Yes it's pretty rotten right now, Lyle. I am in the house, but packing boxes and moving them and stacking them.
I have to sit every 45-60 minutes and cool off and drink water.
What a chore just to get through the day.
You are absolutely correct, Lyle!
I'm having one of "those" days, Linda. It's been hot for awhile and today we're supposed to break a high temperature record
for the day set in 1886. Yesterday on Beverly Blvd. near La Cienega, the exact place I walk over as it's near my dentist and
health clinic, an underground electrical vault under the sidewalk got so hot it exploded, injuring 4 people and blowing out
windows in the building several stories high. In that neighborhood, the electricity had been out for over a day in many of
the residential buildings and was finally restored in the afternoon. Two hours later the explosion knocked out the electricity
for those same people again! It's also affected the hospital which has generators, but they're rerouting ambulances.
At least I'm not having that problem. I have a portable air conditioner in the bedroom, but it has a big flaw. It's not
really made for humid environments and if the humidity is at 50% or more the water collects and so the machine will
only run for 2 hrs. and shut off. Then you have to empty about 1/2 gallon of water. So you have to keep doing it every
2 hours or less. And it drains from an inch off the floor so it is very annoying. It works fine otherwise, but that is very
annoying.
At least I'm not having to pack boxes then move and stack them.
