Ninety – 90- yes, hot. For us. I don’t believe the humidity is predicted to be too high, though.
Of course, I am sitting in air-conditioning. That is because pretty much everyone has AC today, which, in turn, means that for the most part, the outside has a lot fewer trees. It also means that in my lifetime, people have gone from greeting one another with a ‘Whoa, it’s going to be another scorcher’ to waiting until they have made it from car to mall (or Wal-Mart) to acknowledge anyone.
I remember when we used to wait minute by minute, hour by hour, for the heat to ‘break’ – ah, that cool air that moved in after a storm. It was an Alka-Seltzer weather moment.
How I remember that too. As kids, my brothers and I used to grab our sheets and sleep in the lawn chairs under our oak tree. We would wander downstairs during the night hoping to be the first one, so we could sleep in the hammock. By morning we were covered in dew and mosquito bites. In hot weather my Mother always looked out back for us in the morning.
Air conditioning changed so many things. I hadn’t thought about the absence of trees though. I do think Mom’s no longer send their kids out to play, because it’s too hot. Everyone lives inside. Seems sad or am I just old? Anyway, is it hot enough for ya?