It's HOT! 90 F in my bedroom at ten minutes to 11 at night.
Dull evening, for me, tho' I'm glad I didn't go to Lake George--they had a bad thunderstorm move through, and I would've likely been soaked through, as would have been my lawn chair and other items. It would have been a long wet walk back to the trolley stop at the pier.
The storms have been hitting Glens Falls--but just before they arrive, splitting to the north and south, so we've been dry all day.
Not much going on in my part of the world. According to tonight's paper:
Two people struck by lightning at the Saratoga County Fair. While waiting near an entrance gate for their families during a rain storm, a bolt of lightning struck a nearby tree stump, and traveled underground through the root system, striking the pair--and adult woman and a 15 year old boy--neither of them related to the other, and knocking them both unconscious. The boy is in critical condition and he was transported from the local hostpital to a more advanced treatment centre, the woman's condition is still unknown at this time.
A car caught fire from unknown causes, outside the city of Glens Falls. The driver was unhurt, but the car is a total loss. It is said that smoke from the burning vehicle could be seen for a couple of miles.
A young man was bounced out of a South Street bar Friday night, for being rude to staff, and when he kept trying to re-enter the bar, police were called. Upon his arrest, he began kicking the door and window of the patrol car, knocking it off its hinges, and the young man had to be restrained with both pepper spray and a tazer gun. Later, while being handcuffed to a holding cell, the young man lashed out at a passing officer, causing the policeman a minor injury to the head, which didn't require any medical treatment. The man is being held over until a bail hearing is set. He faces numerous charges from a misdemenor to felonies.
Another man was arrested here on Glen Street, for violating an order of protection, when he visited a woman who had a restraining order against him.
An author came to Crandall Public Library here in the city, to discuss his book, which addresses global warming, and our need here in America to change our way of thinking--both on a local and national level.
The town of Whitehall, on the Champlain canal near the Vermont border, issued a boil water notice, due to a leak in a water supply pipe. Residents are being cautioned to either boil water for a minimum of a minute before using, or to buy bottled water, until the problem is fixed.
The local Democratic party held a fund raising picnic in Fort Edward today.
The turn out for the community band concert in Lake George has been higher than expected.
The Adirondack Theater Festival is continuing through the week.
With a hot, steamy summer for much of the season so far, local beaches on various lakes and the Hudson river, as well as public swimming pools in Hudson Falls and Saratoga State Pak, plus several local water parks, are seeing full capacity crowds this year, as more locals are opting to stay home and visit these places, rather than travel to the ocean or other places in America and Canada.
And...that's about it. Dull stuff. Dull night. Have a good Sunday, all.
