Thursday, August 4^th

The 34th straight day of 100 degree plus heat.  Today it will reach 109.  We may need periodic “brown outs” as the electrical grid is being strained to the max and Texas is buying power from Mexico and other states.  Some cities have begun water rationing, asking homeowners to water only twice a week.  Additional shelters are being created for the homeless to act as “cool zones” where they can come in from the heat to air conditioning and get water and pass the time watching movies.  My daughter worries for the horses at the ranch she volunteers at.  They try to alternate the horses who can spend the day in the barns and those that can stay out at night once the sun sets.