WHEN WILL IT EVER END

I remember 1968 and the popular poster that hung in dorms "The Endless Summer" based on a surfer movie.  This Summer's endlessness is based on the bad weather.

Has it been nice anywhere since June 1?  I know Summer doesn't officially begin until June 22, but when June hits, it's Summer.

For us Zonies, the month of August was the hottest on record.  Highest single day temp--117, average temp 109, and highest low, well I forgot and I'm too lazy to Google.  Count me as a member of the TLTGBIAA (too lazy to Google, but I'll ask anyway).  But all three categories broke records or as Yogi was wont to say, "You can look it up."

I'm not counting the three major dust storms or haboobs they we encountered also.  Granted AZ's never nice from mid-June through October, but it's never been quite this bad.  The Midwest weather has been terrible for almost a year now.  The East, ditto.  Texas, especially West Texas has had drought that's been unheard of.  Memories of the Dust Bowl have been stirred or referred to as bench marks for their weather.

Far too many have been cheated out of Summer and been forced indoors. And I haven't even addressed the natural disasters like twisters and hurricanes and floods that have taken or literally uprooted lives.  If you wanted to know about that,you would have turned to the Weather Channel or CNN--they're good at dwelling anything negative.

Hopefully a good Fall and mild Winter will follow such an Endless Summer II.