Really? I mean, really?

This is a shot of the remote reader for the backyard thermometer. Top figure is outside, second down is inside. Then the time (Mountain Standard Time), last line is the date and day. Took the shot with my camera phone, not too bad of quality for a snapshot. Here it is March, other parts of the country are getting snow fer cryin’ out loud, and I’m sitting here waiting for the sun to go down so I can work in my garage.

Sheesh.

On a side note – today marks what would have been Dad’s 83rd birthday. He passed away in 1992, at the tender age of 64, on the morning of Mom and Dad’s 42nd wedding anniversary. I still miss you, Pop. I always will.

Chat ya later…

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Feast your eyes on this:

People are expressing amazement at the high daytime and even more amazement at the high overnight lows that the Phoenix Metro area is experiencing. This, in spite of their (stated) understanding that the development of the area (large areas of concrete and asphalt, massive structures) creates a heat island – that is, these structures and areas soak up the heat all day and slowly release it all night, keeping the overnight lows artificially elevated and the daytime temps stay high because there is no “cooling off” period.

Once you get out of Metro Phoenix, you get to experience the true desert weather pattern – very warm and dry during the day, and much cooler temps at night since there are no heat sinks to retain and then discharge the heat. Temperatures in the lower 50’s overnight are not unheard of, even in the middle of July and August, and in the spring and fall you can actually catch freezing temperatures. Of course, once this is discovered, everyone rushes to build in that area, and the heat island begins to take affect.

And then people complain about the incessant heat.

Whose idea was it to build such a massive metropolitan area in the middle of the desert, anyway?

Chat ya later…

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