Records

When I think of records, besides those vinyl things we used to listen to (or still do), I think of feats of accomplishments.  For instance, Cal Ripken's consecutive games started, or the largest hamburger, or the most people to fit into a phone booth; but adding weather to that list is not a record, is brutality.

I speak of the fact that in 1980, the DFW area saw 42 days straight of 100+ temperatures outside (and 68 total days above 100), and we will surpass the 42 this weekend.  The local weather and radio stations, not to mention the papers continue to mention this as if it is a record to be proud of.  I am not!

There are people dying from this heat; farmers and ranchers throughout Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico are suffering billions of dollars in loss; we are suffering through an exceptional drought throughout these areas.  Austin, Texas is 16 inches under it's normal rainfall amount since last October; it's brutal out there, and currently there is no end in sight.

Yet my major worry about this, is all those people, companies, etc that continue to water the street, sidewalks, etc to save their grass, etc.  Instead they should be paying fines to the tune of billions of dollars, and maybe spending some time in solitary to think about how their actions affect so many other people.
God entrusted us to care for His kingdom, and boy, are we doing a lousy job managing those resources, especially water which doesn't grow on a tree.