How do you spell relief?

[agoodwinsmith]

Cloudy skies, that's how.  *whew*

We've had unrelenting sun and high temperatures for the last 10 days or so.  At first it is welcome, but by day 6 it is too much.  Vancouver is accustomed to more rain, and we don't have many automatic sprinkling systems - things start to wilt.  Also, people get very crabby.  I'm one because I don't sleep well in the heat.  And the city starts to stink in a very stinky way.

Yesterday we had a few wisps of cloud veiling us from the sun, and there was a strong breeze stirring up the air.  I stayed up 'til one this morning, leaving the doors open with fans blowing to get all that gross hot air out of the apartment.  Then I slept 'til noon in blessed cool.

The day is continuing cool (75 F) in the house, so that is nice.  We could do with a good downpour, though, to freshen things up.  The interior could do with the rain more, to help dampen the fire near Lillooet.

http://www.lillooetbc.com/
http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/Fires.asp
http://bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/Situation.asp?Mode=normal&ID=249

If this is June, then July and August are likely to be beastly.

But, for now, yay the blessed cool.