Time to Turn Green

If you live in "A Whole 'Nother Country" - and you know who you are - it's time for you to turn green. With envy.

When we lived in Texas, I complained almost constantly about the weather (or lack thereof). Mrs. At Home's aunt and uncle were here this weekend for me to commiserate with on the subject. Here, it gets every bit as hot in the summer as in Texas. But in Texas, it seems that from Memorial Day until Labor Day, the temperature never drops below 80°F. This becomes grueling after a couple of months - going outside at 6am with a temperature of 83°F.

Tonight, Mrs. At Home and I walked over to the nearby shopping center for a smoothie. As we walked we thought it felt a bit cool. With the humidity, by the time we got back, we weren't as shocked at the coolness of the air. When I got home, I checked emails, then glanced at my menu bar. Noticed that the CPU's were running at 151°F - which is hotter than normal, but I wasn't surprised because I've been encoding M*A*S*H Season 8 to H.264 for the past few hours.

Then this other temperature caught my eye. 83°

Now, that doesn't seem too cool - except that it had been 90°F today, and it usually takes until 11pm or so for the temperature to get that low. So it reminded me of how cool it was tonight. So I looked at the forecast for tonight:



Yes, readers. The low tonight is supposed to be 58°F. And you can bet we already have the windows open, and we'll be sleeping blissfully, hurried off to sleep by the cool wind, and the soothing sounds of traffic on the nearby highway they affectionately call "The Autobahn". That, my friends, is the beauty of living in North Carolina.

And for a current shot:



And it feels much, much cooler.