Weather It Is (Heat, Wind, and Dust)

Good Afternoon:

Low pressure located to our east will expand westward bringing uncomfortably hot temperatures on Friday.  However, the heat will be short-lived, as a cool front will bring somewhat cooler temperatures for Shabbat.  Temperatures should then fall through Monday, which may bring a slight chill to the air mornings early next week.

We're not going to warm up until the end of next week, and at the moment there is about a 70% chance July will end on neither a hot nor cool note.

In the meantimes, please be aware that the upcoming heat will arrive with enhanced dust levels from the Sinai and Saudia Arabia.

There will also be strong winds, which combined with the heat should bring a heightened fire risk.

I was away, and have been a bit under the weather (with a virus).  These reasons combined with a relative lack of weather has reduced the frequency of the blog output.

I didn't even take note of the murder of the 13 year old girl (Hallel Yaffe Ariel) from Kiryat Arba.  The worst part of this is that there never seems to be a point when we say enough (!), perhaps, because what we might like to do and what we can actually do (given a bit of rational reasoning) are not the same.  But, this just ignores the real problem, which is that Palestinian culture (and Arab/Islamic  culture in general) encourages far too many people to take what we consider amoral actions.  Of course, to them, they are acting in the highest moral plane.  But, then again, the Germans thought so too.

Barry Lynn