About 70ish this afternoon with high chance of thunderstorms, the rest of the weekend looks nice though, sunny and mid 70's. Long weekend here also. ::smile::
Yeah, Alan.
We are about 70ish but terrible rains.
If what blew through here last might ends up in the NE, look out.
Well, we had 4 more confirmed tornados in the area last night.
Again, found out this AM ::doh::
103 today in Midland Tx
82 here on a blessed Lord's Day.
14 tornados in this hilly area so far. We normally... according to the news... only have 4 ::doh::
Meteorological Tribulation?
The area is being punished for going for Biden in 2020.
: Texas Conservative Mon May 20, 2024 - 08:12:05The area is being punished for going for Biden in 2020.
Right... they are dems, we are gop so might miss us
: Texas Conservative Mon May 20, 2024 - 08:12:05The area is being punished for going for Biden in 2020.
Proof...
The Pittsburgh Zoo was hit last Friday. No animals were injured or fish... but then again, they dont vote
Ping pong size hail the other day. I need to call a roofing company and have them do an inspection. Anything over an inch in diameter usually means a new roof.
I remember the good ol' days when we would get rain without hail. ::intherain::
: Jaime Fri May 24, 2024 - 21:59:49I remember the good ol' days when we would get rain without hail. ::intherain::
Ah... but you were not in the later of end times then... ::pray::
A dangerous and freakish hailstorm near Lubbock, Texas:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/29/texas-hail-dvd-size-record-nwws/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/29/texas-hail-dvd-size-record-nwws/)
: Jaime Sat Jun 01, 2024 - 06:42:06A dangerous and freakish hailstorm near Lubbock, Texas:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/29/texas-hail-dvd-size-record-nwws/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/29/texas-hail-dvd-size-record-nwws/)
Sheesh...
This week I received an email from our homeowners insurance reminding people they normally do not cover floods OR earthquake damage. (Floods I am aware of)
I need to call to see about tornado for our area but I now wonder about hail damage? That could affect windows and aven roofs.
I recently added an earthquake rider in my home insurance for $25 per year extra since we have had some 4.0 to 5.0 quakes in the area.
I got a pretty severe hail storm a couple of nights ago with golf ball sized hail. Probably be getting my third roof in less than 10 years. If there is a storm coming capable of rain here, it typically has a hail component in the last several years. I think the Democrats stole Bush's weather manipulation machine!
I'm beginning to long for the tranquility of 110 degree sunny days in Mid June through August in West Texas.
Pretty nice here.
73f, cloudy with intermittent showers. I want to say that fall is gently rolling in, but I'm not quite convinced yet.
There's a dark front moving in tonight but should be gone by morning. We're in for some rain, too.
::prayinghard:: Lord God... PLEASE.... bring back global warming.
We're supposed to be at 84 for a high on Friday in Lubbock,Tx.
: Jaime Wed Feb 05, 2025 - 07:20:11We're supposed to be at 84 for a high on Friday in Lubbock,Tx.
We are awaiting an ice storm arriving tonight into tomorrow when we will have a day time high of 57f.
::prayinghard:: Maranatha. Amen, Amen
We have a dark front moving in tonight but it should be gone by morning.
Calling for snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain, all in the same 24 hour span.
IDK. They say one thing and it never happens.
Snow and ice all around us is certain.
We are to get a lot of rain Saturday into Sunday then temps
plummet and ice?????
Been a crazy year. And way too cold
High of 61 today, West wind speed of 53 moh, gusts up to 90 and a bunch of airborne dust. Look out everyone to the North and East. This one is a real booger! I haven't seen a dust storm this bad since I was in High School.
We are currently having a dust storm worse than the previous one above. This one is a real stem winder. I pray for the people in the path of this system as it moves further East. Lots of energy in this one!
The other day we had gusts up to 80 and practically no visibility. Some power outages, and some wildfires. My grandson's Marine brother had his truck and his family's home completely destroyed by one of the fires just west of Tulsa.
Today, gusts up to 40 and some dust and wildfires.
We need some rain! So dry and so much dust and dirt. My fluffy white dog comes back in the house looking beige - I kid you not. Just running through the grass to find a potty place kicks up all the dust so she's like Pigpen on a Peanuts cartoon. Once this wind dies down, I'm watering the grass to try to wash this off some.
It's 57 here, I'm cold and not looking forward to another winter.
