We hit 100.4 degrees this afternoon, the hottest of the summer. A line of severe storms came through and gave us a little over an inch of rain. While coming home through Prospect in northeast Jefferson County, I observed quite a bit of wind damage - limbs down, power out. No sign of bad winds here. We topped out at 38 mph. I doubt the heat is over and I know the drought isn't. We'd have to get a lot more rain to make up the shortage. This was no hurricane, of course, but it seems that our summer droughts are often ended by a hurricane. As much damage as they cause on the coast, they are often a salvation inland. Remember those rainy September mornings going to school in the rain - lights on in the school building? Many were drought ending hurricanes.