100%

 

Some people use that to say they are in total agreement.  Or it might be a goal that you work for on a test.  But, this is what 100% humidity looks like...

 The large glass panels on either side of the sliding glass door are just dripping with humidity (they are all dual pane).  It has been hot and humid for the past few days.  This is a first, where the Weather Channel is calling it 100% humidity currently.  I didn't think that was possible without some kind of precipitation falling.  But, if you look beyond that dripping glass, you can see the sun is shining and blue sky.

It was 81º when I got up this morning at 6:20.  The weasels are predicting it to get to 91º here.  Heat Index values somewhere between 105º and 110º.  To me, that is... 100% oppressive.  The 10 forecast shows about the same each day.  Yes, this is unusual.

It is what I call "hot, wet blanket" weather.  You step out the door of your air conditioned comfort and it immediately feels like someone tossed a hot, wet blanket over you.  You sunglasses fog over.  Swamp ass ensues.  Fortunately, there is a hot wind to add to the fun.

I'm sitting here, comfortable.  Trying to talk myself into getting some exercise on my bicycle.  I don't know why.

Speaking of air conditioned comfort... our smart thermostat gives us some interesting information.  We replaced the air conditioner in April.  The a/c ran over 200 hours less for the month of May this year compared to last year.  The average temperature was 2º higher this year.  It gives us an idea of how inefficient the old air conditioner was... or how much more efficient the new one is.  Good to have when Mother Nature cranks up the heat and humidity.

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I got out on the bicycle and the motorcycle.  Had some ice water with my on the CTX.  I must be acclimating, because it wasn't awful.

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It has been a while since we checked on the motorhome in the inland storage unit.  Today, we made a run into Harlingen... to check on the timing for U-Haul pods (for our move), stock up on food for the big furry boy, and a stop at Chick-fil-A.  Then, to the storage unit.  Several storms have hit the area recently where the storage unit is, including heavy rain, big wind, and hail.  We will be rolling north a week from tomorrow, and just wanted to be sure that everything is OK with the coach.

Opening the door to the storage unit, everything looked fine.  There were some branches in the grassy area in front of the units that hadn't been picked up, and a garbage can that blew over.  Everything inside our unit was fine.  We did a walk-through in the motorhome, and once around the interior and exterior of the storage unit.  All good.  These things are built like a brick house of excrement.  Plenty of branches and other debris out on the road, waiting to be hauled away, but that was the only sign of the aftermath of the storms.

It was National Drive Just Below The Speed Limit Day in south Texas... and we got behind some enthusiastic participants who thought 5 to 10 mph below the limit was just right.  And traffic in the on-coming lane to keep me from getting around them.  Nonetheless, we made it home and saw this...

One of the next door neighbor's golf carts was sitting out in the road.  He was nowhere around.  I called him to see if this was intentional... it wasn't.  I pushed the cart into his driveway and put the parking brake on (it wasn't on when I went to push it).  We were gone for close to three hours, so no idea how long the cart had been sitting there.  So, that's fun.