When it comes to oil prices the World remains in confusion.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=aSJKCoUxJdcY&refer=energy

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With demand lessening, the U.S. cuts its forecast on demand for crude oil and gasoline.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=acZqSUSZyfg4&refer=energy

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We set a temperature record last week in Oklahoma City – 106 degrees.  I don’t have a temperature log in front of me but I don’t recall it ever breaking 100 degrees last summer.  2007 was a different animal though.  The State set a record that year for the most rainfall ever recorded.

What a difference a few months makes.  Prior to 2007 Oklahoma was in the third year of a persistent drought – three years of far less rain than we usually get.  I recall writing a piece called Oklahoma Burning and I updated it many times before the drought finally ended.

Hot weather and lack of rainfall has returned with a vengeance.  Two of my dogs, Princess my youngest and Lucky my oldest are laying on the cool kitchen tile as I peck away on the keyboard.  Lucky is normally an outdoor dog but I expect he will be staying inside for awhile, at least until Wednesday when the temps are predicted to drop once again below 100 degrees.

There’s little you can do about the weather in Oklahoma except to have a good air conditioner in the summer and a warm heater in the winter.  Well, there are a few other ways to remedy the heat and I think I will employ one of them shortly - wait for the sun to go down a bit and then take a long dip in the pool – or wait for next week when it will probably rain.

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