Well, not lately.
It has been quite humid lately. Exceeding and unrelenting humidity.
I'm not saying the air is thick with moisture but we don't take the dog out for a walk as much as we take her out for a swim.
It's muggy out there. Even waiting for the sun to set and taking Rosie out for a walk after dark doesn't bring much relief from the mugginess.
There was a tiny bit of relief in the minutes before a rainstorm passed through last night. After the rain, the air was even heavier with warmth and humidity.
We can't catch a break.
Maybe a tropical storm will help?
Tropical Storm Isaias is moving it's way from Florida up the eastern seaboard. The National Hurricane Center issued warnings a storm surge watch up to Cape Fear, North Carolina. Isaias will be moving across eastern North Carolina by Monday night. This is out of the path of the Fortress of Ineptitude but could impact my other house in the southeastern part of the state.
I certainly hope we can avoid wind and flood damage here in North Carolina but maybe Isaias can finally give us relief from the stifling humidity that has gripped us for weeks.
By the way, I am still not sure how to pronounce "Isaias". Apparently it's "ee-zah-zee-us" maybe?
Meanwhile, North Carolina may be experiencing a change in the political weather.
(Now that's what I call a segue way!)
A CBS News poll shows Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in North Carolina, 48% to 44%.
Trump won North Carolina in 2016 (for which I am most egregiously ashamed of even though I didn't vote for the son of a bitch.) Only one Democrat has won North Carolina in the past 10 presidential elections; that was Barack Obama in 2008.
If history is a guide, this precedent bodes well for Biden. In 2008, the terrible financial meltdown that came to be known as the Great Recession was getting underway. North Carolina, long dependent on manufacturing, was particularly vulnerable. No Republican coming in after George W Bush in a cratering economy was going to stand a chance. The economic meltdown of 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is of similar proportions and does not bode well for the party in power. Particularly when that party in power is headed up by an unethical, sociopathic, incompetent buffoon.
The poll shows Trump losing ground since 2016 among white voters, down 7 percentage points in North Carolina. Trump is really going down the toilet with white voters with college degrees.
Biden leads Trump among female voters with at least 50 percent and has an overwhelming edge among African American voters, with Biden surpassing 80 percent.
Maybe, just maybe if the numbers hold, the humidity may not be the only oppression we can finally end.
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