I'm ready for some bonafide Autumn weather. We are in the mid to upper 80s for highs and upper 50s to mid 60's for lows. Typically we get our first taste of real Autumn around Halloween. The cotton fields here in Lubbock are typically white for harvest around Thanksgiving or soon thereafter. We should be receiving our Canada geese flyins pretty soon.
Morning it was 38 f. Now we up to 57f but sunny
We're getting the fallout of a hurricane, which is exceptionally rare for Arizona. We're supposed to get 4" of rain this weekend. For context, 4" is about the total annual rainfall here in the desert.
There will be flooding. Our flood control systems aren't designed for that much water that fast.
I live north of Fort Worth now and the weather is different from NE Oklahoma. The storms even sound different down here - like rolling and lots of echos. The temp is 80 right now and I'm longing for highs in the 60s and 70s.
Okay, you do live in Texas. Temperature is heading lower which we all are happy to see that to be so. But, truly we have almost no winter, except during Jan/Feb and then it is over.
RB
: Red Baker Sat Oct 11, 2025 - 15:20:35Okay, you do live in Texas. Temperature is heading lower which we all are happy to see that to be so. But, truly we have almost no winter, except during Jan/Feb and then it is over.
RB
I am quite happy with the summer temperatures here in Prescott.
: Red Baker Sat Oct 11, 2025 - 15:20:35Okay, you do live in Texas. Temperature is heading lower which we all are happy to see that to be so. But, truly we have almost no winter, except during Jan/Feb and then it is over.
RB
Yes! A little podunk town but I love it here. Down the road from my daughter and her family. She had her second baby, a precious baby boy, six weeks ago, so I've been busy helping over there. Plus, busy at the house. The man next door is a trim carpenter for fancy homes in Dallas, and he's been putting in all kinds of gorgeous woodwork for me with the leftovers from a couple of his jobs. He's not charging for all the woodwork - just the labor. So nice of him! So far, he's wrapped the kitchen island and used the same gorgeous wood and trim to finish out the dining area. The neighbors are all very friendly here. Lots of homeschool families in the neighborhood, which I love. Oh! My little sister and her hubby are moving here! They just bought a home about 6 miles from here! So happy about it!
How are you and yours doing in your new home, RB? Hope all is well!
It was 77 today in Lubbock. Supposed to be 83 on Christmas Day. Keep those Polar Vortices at bay please!
Has been frightfully cold since Thanksgiving... A little snow, but I am ready for it to be done.
I do not know if this link will work here or not, but an interesting article on climate change. About a new cold era.....
Not climate warming. Only about 2 min long
https://x.com/OMApproach/status/2002459564281827763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2002459564281827763%7Ctwgr%5Ed19431c887b5c3c222d07337e8a61f66c44234b1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fchristcentered.community.forum%2Fthreads%2Fcold-warning-from-nasa.3468%2F
I saw a meme today, "You can't make a Hallmark movie in Texas. Unexpected snow is not magical here, it causes fights in Wal-Mart!"
: Jaime Sun Dec 21, 2025 - 15:44:34I saw a meme today, "You can't make a Hallmark movie in Texas. Unexpected snow is not magical here, it causes fights in Wal-Mart!"
::thumbsup::
: Jaime Sun Dec 21, 2025 - 15:44:34I saw a meme today, "You can't make a Hallmark movie in Texas. Unexpected snow is not magical here, it causes fights in Wal-Mart!"
We had our own Texas version of Mele Kalikimaka Christmas yesterday. It was warmer here than in my son-in-law's home town of Honolulu. From the Hawaiian relatives, tasty treats from Hawaii, my Native American brother-in-law dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts singing Mele Kalikimaka, my 3 year old granddaughter hula dancing - all in this hot Texas weather, where there are no palm trees swaying, but dried up tumbleweeds blowing - we had a very Merry Christmas and I hope all of y'all did, too!
We have tons of Canada geese here in Lubbock for the winter. They are probably confused and might go back up north unless real winter shows up soon
: Jaime Fri Dec 26, 2025 - 15:56:59We have tons of Canada geese here in Lubbock for the winter. They are probably confused and might go back up north unless real winter shows up soon
Well, that's interesting. Just east of you, we're being taken over by turkey vultures. Looks like a bunch of turkeys standing around on top of my neighbors roof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLS7BkW_xE
We get the Canada geese every year and then later the Sandhill cranes. The thousands of small playa lakes here on the Panhandle/South Plains and the grain fields is the draw apparently.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/habitats/high_plains/wetlands/playa.phtml
On our morning walks we see them flying from their roosting spots in V formations and "honking" overhead as they head out to forage, then they repeat coming back to their roosting spots around the lakes just before sundown. Love it!
