Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Nice but stinky
Nice welcome thunderstorm this morning, after a month of cool morning/hot afternoon summer. Typical for Spokane, and sort of reassuring to have the usual pattern locked in place again. Earlier this summer we had a couple weeks of Midwestern swamp heat with Midwestern thunderstorms. Swamp heat is much harder to take than desert heat; never gives you a break.
There is one good thing about steady humidity, though: Humid air carries sweet smoky and flowery smells. Desert air carries only diesel, sulphur and shit.
Today's storm is true to form. The rain didn't freshen the air; it just activated the dogshit in the grass and scared a nearby skunk.
Ick.
There is one good thing about steady humidity, though: Humid air carries sweet smoky and flowery smells. Desert air carries only diesel, sulphur and shit.
Today's storm is true to form. The rain didn't freshen the air; it just activated the dogshit in the grass and scared a nearby skunk.
Ick.
Labels: Heimatkunde
¶ 8:08 AM
