Taking the little things for granted...

[Running Mommy]

You guys are right about the "heat islands". In the summer I run at o dark thirty to get it in before the sun comes up. We have some spots of open desert and you can actually feel the temperature difference from when your running next to houses to open desert.
The last few years they have been repaving all the highways with rubberized asphalt to help with the heat island effect. It uses old tires and it also cuts down on the road noise. But when they showed an infrared image over the highways that had been repaved vs. the sections that had not it was a dramatic difference.

[Zen]

Wait a minute, Zen......I'm sure it gets hot & humid in Fredneck, too! You're just a hop and a skip up Rt. 15 from me...

But I don't live in town, I live near Greenbrier State Park...up in the coooool shady hills

[IFjane]

But I don't live in town, I live near Greenbrier State Park...up in the coooool shady hills

Ahhhhh....THAT splains it! Did you get bad storms last night? We lost electricity 2x - once for 2 hours....thankfully, nothing like Running Mommy had to put up with!

[Zen]

Hardly anything at all, just some nice showers to make the sunflowers grow