For thirty-six hours (more* or less) we’ve enjoyed blessed relief from heat and humidity. No need for the air-conditioner!! (I hate A/C. Ironic isn’t it? I live where A/C is a “must” five or six months a year.) ~~ It’s two o’clock in the morning as I start this message; I can’t sleep because it is eerily quiet outdoors.  Spooky kind of quiet. No wind (no wind chimes chiming), no rain.  Strangely, no TV-news with weather info. Yesterday, round-the-clock coverage.

Went back to bed; unable to sleep because I was “listening.” At 3:20, less than two minutes of rain. Following the brief rain, normal night sounds. So strange!!

Fell asleep… and awakened at 6:20 to hear birds chirping and singing. According to TV-news meteorologist: “Tropical Depression Bill is south of Dallas.”  I’ll watch for complete weather details but I’m under the impression “Bill” missed me. Hallelujah!!

 

 

 

 

Seven-twenty to seven-fifty update: Suddenly very hard rain!! (Can you hear it pounding on the roof??) It lasted less than twenty minutes.

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Yes, I went out in light rain for those pictures!! ~~ Still raining at nine as I update this message.

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“Serious driving conditions” according to TV-news. Some areas are still experiencing rain. One town (Whorton) had eleven inches in seven hours!! OMG!!

 

 

 

 

 

Livingston, Texas, (Weather Underground)

Elev 167 ft 30.65 °N, 95.00 °W | Updated -1 sec ago [2:07 PM]
Rain 78.3 °F
Feels Like 81 °F
N 0 [zero] Wind Variable
Gusts 0 mph
Today is forecast to be WARMER than yesterday.
Today High 80 | Low 75 °F
100% Chance of Precip.
Yesterday High 77.5 | Low 76.6 °F
Precip. 0.4 in (Radar Loop)

 

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Postscript, Thursday, June 18, 2015, 8:00 AM: Regarding star (*) above. Actually more than sixty hours without running the air-conditioner!! That saved my electric bill several nickles–and counting.

Less than one inch of rain since earlier picture yesterday (8:42 AM).