Nobody has to tell anybody around these parts that it is hot. I mean, it is officially summer now and in Texas that means heat. I can only imagine how folks that haven’t lived here very long feel as the good ol’ Texas sun cranks up the oven and starts scorching all of us for the next couple of months.
The good folks that predict the weather tell us that this summer is gonna be a little extra hot, and I don’t mean just the weather folks on the television but the honest to goodness pros that do it for a living. As we sit right now, and I hope you found yourself a shady spot to read this, there is a big heat dome over the southern section of the United States, and forecasters say we could see heat indexes as high as 120 degrees for the next week or so.
Now, since I have lived in Texas all of my 58 years, it comes to mind a few things we all ought to think about while this heat is sitting on top of us. So, let me throw a couple of things at ya, and make myself a few friends at the fire department.
