I can see it
@GardenGerty (160708)
United States
July 23, 2017 7:15am CST
From my desk I can look out the window in the direction most storms come from for us. I can see the slight changes in the color of the sky and clouds. I knew by noon that we would likely have a storm last night.
It was ten o'clock at night when the storm finally hit. It stormed all night, and for a while our power was out. That meant no fans, no air conditioning for a while, maybe a half hour or so.
Sometimes I am wrong when I think a storm is coming in, sometimes it just passes over. I read posts by my friends on Facebook and here, though and feel very entertained by how the weather is. I see that @JolietJake had storms and wind. I know friends in Florida had pouring rain and so did at least two of my friends in California.
How is the weather for you today?
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
23 Jul 17
We were expecting some heavy rain yesterday.But there was no rain and it was hot.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Weather people are often wrong. Was your rain just delayed? Did it come the next day?
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Jul 17
No storms or anything like it here.
Its sunny but cool right now Heather.
Top o the mornin.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I love those sunny and cool mornings. We are a little cooler today so far.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty It is 95 here coming today so it is muggy right now Heather. I also love cooler temps.
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
In the middle of summer the rain does not really cool us down here. I hope you can have some relaxing time while it is stormy and cold for you.
@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Jul 17
Even here there was a storm, how odd that far west TX and southern NM would also have storms along with your end of the continent. I can't stand the humidity though, I'm not used to it and I don't think 84% is nearly as bad as what you get but it's extremely high for the desert regions.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Well I am pretty central. I have been to El Paso, and would say it is about eight hours from me since I am on the east side of Kansas. @LadyDuck and I often have similar weather. 84% does sound very high for your area. @JolietJake lives in an area I used to visit in July and the humidity there was AWFUL.
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@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jul 17
This humidity is driving me nuts and since almost everyone I know has swamp coolers their homes aren't getting all that cooled @GardenGerty
Right now it's 75 with 82% at 9am, that's not so bad but when it finally reaches 88 it'll be 43% which makes it difficult to stay confortable.
I don't know how you and the others do it with the kind of humidity you get. It must make it hard to breath.
@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty Yesterday it was pretty humid, today we are at our 54% average.
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
@LadyDuck, again we are in a similar weather pattern as you. Yes, my storms sweep in from the north as well. We do have some snow in the winter, though.
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
23 Jul 17
@LadyDuck Does it also snows in the summers in the place where you live?
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
23 Jul 17
@LadyDuck ok so it must be heavy rains for you there?
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I hope you get rain soon. It makes a nice break in the weather.
@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
23 Jul 17
Here it has rained a good bit in the last two days. Power goes off in between. But we have diesel generators which act as power backup.
Do you have any power backup systems?
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
We have not purchased any generators, but perhaps we should. We have the electric poser plus in winter we use gas to heat the house, in case snow storms take out electrical power. Our cook stove is gas, but for that matter we could cook outside or on a porch with our grill.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I am so pleased to live where I get great views of the sky. I think I know where you live, as we have been friends on other sites. Often we have clouds, but they are different when the rain is coming.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty The sky can offer so much beauty and fun. I like to make things out of the clouds. How have you been?
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
23 Jul 17
Yesterday it was 97 and heat index of 105. Walking outside was like walking into a brick wall. I went in the pool early and again late - after the pool had shade. We are to get rain/storms today, I hope we do. Everything is far to dry. The sky was blue when we went to the store, now it is getting cloudy.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I hope you do get rain. I appreciate that I am not watering today either, we got enough rain. I know you enjoy your pool so much.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty We did get rain finally, 1 1/2 inches which we needed. It droped the temp but the humidty went sky high.
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
We have a river that fills up very high in May, and then trees come down and the wood blocks it and makes it get very high. Hope your canal can handle the volume of rain you are having.
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I am sure I will need to mow some more toward the end of the week, but I love having the summer rain.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty You do need to mow more often when it rains that's why my husband likes the rain. Believe it or not he likes to mow.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jul 17
Hot sunshine days as usual here in Southern California.
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
23 Jul 17
@JohnRoberts so any chances of coming rains?
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
@JohnRoberts I lived in the San Diego area for a while, over forty years ago. I remember the Santa Ana winds. Our home we rented was stucco and I would go wet it down with water in the afternoons and let the evaporation cool us.
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@Hari101 (1123)
• Chennai, India
23 Jul 17
Here the weather is too hot and I feel like I will be toasted if I go out. The water from the tap comes just like it is connected to a heater. Too hot in here. I don't like it. It will be awesome if it rains here. It is good that you have a cool weather. Enjoy and be safe. :-)
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I would find it very uncomfortable to be hot all the time. Our city water supply is spring fed and the water is fairly cool all the time.
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@Hari101 (1123)
• Chennai, India
28 Jul 17
@GardenGerty It is so great to hear this.I wish our government makes some arrangements like this in the future.
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
That is just the kind of day I like.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Jul 17
Sunny, humid and HOT, just the way I like it 
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
I like the sunny, and HOT is not too bad, unless I am mowing. You can keep your humidity though.
@Sweetyt05 (484)
• Ranchi, India
24 Jul 17
Heavy rain here.....non stop raining not even for half an hour
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
24 Jul 17
Is this common for you this time of year? I like to see the breaks from time to time in our weather patterns.
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@Sweetyt05 (484)
• Ranchi, India
24 Jul 17
@GardenGerty no it's common. .....as it's a monsoon season
