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Didn’t Oxford CT do like 84 during the big heatwave?

Thanks, Scott. We're hopeful.

Yeah, he pulled off the trifecta. We thought he had a summer flu the first week, but tests came back negative. He had a second bout and was deliriously feverish for a few days last week. He almost never gets sick, which tipped us off to the possibility of tick-borne illness. Poor guy will be on doxy for 28 days, but that's far better than letting any of these diseases become entrenched.

Just putting out a general service announcement to check yourselves regularly for ticks. My dad has been having flu-like symptoms on and off for a couple weeks and just came back positive for Lyme, erlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Heavy heavy doxycycline in the forecast. He hasn't developed an allergy to red meat though, so there's the silver lining.

Nice to hear thunder. Feels like it's been since January.

Kinda fascinating. Only cell in SNE and it’s just sitting there. Maybe on a seabreeze boundary?

Nah. Philly gets more snow.

Might be disease? My bro had two in his yard yesterday in Berlin.

Emphatically agree. My brother discovered a dead one in his kid's play area scattered among their stuffed animals/toys and had to do a rabies course for the whole family. Not a pleasant experience. Cost him a couple thousand bucks, and his insurance was billed a couple hundred thousand.

I’m so glad to hear you have them. I had a lot last year, but zippo this year.

The only torch I really remember fondly was March ‘12.

It is quite steamy out there. Don't have the AC on yet though. I plan to install tomorrow.

Now this is more like it. Full sun, light south breeze, burnt nape, distant thunderheads on the CT side of the water. Glad summer is finally here.

Oh look, another overcast morning with dense fog.

Yup. Still socked in clouds and fog. Miserable.