fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in
from a high of 9.1% exactly a year ago, so that s great with news from the white house. but now let s take a look at, you know, you were mentioning inflation s been going down for 12 months. recall though last mercer neil, gas was over $5 nationwide for the first time in u.s. history. the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas, i checked this morning, is now $3.56. but, neil, for all americans prices still remain high. we don t have to tell our viewers that, they feel it every day. it feels like that $100 grocery run costs so much more. in fact, we looked up the food index, that s increased .1% in june after increasing .2% the previous month. the energy index rose .6%. people are going to be blasting their a/c, that s going to cost a lot more. other prices that have been increasing, represent, 8.3%. dining out, 7.7 increase.