It's that time of year.

[Ptah]

The maintenance staff activated the swamp cooler yesterday.
Low nineties, so I started it.
It is in excellent condition.
Now I have to increase the volume on any audio by 20%.

[Kali]

1. 2.5 to 3 months of nice cool air

and then (hopefully) too damn humid to work!

[Attilatheblond]

4. Shall we organize some rain dances for monsoon this year?

Last year's Non-soon was a real let down.

[Attilatheblond]

2. I'm higher than you, altitude wise, eveidently

low 80s at Chez Blond. I only have AC here so I got a couple of those portable evap coolers a few years back. With only 9% humidity, it helps when the sun and temps go down and I can open the windows. Helps with the static that comes with the really dry air. They are effective, but noisy. I plug earphones into my ROKU remote.

My long haired dog has a 'hair halo' part of the day, due to the static charge. LOL

[enid602]

3. View

I have a lot of Downtown Phoenix views, but had to close all the blinds so I don’t burn up. I’ll miss winter.

[cachukis]

5. Drove from Blythe to Needles last summer on

way to Florida from Carlsbad, CA.
Had to get north before Phoenix.
117° in truck pulling 1970 Airstream.
Mojave Preserve. Beautiful, but...
Oven on side of road.
Hope it's not so bad this year.
Met a guy in Oklahoma who says they experience 0 percent humidity.
"It's dry," he says.
Northeast this summer.