Went outside to water some trees and was sweating hard within minutes. Came in and the thermometer says 109.5 in the shade here today. That's harsh.
The past couple days have been hot. The forecast starting Friday and going into the weekend looks worse yet. It's time to be serious and diligent 'bout irrigating to keep everything wet enough that the ladder fuels won't light and fire won't run through the grass, it has to smolder along slow if it starts at all. I'm pretty safe here unless the power goes out. The electric irrigation pump is the key to everything for us keeping field and lawns wet and fighting fire.
