with AC.
There's only a couple of hot weeks each year. Unfortunately it's here now (high of ~100°F today).
But it's not too bad. We open the windows at night and run fans -- then button up during the day.
RichCC
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Aug 1, 2020
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Much the same strategy we had in parts of inland Kenya - and also central Spain where the altitude is between 1,500 and 2,000 metres (4,500 to 6,000 feet)
Daytime temperatures are above body heat for around 5 weeks, and can reach a peak of around 107/8 degrees around mid-July. However, at night they plummet, and humidity is low. (as was my experience of Arizona in the mid 1980s.)
I still remember stopping at Grasshopper Junction for a quick break and then dawdling for nearly four hours because the barman/owner was so interesting and entertaining.
Gosh, you think 33 is bearable, that's about as hot as it ever gets here, and its almost too much for us Brits. Strange bright light also seen in the sky, is it ? Do you call it? The san, nus soun, or something like that?
Fernapple
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Aug 1, 2020
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I was born and bred within 100 miles of the equator.
Note that 33 is "bearable", not "enjoyable". From 34 degrees it becomes unbearable if humidity is high. From 37.5 (body temperature) it becomes ghastly, if humid. However, when humidity is below 20% then up to 42 is bearable, provided you drink plenty of water.
Now think of the plight of people in Arizona and Nevada, forecast to reach the high forties.
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