khsstitches

YAY! We had a few - like 2 - hours of sun this afternoon! Hope springs eternal.....

BunsenBurner

We really need our rain back. It is 85 degrees back home. And lots of happy Mariners' fans, per our local paper's webpage.

geek_mom

Hey, I guess it worked! We've got a lightning storm outside and a few drops hit us on our way out of the movies tonight. Thanks, NE friends! Hope you enjoy the sunshine!

lspf72

We left Cape Cod this morning on the perfect beach day-- and the first sunny day we've had all week. Figures!

I keep telling myself it's just as well. We all fry in the sun anyway. But still...

teriwtt

D1 says it's 85 and sunny today in Boston. Where was that weather last week when we were there?

maysixxmom

Deep south Texas here. No significant rain widespread rain since LAST September. Two summers ago we had 22" in July. I would welcome that now, but I'm afraid it would only come with some horrible tropical disaster. Not looking forward to the inevitable water rationing.

Ok, back to my rain dancing.....

marite

We went to see the fireworks (together, apparently, with half a million people) and it was a lovely, balmy evening, with a near full moon.

my-3-sons

Happy days are here again!!!!

Marite-We watched from Boston Commom, a beautiful night.

maineparent

We can see the fireworks from our house.... this is the first year I did not invite lots of folks over..... cause the forecast was so lousy... and voila!!! we have a wonderful evening, perfect temperature, clear skies.... and the company called last minute, turns out we had a great crowd and enjoyable fireworks.....one of the kids even commented "I feel like I am in Beijing" and today's paper said the city of Portland had hired the company that did the Beijing Olympics..... how lucky are we??

jmmom

We watched fireworks on our lake - all just done by different families. But quite excellent. Don't remember doing that in past years. With little ones, we were focused on our own little mini fireworks and sparklers.

Loved seeing the displays last night, but have to say I was wistful for the days of little ones and sparklers.

ucsd_ucla_dad

We watched fireworks here last night too. A related report I saw stated that there has *never* been measurable rain in San Diego on July 4 since records have been kept starting around 1850 or so.

MBA Grad 2009

No fireworks here, except in restricted areas. Some idiot set off fireworks in North Houston and burned down an apartment complex. We've had three people in Houston die from heat in the last week, even though the city and Reliant Energy set up cooling stations all over town.

Oh yes, my HOA also sent out a letter warning homeowners they will be fined for all the dead grass. That's always a nice gesture in summer here.

ucsd_ucla_dad

Fireworks are illegal here. The only thing allowed are the big commercial shows put on by cities which are done such that they don't start fires.

We really noticed all the fireworks stands in the NE when we were there last week since there are none around here.

I'm glad it cleared up for fireworks in the NE. I read that NYC had the biggest display in the nation so that must be something to see.

marite

The display in Boston was pretty spectacular, too. We were on the Longfellow bridge, so did not hear the Pops and Neil Diamond, but a few people began singing "Sweet Caroline." We saw David Gergen making his way through the polyglot throngs.

Biohelpmom

Two days of sun! I'm so much happier. Our yard is still so wet though, that yesterday I found a snapping turtle the size of a dinner plate crawling across the back yard! But...there are no ponds or streams neaby. Wildlife must be totally confused.