We have a lot of gray foxes in our neighborhood here in town and every once in a while around the playas, you will see an unlucky goose carcass.
Well, it looks like 1/3 of the country is going to be hit with this winter storm. Anyone else here living in the projected ice swath that's supposed to be devastating?
I'm doing what I can to prepare, but talk like this isn't helping me feel confident on my efforts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwSJWWpbtso
My wife and I are trying to fly out of DFW Friday morning to Cancun for our oldest grand daughter's wedding. It will be cutting it close. Our plane takes off from DFW at 10:35 in the morning. On Saturday Lubbock will have 18 degree high and a 6 degree low. We have been blessed with a pretty warm winter so far. This storm looks like a doozy. Look out Rella!
Jaime, y'all be careful!
Thanks, nothing like a destination wedding at the peak of the winter storm season.. Destination weddings are foreign concepts for me and Ms Jaime. And EXPENSIVE! 🥹 our wedding almost 53 years ago was not an event to impact the entire social world driven by the "boundaries" dreamed of in the social media universe. No meal was provided by the parents. My grandmother made little round wedding mints we served with salted peanuts on a little saucer. Washed down by the official west Texas Church of Christ wedding reception punch (ginger ale mixed with lime or orange sherbert.
Get your bottled water, tp, and milk rofl
It's been below freezing for days here already. Gonna dip below zero overnight the next few days. Wind chill on top of that.
: Jaime Wed Jan 21, 2026 - 18:35:03My wife and I are trying to fly out of DFW Friday morning to Cancun for our oldest grand daughter's wedding. It will be cutting it close. Our plane takes off from DFW at 10:35 in the morning. On Saturday Lubbock will have 18 degree high and a 6 degree low. We have been blessed with a pretty warm winter so far. This storm looks like a doozy. Look out Rella!
Thanks Jaime,
I am headed to the store for goodies and food early afternoon. It has been above freezing all night but there are icy spots on the roads.
Yesterday they said it should miss us. Today it looks like the entire western part of the state in under a watch.
You be safe Jaime.... you are the third person I know headed south... One due back Sat night from the Caribbean, another leaving Monday for Aruba, and now you.
Maybe this will keep the ICE protests at bay around the country! ::intherain::
Jaime, you're describing the exact pattern of church of Christ weddings back in the day! Cake, mints, nuts, and punch was it for the reception, and no dinner was served.
When my youngest daughter married, she and her fiancé were professionals and in their 30s, so they insisted on paying for their own wedding. Fanciest wedding I've ever attended. She even had two wedding dresses - one for the ceremony and one for the reception. Beautiful evening and I dearly love the both of them and the two precious grandbabies they've given me.
: Texas Conservative Thu Jan 22, 2026 - 04:52:32Get your bottled water, tp, and milk rofl
People are in a frenzy here, saying we'll lose power, water, etc, for weeks, like they did in 2021. I have no idea if this storm is going to be as bad as they're saying or not, but I'm taking some precautions -
Starting tomorrow morning, I'm going to draw up a lot of water. Fill bathtubs and fill four, 5 gallon water jugs, plus various other containers.
I bought a case each of pocket hand warmers, foot warmers, and lap warmers. Bought hot water bottles.
Bought more batteries for flashlights and indoor battery lantern.
This house has a backup battery attached to the exterior that will give us about 2-3 days of power if/when we lose power. If these outlandish predictions are true, that 2-3 days of power won't be enough but will help.
I've already talked to my dog and told her I plan on wearing her around the house in a baby sling so her body heat can help keep me warm. Hopefully, she'll be ok with that.
Oh, and I'm making some of those Crisco clay pot warmers.
Arizona has been unseasonably warm so far. Haven't had a day in 2026 yet that hit freezing. Mid-70s most days.
It's kinda great here tbh, but I worry about what the temps are going to be in summer.
Already around 0 degrees here. Just took my dog out.
We aare at 23 f right now headed to a nightime low of -3.
