Winter has arrived in Las Vegas

Istijlál (Majesty), 9 Qawl (Speech), 168 BE – Thursday, December 1, 2011 about 11:40 AM Pacific Time

Winter has finally arrived in Las Vegas, with High Wind Warnings in the valley and Winter Storm Warning in the mountains. Today is cloudy and chilly. I did not let this prevent me from doing a couple of loads of laundry and hanging them on the line. Since I did not do laundry on Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to do it today. I am behind and I need to catch up this week.

So far, it has not rained, I did hear thunder earlier, but that has stopped. If it rains, I can do nothing about it. I just hope that it holds off until some of the clothes are dry. True it takes longer for cloths to dry on a cloudy day, but the eventually dry. I have to consider getting an electric dryer and then I would not have to worry about the weather and the clothes drying. However, the dryer has to wait a while because other things take priority.

I have a small space heater for the bathroom and a clothes rack. I can always put the cloths rack in the bathroom and turn on the space heater. That will allow me to dry some of the clothes in the house. I would prefer to hang the clothes outside or use an electric dryer. The space heater and the clothes rack will help me catch up on the laundry, which is what I want to do this week.

Winter Storm Warning, High Wind Warning, and Wind Advisory

Istiqlál (Independence), 19 Mulk (Dominion), 167 BE – Friday, February 25, 2011 about 4:51 PM Pacific Time

I am looking forward to spring. I am looking forward to warm weather. I am looking forward to a nice soft spring breeze. The latest Severe Weather Bulletin released by the Weather Service concerns a Winter Storm Warning, a High Wind Warning, and a Wind Advisory, which all include Clark County Nevada.

I am tired of winter. I am tired of high winds. I am tired of looking out my living room window every morning to see if the one stone pine tree remaining in my yard is still standing. I did have one tree removed this February. I will be paying that off for the next two or three months. I cannot afford to have the final tree removed for at least another six to twelve months.

The T.V. Weather person predicts rain for this weekend. Rain is good because it washes my car. Rain is good because in this part of Nevada we are experiencing a drought. The disadvantage to the rain is that I have to drive in it. I have to take a prescription to the pharmacy and I have to pick up a box of food I ordered in late January. I hope it waits until I get back home tomorrow before it starts raining, but just incase it rains tonight I am going to roll my car windows up.