Hot Enough For Ya? The Saga Continues

This Week's Forecast

We missed the 100-degree streak record by two days. And I was okay with that, since we actually got a little rain, but a lot of people were disappointed. Especially because right after we got that rain we went right back to 100 degrees.

But today I have big news for those in search of bragging rights. The Dallas Morning News reports that we have hit the record for the number of days (40) in which the overnight low was 80 degrees or higher. 

Ta dah! 

Oh, and in other hot news, my downstairs A/C is on the fritz. I get to wait all day for the repair tech! Will the warranty company pony up for a replacement (it's the original, 17 year-old unit)? That would be cool.

Update: the warranty company guy came, ripped off the insulation around the dealie outside and cooled it down with the hose I dragged across the blistering yard (said he'd toss it but spotted it the next day as I pulled into the driveway... grrr) then replaced a doohickie that runs the cooled thingie. Afterward, he checked out the attic stuff, and despite my volunteering that the past 2 techs had commented on the sorry state of my geriatric A/C system, blithely commented that it all looked just fine and anyone who said otherwise was probably trying to sell me something.

A day punctuated-by-loud-external-fan-noises later, the A/C quit again. Please do stay tuned.

UPDATE: The National Weather Service officially declared 2011 as the hottest summer on record for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In other news, following 11 days without A/C, the Cliff family had a new condenser installed. We are grateful.