They are calling for a high of 90F. It was bound to happen eventually. Around 6:30AM it was 62F, which was nice. We don't have the humidity and cloud cover to hold the heat in at night.
Some people here have stopped watering their yards and let them go to weeds and dirt. We have to cut back 25% from our water usage from last year or else pay higher rates. That is hard for us since we were already conserving last year. We water our grass the max allowed, which is 8 minutes, 3 times a week. Remember that is doesn't rain here more than half the year and we haven't gotten our yearly average amount in years. Our grass looks pretty bad, and is full of weeds like I've never seen before. Some people have put in artificial grass. That does not appeal to me. In old California, people had dirt yards raked smooth and clean. That appeals to me more than artificial grass. I've lost all of my daylilies except for the ones in pots. I didn't have a lot but I liked what I had. I may have lost my favorite iris ('Jumping'). Still, they keep building more houses and spend money on useless stuff instead of desalinization plants.
I've heard that only 5 to 8% of the water usage in CA is residential but they squeeze us. Industrial parks have big lawns and water so much that the water runs out into the street. O.K. I'll quit ranting.