Tomorrow will be a heat wave for we shall zoom to 14f
We start with the snow tomorrow night and go into Monday with it still snowing... the bulk will be on Sunday and guessing we may get 8 to 12" where from the city north possibly 14"
The temp on Monday will be the low that may hit -10f.
I hope Jaime gets off this morning as planned... but will he be able to return????? Inquiring minds want to know. ::eek::
Rella, we are waiting in the DFW airport waiting to board our final leg to Cancun. If we get off the ground at 10:30 am we'll be good. On the trip back to Lubbock on Tuesday we go through Phoenix.
: Rella Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 06:33:52I hope Jaime gets off this morning as planned... but will he be able to return????? Inquiring minds want to know. ::eek::
So far here, it's 48 degrees and just light rain. The freezing rain isn't supposed to start until tonight. However, having a pilot son-in-law who has DFW as his home base, I can attest to the fact that during times of bad weather, DFW can be a huge mess with delays just because of other connecting airports already negatively affected by the inclement weather and delaying or canceling flights. I'm with you, Rella, depending on their schedule, the return flight and drive home may be a whole other situation than the effort of getting here. This ice storm is not supposed to end until Sunday afternoon, so that's 48 hours of freezing rain. It will take a few days to get that much ice off the roads. Locals say Texas isn't good about getting enough salt and sand down for winter storms. In OK, crews get out early and start brining the roads before the ice storms hit.
: Jaime Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 08:29:26Rella, we are waiting in the DFW airport waiting to board our final leg to Cancun. If we get off the ground at 10:30 am we'll be good. On the trip back to Lubbock on Tuesday we go through Phoenix.
Good to know!
Jaime, I hope y'all are flying American Airlines. :)
Yes, American. We are boarded to take off shortly for Cancun. Next stop Margaritaville! Last manor challenge at customs in Cancun! 😬 AND getting on the right shuttlenus to the resort. Might want to keep MAGA hat in my backpack!
: mommydi Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 08:31:01So far here, it's 48 degrees and just light rain. The freezing rain isn't supposed to start until tonight. However, having a pilot son-in-law who has DFW as his home base, I can attest to the fact that during times of bad weather, DFW can be a huge mess with delays just because of other connecting airports already negatively affected by the inclement weather and delaying or canceling flights. I'm with you, Rella, depending on their schedule, the return flight and drive home may be a whole other situation than the effort of getting here. This ice storm is not supposed to end until Sunday afternoon, so that's 48 hours of freezing rain. It will take a few days to get that much ice off the roads. Locals say Texas isn't good about getting enough salt and sand down for winter storms. In OK, crews get out early and start brining the roads before the ice storms hit.
We are going to get a lot of snow and only if warmer weather come up our way will we see ice. Either way I am hunkered down until Tuesday at least.
: Jaime Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 10:39:20Yes, American. We are boarded to take off shortly for Cancun. Next stop Margaritaville! Last manor challenge at customs in Cancun! 😬 AND getting on the right shuttlenus to the resort. Might want to keep MAGA hat in my backpack!
Yep... I dont think that will be welcomed.
Just be safe and be glad you are going to miss some of the mess up here.
We made it through the madness it was 85 today and humid like New Orleans. Wearing shorts and a tee shirt to dinner tonight. Awesome resort - Sandos Caracol.
: Jaime Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 18:11:22We made it through the madness it was 85 today and humid like New Orleans. Wearing shorts and a tee shirt to dinner tonight. Awesome resort - Sandos Caracol.
Looked it up. Looks beautiful! Y'all have fun and stay safe down there!
-1f, -11 feel like
Currently -16 F without wind chill. My dog went to the bathroom a lot quicker this morning
: mommydi Fri Jan 23, 2026 - 21:19:33Looked it up. Looks beautiful! Y'all have fun and stay safe down there!
We woke up to 75 degrees in a jungle. Sat on the balconey and saw several coatimundi (raccoon like animals) and bats flying around. They have some monkeys and parrots.
I had quite a bit of trouble with the passport reader at the Cancun airport. Kinda worried about getting out on tuesday.
: Jaime Sat Jan 24, 2026 - 06:58:04We woke up to 75 degrees in a jungle. Sat on the balconey and saw sdvdral quatomdes (raccoon like animals) and bats flying around. They have some monkeys and parrots.
I had quite a bit of trouble with the passport reader at the Cancun airport. Kinda worried about getting out on tuesday.
