I hope everyone made it through the evening in fine form.
Those raucous storms blew right over us, and except for the temperatures dropping rapidly (and wonderfully), and a terrific light and sound show, we saw no damage or ill effects.
The morning news is talking about damage done to other parts of the metro and SE portion of the Mitt (some close by - Auburn Hills), and we truly dodged a bullet - so thankful. However, we are now having spotty, momentary blackouts here, so time will tell for the day what is to become of our power.
We left the attic fan on overnight, hoping to draw the temperature indoors as low as possible in order to ride out the day (the weatherdude says the heat will be near 90* by late in the afternoon). Up until last night, the lower level was nearly 20* cooler than the rest of the house, and a wonderful haven in the heat, but I think the humidity from last night may have driven the heat index up a noticeable amount for today - we'll just have to wait and see. Currently: the outdoor temp has just gone up a degree, and the indoor thermometer says it has risen a degree, too, so it must be time to turn off the attic fan and the air circulation, close the windows and draw the shades to try and keep it cool inside.
Yesterday, it was so still, keeping the windows open only resulted in our indoor temp rising with the heat outside, so today we are trying a different tact.
I think I could handle the heat, if it were dry. It really is the darned humidity that wilts my fronds.
Stay cool, everybody.
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