Tuesday: A day to try to stay cool.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: Crimson Quillfeather
Tuesday: ejoanna
Wednesday: Pam from Calif
Thursday: art ah zen
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday: Gwennedd
Sunday: loggersbrat
Yikes. After a VERY rainy spring—and a cool April and May, it’s been near-hot the last few day. OK, it’s weather. But today when I checked my outside thermometer, out on my deck (which, mercifully, I can check from inside) the reading was. . .109°!! And it was only late morning! And let me stress this: I live in a coastal part of the SF Bay Area!
I’m not saying it’s never been that hot here, but it is rare.
Fortunately, when we did a remodel 10 years ago, we had a/c installed. Our friends thought we were nuts. A/C in coastal areas? You know, foggy places? We went ahead—and boy have we, year by year, been thrilled we have it. We certainly do not use it every warm day. But today seems to call for it.
So, segue into the obvious question. What’s the weather like in your IAN location?
PS: Got up to 111º later in the day.