You have to get out.... We will come and rescue you....if need be.
Got back home last night at about 12:30 am. Quite an ordeal. None of our flights were canceled, but some in the wedding party DID have their flights canceled, which really caused some problems. The customs and passport stuff went great compared to trip going. We had a really good time at the resort. Now back to reality. The streets here are still treacherous. We are obviously not equipped for such extended cold.
Glad y'all made it home, Jaime.
It's still a mess here. I still can't even get out of my driveway. The ice is still packed, then we got freezing fog on top of it last night. The interstates are in much better condition, but those are miles away.
However, more people dying from sledding and frozen ponds around here than driving accidents. Two teen girls died from a sledding accident. One teen boy in ICU from a sledding accident. Three little boys drowned in a frozen pond and also an elderly man. Sledding on ice is sooo dangerous - much different than snow.
Right now it is 9 f and a minus 4 wind chill factor.
: mommydi Wed Jan 28, 2026 - 10:02:29Glad y'all made it home, Jaime.
It's still a mess here. I still can't even get out of my driveway. The ice is still packed, then we got freezing fog on top of it last night. The interstates are in much better condition, but those are miles away.
However, more people dying from sledding and frozen ponds around here than driving accidents. Two teen girls died from a sledding accident. One teen boy in ICU from a sledding accident. Three little boys drowned in a frozen pond and also an elderly man. Sledding on ice is sooo dangerous - much different than snow.
Thanks, we are glad to be back. Connecting flight from Cancun went through Phoenix so flight problems were not bad at all. Several in our group had connecting flights through DFW that were canceled!
Hated to hear about the drowning tragedy with the three little kids.
-9 at 7AM.
I heard a loud noise that sounded like someone was in the garage or hit the garage door.
In reality the longer I sat here it felt like a cold draft.
So I checked and the heat pump in the greatroom had stopped.. the remote control was reading as if it had been turned off, so the sound must have been from the heat pump outside and shut it down???
It is running now but I have another week or two of this.... ::eek::
Praying for your heat pump to continue working and the weather to get warmer there.
I always thought a heat pump wouldn't work too well in that low a temp. I assume there is auxilliary heat involved in the system, maybe electric heat coils. Do you have a fireplace in the house?
Heat pumps have a hard time heating when the outside temperature is too low. In trying heat the house, it actually is cooling the outside. At some point that is no longer possible with the fluid properties of the heat pump.
I have never liked the concept of a heat pump because the compressor runs whether it's hot or cold outside. We have always had gas heat for the cold weather.
: Jaime Sat Jan 31, 2026 - 07:04:49I have never liked the concept of a heat pump because the compressor runs whether it hot or cold outside. We have always had gas heat for the cold weather.
Gas is not available everywhere -- Particularly in neighborhoods built in the last few years under the pressure of the push for "zero carbon footprint".
I don't want a heat pump. I like my 80% efficient natural gas furnace. Easier to self maintain. Also helps dry out the air.
: Jaime Sat Jan 31, 2026 - 06:39:51Praying for your heat pump to continue working and the weather to get warmer there.
I always thought a heat pump wouldn't work too well in that low a temp. I assume there is auxilliary heat involved in the system, maybe electric heat coils. Do you have a fireplace in the house?
The room is right next to the kitchen and the kitchen has the natural gas furnace vent that just does not make it to heat the great room.
In addition to the heat pump ( that both heats and cools) there is radiant heat in the floor under the ceramic tile. There is a natural gas fireplace 45,000BTU that if the doors are open to the dining room it will heat living, dining, great and kitchen.So yes, there are alternatives if I dont have the heat pump, but thank God it is doing alright today... The room was put on cement with just an airway under
not even a crawl space so duct work was not easy... though they had considered adding a 2nd furnace for that room that is 18' X 24'....
: Texas Conservative Sat Jan 31, 2026 - 11:54:28I don't want a heat pump. I like my 80% efficient natural gas furnace. Easier to self maintain. Also helps dry out the air.
I'm with you, electricity is too expensive here to run heat pumps in the cold of winter. I have a Rheem 85% efficiency furnace, and it's quite easy to repair/maintain.
It's 89 degrees right now in Lubbock Texas at 4:15 pm. Clear skies and 8 mph southwesterly breeze. Kinda feel guilty.
