How hot is it?

Although we had a brief respite from the heat yesterday thanks to Tropical Storm Edouard (which brought a little rain but not much else), it's been a broiler down here since about the 4th of July, and the temperature is back into triple digits again today.

It's so hot that... (insert lame reference to frying eggs on the sidewalk, potatoes baking underground, etc., here. If you need assistance coming up with a witty thermal bon mot, see this site.)

Anyway, according to my handy-dandy indoor-outdoor thermometer it was this hot last Friday:


Displayed is the actual temperature, mind you, not the heat index, which is like 120-something. This is the price we pay in southeast Texas for not having to deal with snow in the wintertime. You folks up North may laugh, but all I can say is God Bless Willis Carrier.