Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Europe was amazing.  I have fallen deeper in love with Switzerland.  I fell in love with it the first time I visited.  Now I love it even more.  It is such a beautiful country.  The mountains to the lakes.  The villages and cities...all amazing.  The deep colors of the houses and buildings - all the art work and incredible architecture - with the backdrop of the blue sky and cirrus clouds.  A canvas covered with God's masterpiece. 

A lot of good memories from this trip.  I think Joey and David had a blast as well.  It isn't everyday that you can have a snowball fight in August!  I could handle that every month of the year.

I am looking forward to our next trip in October and November.  We are going to visit China and then go scuba diving off of Lizard Island in Australia.  When I return home it will be well into the fall months and WINTER will be right around the corner.  I am already excited about the prospects of chasing some snow storms.

Should be a fun second half to 2007!

I ended up with an A in my meteorology class.  Final grades were posted this morning.  I am happy about that.  I doubt I will be able to maintain an A though with these two math classes.  Not my favorite subject.  Anything but math.  :(  We will see how it goes.  Hopefully not as bad as my mind images it.

Severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for portions of Southern Ontario.  Looks like a rainy/stormy day ahead.  Radar at 7 a.m. shows the storms moving in from the west.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

  The kids have started back to school.  ALREADY.  Yeesh they just got out of school.  :(

  So we are heading home on Thursday.  I will be sad to leave Waterloo because I have had so much fun.  I am sure David will be as well.  I am planning on coming back up in September though.  It will be a long drive back to Paducah!  At least I have someone to help drive this time.  :)  So that is good.  Looking forward to sleeping in my bed again.  I am sure Daisy is going to be thrilled to see us!  I would imagine that she will be WILD for a few days.  I figure she thinks we are never coming back!  I don't know what she will do this winter when I am in Boston for two months. 

  Cloudy here in Waterloo this morning with just a few breaks letting some sunshine pass through.  Looks like more rain in the coming days for this region.  We sure could use that back in the Ohio Valley.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
305 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT PADUCAH ASOS...

WITH THE PERSISTENT HEAT WAVE OVER MUCH OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND
LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEYS...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN MANY COMMUNITIES.

TODAY AT 255 PM..A TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE
BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT ASOS, IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THIS SETS A NEW
RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 99 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
RECORDED ON THIS DATE IN 1998.

THE LAST OCCURRENCE OF 100 DEGREES AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY WAS ON SEP
5TH, 1999. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF
AUGUST IS 106 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 4TH, 1947. THE
ALL-TIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED IS 108 DEGREES, RECORDED ON
JULY 17TH, 1942.

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