Jeff Stahler for June 19, 2024

Did you remember to bring the eggs???

In my formative years, I learnt how to survive summers in the desert. That was pre-climate change. Not looking forward to July and August heatwave s. Can humans really survive the global warming? Or will we, like the many other species that are lethally affected by extreme heat, will we join the extinction race to oblivion?

It’s summer. That means it can get hot.

It’s worse indoors with no air conditioning. Of course,it all depends on where you live.

Used to be that sidewalks would get so hot one could fry an egg on it. Guess in this scene, one can boil it instead.

Ari, are you one of those that in the winter when it gets cold you say “So much for Global Warming.”

That couple lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin! The sea level is rising!

We’ve had heat waves like this before. Then they were once in a century events. Now they are once every couple of year events.

Cattle die off and crop failures will NOT affect the prices at the supermarket, we can blame that on politicians.

The word of the day: HYDRATE. Drink a lot of water. Do not wait until you get thirsty; drink before you get thirsty.

Wear clothing that can wick away perspiration and spread it out for maximum cooling. Wear a wide brimmed hat to get the sun off your face and neck.

Don a wet T-shirt. Well, don it first and then wet it. Getting into a wet T-shirt is not as easy as it would seem. This one really works, folks especially if you can sit in front of a fan.

Put a cool wet rag on the back of your neck. This will cool the blood going to your brain and fool it into thinking you are cooler.

Soak your feet in cool water (your body will figure out what parts are cool and what parts are hot and will work to even out the temperature.

Don’t live south of the Mason-Dixon line.

I am fortunate to live in a wooded area. Even areas that are not shaded are cooler. Partly this is because there is usually shade on these areas for at least part of the day. They are not being cooked from sunup to sundown.

Mainly it is because trees make sunlight do work. Leaves absorb sunlight and through photosynthesis make more plant. Otherwise the sunshine hits the surface and gets reflected back in the infrared (heat). Trees also absorb CO2 from the air.

Urban areas have “heat islands” that are hotter than the surrounding areas.

Therefore, every rooftop should have plants on it. If we can get the right kind of plants we could probably use them for food or fuel. Not to mention what a foot or two of insulating soil might do for the building.

Wanna live in a desert or in mega cities, you’re gonna feel the heat.

Yup. Mid 20s down to the mid teens at night this week and rain on the weekend.

left wingers need to man up and learn to deal with it. Its summer, of course its going to get hot.

Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower.

Small children are less able to regulate their body temperature, putting them at greater risk, she said.​

Older people, who have fewer sweat glands, are the most vulnerable. Nearly 90 percent of the heat-related deaths in Europe last summer were among people aged over 65. – Science Alert

I live just south of Chicaga IL. Drove to Valparaiso IN. It was in the 90s. Felt like the low hundreds. Blahh.

Chicago is spelled phonetically as it is pronounced in this locality.