Friend, it has been over 90 degrees for days and days. Like, for four or five days, in a row. It is impossible to think in such weather. I lie in bed with a wet towel on top of me and listen to the fan and a fly buzzing somewhere, and I can't imagine mustering the strength to lift my head. I can't sleep, but reading would require turning on a light, and lights produce heat, which is totally unacceptable. How do people live in places where this is part of life? When it is cold, you can put things on your body that make you less cold. When it is hot and thick like this, what can you do except dive off the dock into the ocean? (I did that at lunch on Monday, and it was wonderful, but unfortunately I couldn't stay in the water all day.)
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August 19, 2009
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It keeps being 90 degrees in DC, too, and there are a lot of dramatic thunderstorms and torrential rain, and my hopes get all raised. But then the next day it is just 90 degrees again and then there is another thunderstorm. Someone forgot to tell the heat about how it is supposed to break, apparently.
Posted by: Cecily | August 19, 2009 at 02:46 PM
Autumn is coming to Boston next week. The forecast for Wednesday calls for a high of 81 and a low of 48. With a high of 66 the next day. That's change I'm not sure I can believe in.
Posted by: Grant | August 19, 2009 at 06:34 PM
We had a historic heat wave three weeks ago, and it was miserable.
Posted by: NickS | August 19, 2009 at 07:18 PM
No complaints on this end, non-stop rain (6+ weeks with no relief on weekends) this past spring in the Northeast, I am grateful for the heat and fear autumn's approach after this too-brief phantom summer.
Posted by: Jen | August 20, 2009 at 02:53 AM
There's a simple solution to your problem. Go metric. Then you'll be in the low 30s and have no trouble at all.
Posted by: doctorpat | August 20, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Fun! August thunderstorms are my favorite!
Posted by: Allison | August 21, 2009 at 08:04 AM