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I’m tired of it. Day after day, week after week, it never seems to cease! I don’t think I can recall a year in my brief 35 where it has ever been this hot. And not just hot, but dry. Oh sure, every now and again we are teased with a “cool” day, or a spattering of raindrops. But there has been nothing substantial since late Spring. