There was a summer a few years ago when we were still getting temperatures in the high 20s/low 30s in September. Considering that it's not unusual to get the first snow in September (it doesn't usually stay more than a few hours or overnight at most), that was torture. I'd just moved into a basement suite that faced west, and it was like living in a sauna. So I made sure the cats had water and as cool a place to sleep as I could manage, and spent as much time as possible at the mall. They had a kiosk that sold slurpee-like drinks, so between those and the air conditioning and a magazine I used as a hand fan, I managed. Barely.
It rained a little today, and the wind has picked up again. Nothing like last night, thank goodness. Trees are still down all over the place and people have been told to stay off one of the main thoroughfares downtown - exactly where I need to go, of course, since that's the area where my bank and post office are - and I've been trying to fathom what damage could have happened there. There aren't many large trees on that street, so maybe some roofs or signs blew off, or maybe some windows.
