Its HOT out!

One mote thing, its now 8 pm and still 102! Lol can you tell I hate it?
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I can say that up untill today I have never been anywhere the temp was 108.

It is definitely hot and dry. I live in Colorado and we have a record number of fires this year. They keep popping up everywhere. I'm not sure if anyone's seen this on national news...but we lost our home in the High Park Fire that is currently at 87,284 acres an 85% contained. Number of homes lost so far is 257. We were evacuated on June 9th and were finally able to go back and see our home yesterday. Nothing left but a pile of rubble.

Thank god you're ok

I am so sorry for your loss. And yes, of course, the entire country has been anxiously watching the Colorado fires. I hope that you are able to get the help you need to rebuild your lives.

The ripple effect is larger than you may think. For example, a street in my neighborhood is holding a huge garage sale tomorrow to benefit a family whose relatives lost their home in a New Mexico fire.

I myself am in love with the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico, and you probably heard of the fire there, the largest in the state's history. I still haven't made reservations for the pack trip I want to do there in November, worried that another fire may break out, in consideration of the drought conditions. At times Mother Nature can be cruel to us humans.

yes, I am also in Missouri, at least the humidity is low but that does make it more dangerous for fires. Mark Twain National Forest on fire here, 550 acres already lost 1.2 million acres belong to the forest...only 10 % is contained now. So sorry for your loss Bridgertrot glad you are safe..hope you were able to get your critters out!

Bridger, I am so sorry for the loss of your home. It is absolutely horrific what is happening up there right now. It's so horrible that the drought that was so bad in the south last year seems to be spreading across most of the country.

Did I mention that it's 10:30 pm here and still 90 degrees? Sometimes I think I would appreciate a bit of humidity though. It's at about 27% right now and that's higher than I've seen it in quite some time. Humid heat is horrible, but sometimes dry heat is just as bad. It dehydrates you in a heartbeat and with it being so dry (and usually windy) here, even the massive amount of sweat the body produces doesn't last long enough to provide any cooling to the body at all. Walking outside feels about like walking right into an oven.

Last year, most of the exceptional drought was across the south; texas, oklahoma, new mexico, etc. Now it just seems to be everywhere.

Half the country is on fire and the other half just feels like it is No bueno.

Same here, still 90 degrees. I hear there are small fires starting in the smokies near Memphis. There was one last year that the smoke carried 3 4 hours east to my neck of the.woods. Looked like fog, but.it was smoke from the.fires.
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Yeah, I'm not too far from you so we are getting the 90's too. I have been riding late in the days at about 7-8pm when it's a bit cooler! Tomorrow is suppose to be in the 90s too, which is kind on a bummer since it's saturday and I want to ride!