Saturday, July 19, 2008

Texas

All these years living in Texas. The weather just seems to get worse and worse. When in all actuality it probably isn't. It's the humidity that kills people here, not the heat. Actually, they probably work as a combination. Still, after my $140 electricity bill from last month I've decided to cut way back on certain amenities like A/C. I come from a household that always ran the A/C from 72 to 78 degrees (occasionally bumped up to 80). Right now, it's set on 86 or 87 and I'm running my fan behind me.

At times, I've been watching the news and just out of curiosity I watch the weather to see what the record highs were on said days. A lot of 105's to 115's back in the 1980's. By todays standards, the temperatures that are occurring today are in no way, shape, or form even close to those of 20 or so years ago. I'm not trying to disprove global warming though. I believe in it, but we can't stop the Earth from completely shitting on itself. It's like a very fragile scale. Man has completely defied the laws and we've been shifting the scale in full tilt for the past several decades. That would be my take on it which would be defined as an opinion. I don't have a degree in climatology. Whether we're shifting it in the right direction? Well, that will be determined in 20 or 30 years.

Over time, I'll probably delve a little deeper into this subject. But for now, it's really fucking hot in here.

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