I'm gonna hate to see my next water bill from this long stretch of heat and no rain.

And I ain't got that much to water.

North Carolina, very briefly just before this long heat wave, had finally made it to the place for the first time in a very long time no counties were classified as in drought or abnormally dry conditions. Lasted less than a week.

None of the "widely scattered showers" over the past 2 weeks scattered to my little neck of the woods, though I witnessed wonderfully dark clouds and heard the thunder roll several times in all directions around me. Very nice, long shower while visiting Dani last night, 10 miles from me. (And she really needed it also.) When I got home, we had received a few sprinkles to accompany the downed tree limbs from the peripheral wind from the storms.