Thursday afternoon we actually had the first measureable rain since early January, a whole 1/2 " worth although some other smaller areas got more.

Today we equaled the highest temperature ever for Houston- 109. Tomorrow we should start a three day run on breaking the state records. Whoo Hoo!

My poor DIL who has recently moved from California to Virginia to become a professor of linguistics at Mary Washington University has already been through her first ever earthquake. Now she is going through her first ever hurricane. Her husband (#1 son ) is currently stuck in Denver because of the hurricane and airline issues.

Poor her, and poor him. What an introduction to the east coast. She may end up moving back to California ASAP.

My other son is in New York City and is already bemoaning the lack of subway and transportation. He's not in danger of flooding but may have to take time off work. Good thing they got their vacation at Fire Island in last week.

Anyone besides me beginning to think Mother Nature might be a bit PO ed? And a recently completed study points out that people in areas of high heat (read La Nina) tend to be more irritable and more violent. No kidding- how many million dollars did it take to figure that out?

Marni