Things almost went into a meltdown yesterday in South Florida where temperatures hit an all time high in Fort Lauderdale (see report from the Sun-Sentinel) where it reached 100 degrees at the airport, with a heat index of 111. There wasn’t much breeze all day, it was really hot, sticky and uncomfortable.   When I left [...]

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The rainy season started here in South Florida several weeks ago, but the last couple of days have been really wet with heavy showers and thunderstorms. This morning I woke up to find it was still pretty dark, with the skies very overcast and it had rained a lot in the night.   Nevertheless, I decided [...]

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