On and on it goes. The heat is really oppressive now, with no end in sight. Next summer will be even worse, and the summer after that, and the summer after that... at least, that appears to be the established pattern. I still see some forecasters talking about an early invasion of arctic air. I'm skeptical about that.
The heat wave must end sooner or later. Let it be sooner! At least mornings are still quite comfortable. And the days are shorter, so less insolation, but it continues to be very hot. But also very dry.
We got some relief last evening and it was pleasant on the patio, with heavy clouds and thunder and a few drops of rain, and then some cooling breezes. No real rain though, at least not at my location. But it was not bad at all. In the summer, in weather like this, I actually chill cabernet. And that's what I enjoyed on the patio. I'm surrounded by sunflowers, some up to twelve feet tall, but they are past their prime and the seeds are feeding finches. It's still possible to use the path I made earlier this year but it's like pushing through a jungle. I'm delighted to have bees outside, and spiders, and many other small insects crawling all over the sunflowers. I've never been stung. I'm not so happy with the mosquitoes, though. I see forecasts calling for an early onset of cool weather, and I hope they are correct. 2024 will probably be the hottest year on record, and I'm sure 2025 will top that, and so on and so on, until... the party is over. And it never was much of a party. More of a drunken, bloody, orgy. Death, destruction, and a lot of nonsense. Madness and unspeakable cruelty.
We are in for a hot week. Expect every year to be hotter than the last, as humanity (stupid animals, by and large) effectively suffocates in its own waste products. No escape and no salvation for the naked apes. Why does that prospect not bother me at all?
We are having a nasty turn of the weather this August. Heat wave. A prolonged period of triple digits. I hope it doesn't last as long as some of the forecast models have it.
