If Katrina didn't drastically change building codes, Irene's unlikely to break the cycle of destruction.

And if we let our politicians continue their bullshit instead of doing their jobs, we deserve it.:cool:

Interesting that you should mention Katrina; August 29 is the anniversary of its arrival at New Orleans.

It rained this morning, was so dark at 9am that the street lights came on.

And a year BEFORE it happened the scientists told 300 gathered bureaucrats exactly what would happen.

You only need watch less than 3 minutes of this account. Start it at about 4 min into the video.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1218652893

Afer 61 days of 100+ heat todays high 85 right now its 65 and it feels almost cold woohoo!!

We cooled off because of the rain last night, but that just means if it gets warm it's going to get steamy on top of it.

Warm and sunny again, after showers at lunchtime

23C to 33C, about 26C at the moment (74, 92, 79)

Temperature
75.3 °F (24 C)
Feels Like 76 °F (24.4 C)

Today
81 °F (27.2 C)

Chance of T-storms
90% chance of precipitation

Other than raining steadily, its a *sweet* 67°F!

Its 72 and suppose to hit 75 today. Beautiful day out. :)

Abysmal.

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain. We need to ship some of this to Texas.

61F right now under cloudy skies. It's suppose to get up to 79F today with scattered showers and thunderstorms.