This morning there is scattered ice on the roads... central PA has 2 hour school delays because of it.
We will be above freezing after 8 AM, with light rain and heavy rain mid afternoon
Warming later in the week to somewhere in the 60s and 70s and 20 degrees colder at night.
Of course to be expected is will be rainy on and off all day Thursday and that is when they move my furniture out of here and to my new apartment?
Does anyone know if movers have plastic to cover things? Perhaps I should get a sleeping bag just in case my matress gets soaked? YUCK.
Storms are brewing in north Texas.
Spring is officially over in Lubbock, it's 99 for a high, sunny and calm wind. Kinda like an early August.
The sky was orangey/yellow and dark on Wednesday, despite the weather network reporting clear and sunny. Two days later, it appears more overcast but the air quality from the wildfires is very bad. Temps are also back down to modest 80's after peaking near 100 earlier in the week.
Past 2 days I have had walking issues outside. Legs heavy and stiff....Not breathing problems but walking from the smoke coming down our way from up your way. Once inside back into AC seems to be fine.
Today our alert has been elevated to hazardous.
As far as I know, the Canadian smoke isn't making it to Texas, but since we have 80% humidity and hot-as-you-know-what temps, I'm not staying outdoors long enough to notice.
Hope everyone stays safe and protects their lungs through this smoke storm.
: mommydi Sat Jul 18, 2026 - 08:13:10As far as I know, the Canadian smoke isn't making it to Texas, but since we have 80% humidity and hot-as-you-know-what temps, I'm not staying outdoors long enough to notice.
Hope everyone stays safe and protects their lungs through this smoke storm.
We have been given a break for a day or two. We have a severe thunderstorm watch right now and that seems to have reduced the smoke and haze, our temps have been super hot until today and even with that todays humidity is 76% Couple the smoke with the 90mdegrees and very high humidity this week again and it is incredibly stiffling.
Local municipal pools are closed, but they did not cancel or delay an annual event in town... They are just saying to wear masks and if you dont have one you can get an n95 one free for asking. All of this to save the annual changing of the name Pittsburgh to Picklesburgh for 3 days every year to have their pickle celebration where everyone can indulge in delicacies of Pickle ice cream, Pickle cookie and even Pickle beer.
No... I have never gone.
Rella, if I were up there, I'd take you to that Pickle festival. I've never heard of that one.
It's supposed to get to 108 this week down here in the good old state of Texas. I can go ahead and kiss my patio plants goodbye. It's time to stop fighting it and give in - just use desert type plants and pea gravel for mulch.
: mommydi Mon Jul 20, 2026 - 11:19:47Rella, if I were up there, I'd take you to that Pickle festival. I've never heard of that one.
It's supposed to get to 108 this week down here in the good old state of Texas. I can go ahead and kiss my patio plants goodbye. It's time to stop fighting it and give in - just use desert type plants and pea gravel for mulch.
Yep, that is way too hot for me. We have been in the 90s with the feel as temp in the hundreds. This week we caught a break but we still have that smoke....
Interesting thing is my car has a fine layer of oddly rough stuff on it.... and I just had thought wet from rain then dust... but this AM I noticed my white soap dish in the bathroom looks like it has not been cleaned or dusted in a very long time and it has that same rough feeling coating on it also.
People furnace filters need changed but being I am in this complex I cannot get to mine to see.
Now our AM temp this morning was 56f going to the high 80s... but that is from the storms over the weekend and the one coming tomorrow.
: Rella Mon Jul 20, 2026 - 11:50:25People furnace filters need changed but being I am in this complex I cannot get to mine to see.
Is there someone in maintenance you can call to see about the filter, or is that up to each resident?
: mommydi Mon Jul 20, 2026 - 12:09:39Is there someone in maintenance you can call to see about the filter, or is that up to each resident?
Yes there is maintenance and they change the filters twice a year. I cannot even get to my furnace because the door it is behind is locked.
What I will do will be to wait until I see them and then ask. My guess is they wont do anything until we are sure the smoke business is over and so far no one has said it is
My oldest grandson works outdoors in various places around the US. I sent him a message this morning saying it's supposed to get to 107 here in Texas this week, and I saw that where he's working (in North Dakota) that it will be much cooler up there. He told me it smells like "cat pee" outside.
I just looked it up, and the cat urine smell is from the smoke's VOCs breaking down as they reach ground level. Interesting.