It’s awfully hot
And very dry
It will not rain
I wonder why
My lawn is brown
And barely alive
Some of my plants
Will not survive
Mosquitoes are gone
I don’t know where
I’m not getting bit
So I don’t care
An Indian Rain Dance
I must learn how
Keep praying for rain
I must do now
By, Randee Saber 7/2/09
Houston hits record high with 104 degrees
Heat wave and drought during the summer of 2009
(CNN) -- Houston, Texas, had a record high temperature Wednesday as a heat wave continues to grip the nation's midsection, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
The city sweltered with a high temperature of 104 degrees Wednesday, a record high for June 24, forecasters said. The previous record high for the date was 99 degrees, set in 1980.
