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Dog Days And Texas Storage
In hot weather, we like climate control, and Texas storage has that. There’s no hotter weather than the Dog Days. Dog Days! If you were wondering where that turn of phrase came from, let me tell you.
The Greeks started it, but we know more about what it meant for the Romans. They called the stretch of hot weather from July to early September Dog Days (only in Latin). You know, the stretch when the climate control of Texas storage is most necessary for certain items.
This was because they associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. Where did this logic come from? Well, they considered Sirius to be the “Dog Star” because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (That means Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the heavens besides the Sun.
The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise, which is no longer true. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.
We don’t buy that at Texas storage, but it’s an interesting story to tell this time of year!
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Posted on: Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 9:00 am
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