It's still very important that you do what you can to take care of yourself and your loved ones while we make our way out of this heat wave In Amarillo, Texas.
Remember last week when ERCOT was asking Texans to raise their thermostats due to high energy demand? Some folks did it without even knowing they did it.
This kind of weather was so much easier to take when I was 20. It didn’t seem all that bad at 30. At 40, I think I’m going to die. I was just so sure it was only an age thing. Then my wife reminded me that I’ve spent the last decade working in a nice, cool, climate-controlled environment...
Way back in 1990, I was young, fresh out high school and looking for a job doing anything I could to make a buck. I found lots of work, but not a lot of bucks. It was late June or early July I think. I was helping build a fence. And we were digging post holes the old fashioned way, by hand...
It's hot, no doubt about it. We're headed for 107 degrees today. My heart goes out to anyone who does not have air conditioning. Everyone is beginning to grumble about the heat, but this is really not all that bad. I was here in the summer of 1980...