The Last Saturday Morning Of August With No Rain From Hurricane Irene In Texas

In the picture I am outside looking down at still waters that don't run deep on the last Saturday of August of 2011.

The outer world is currently heated to 83.6 in my zone of Texas, heading to a high of 104. Again.

There is nary a cloud in the sky this morning. That monster, Hurricane Irene, is not spinning any moisture in this direction.

This Saturday the only thing I am looking forward to, besides not doing anything that causes bruising, is going to Town Talk. I am hoping to find a big platter of sushi in the Town Talk cooler.

In the meantime I am going to go swimming and try and cool off.

The Shadow Of The Thin Man On Hurricane Watch In Dry HOT Texas

As you can see via the Shadow of the Skinny Dipping Thin Man I am up well before the sun on this next to last Monday of August, Day 22 of this very HOT month.

Currently we are heated to 85.4, heading to a high of 104. Sunday was the first day in awhile that set no temperature records in North Texas.

Maybe the worst of the HEAT is over and a cooling trend is on the way.

The first hurricane of the year, Irene, is heading west and may eventually bring some moisture to these parched parts of the planet.

While I wait for Irene to get me wet I think I'll go get wet that glowing blue thing you see in the picture.