Today in Baltimore City, we have hit record breaking tempetures. Right now, it's 101 degrees in my backyard. Yesterday, it was even hotter, 105 degrees by noon. I didn't leave the house and niether did my brother. There has been no rain for almost 4 weeks now and all of the grass is dead.
2009 was the exact opposite. Last year it rained so much here that one of our rain spouts broke. This rain spout ran underground across the yard down into the gutter. When the rain spout broke, all the water that was supposed to go to the gutter collected underground next to a wall in my basement. The basement walls are also the foundation for my house. The pressure from the water and mud built up so much that the wall caved in. About 3 tons of mud fell into my basement and took out the air conditioner, treadmill and electric box. The pool is next to the house on the side where the cave in was. At one point, we had a giant hole in the house, a summer when it won't stop raining, and a large amount of construction workers at my house everyday for 3 months. A few thousand dollars and an entire summer vacation later, the wall is back up, the air conditioner is working and the house is somewhat back to normal.
Now this year, its been too and dry to let my dessert tortoise stay outside. The lack of rain has killed all of the grass in my yard and most of the yards in the neighborhood. I'm going on my second day of not leaving the house because of the heat...
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