h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Apparently winds in our area reached 90-100+ mph. It was likely 90+ winds that shook me awake this morning at 4:20.

Apparently there's only minor damage to the friend's car. A couple of small dings, no smashed glass. Which reminds me. Camp Mabry recorded a trace of snow on Tuesday That would be the hail.

Yesterday 58/73 (actual: 57/71, 0.17" rain)
Today 52/81
Friday 51/84
Saturday 58/85
Sunday 64/85 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 67/87 (10% chance of rain)
Tuesday 69/88 (40% chance of rain)
Wednesday 71/91 (10% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +4
Average min/max for today's date: 58/80
Record high temperature for today: 95 (1925)
Record low temperature for today: 35 (1900)

This is always a relatively slow time of the year at work so the managers get us doing all kinds of cleaning activities. Can't have the employees standing around doing nothing and getting paid for it. It's how my dad used to describe life in the army while waiting to be deployed to France. The sergeant says "Whitewash the rocks around the flower beds". "But Sarge, we whitewashed them yesterday". "Well bleedin' well whitewash them again!".

Any road up. Me and a couple of others got the task of tidying up the yard. We were only out there for about an hour from 9am until 10.00, but it wasn't until I got home and started shaving in front of the mirror that I saw how much the sun had caught my baldy bonce. Not boiled lobster red, and it'll fade before the weekend is out, but noticeable. You have to be careful about the sun in these latitudes, even when it's relatively low in the sky.

Yesterday 52/81 (actual: 54/84)
Today 51/84
Saturday 59/85 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 65/86 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 67/86 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 69/90 (60% chance of rain)
Wednesday 69/91 (20% chance of rain)
Thursday 71/87 (40% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: 0
Average min/max for today's date: 58/80
Record high temperature for today: 93 (1925)
Record low temperature for today: 36 (1940, 1900)

Yesterday 51/84 (actual: 51/83)
Today 59/85 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 64/85 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 67/84 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 69/89 (50% chance of rain)
Wednesday 69/89 (20% chance of rain)
Thursday 68/88 (40% chance of rain)
Friday 62/80 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: -2
Average min/max for today's date: 58/80
Record high temperature for today: 98 (1985)
Record low temperature for today: 33 (1940)

I'm not bald, but I do have fair skin so I have a collection of wide brimmed hats and a couple I wear regularly to mitigate the number of spots my dermatologist will freeze off when I see him.

As for idle work, I can't quite recall where I heard this, possibly my father talking about navy boot camp, or possibly some movie; regardless, apparently another such task was "moving holes". First you dig a hole and when that's complete the sergeant "politely requests" it be moved 6 feet to the left or right. Rinse and repeat.