Temps are still in the 90s … Yesterday’s high temp at the local weather station was 96.3 degrees … Hazardous weather outlook for southeast North Carolina … Friday, heavy rain … Heat advisory may return by Sunday and into the middle of next week…
Forecast for local areas … Thursday … A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9 AM … Partly sunny with a high near 92 … 40% chance of precipitation…
Thursday night … A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy with a low around 74 … Chance of rain … 50% … Friday … Showers and thunderstorms … High near 87 … Winds could gusts as high as 17 mph … Chance of rain is 80%…
High Saturday & Sunday near 94 … 40% to 60% chance of rain…
Fields and yards have a green cast following recent showers … Crops still suffering … Many may not recover … rain or no rain…
Tall weeds are growing fast…
Other news … Bladen County Commissioners meet Monday … 5:45 p.m., July 15 … Purpose of the meeting is to receive comments from local municipalities regarding proposed use of the Opioid Litigation Settlement funds…
Stock market is soaring … good for retirement funds and savings…
According to various sources, inflation is continuing, but at a slower pace … Saw one industry someplace suggesting pay scales as high as $35 per hour … Somebody pays … usually consumers of products and services.
Remember when the minimum wage was $1 … a loaf of bread 19 cents … steak $1 dollar a pound … fuel for vehicles 25 cents a gallon … Postal stamps were about a dime … It’s all connected, all relevant…
Looking for an idea for family fun this weekend? … How about one of Bladen’s local lakes?…
How about a phone call from a friend from years ago … coming to or through the area … would like to have lunch, maybe a burger? … Come on down…
Remember the old tune … “If you got the money, I got the time.” Country tune if my memory is correct … Maybe Ray Price? … Not sure…
Some of my best days … spinnin’ records at WBLA … for about $75 a week … had to work Saturday or Sunday p.m. … late ’60 and early ’70s. Could cut the grass … make a little extra…
“I feel like summer has taken me over.”
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” Henry David Thourau.
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” Audrey Hepburn
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” Mario Fernandez
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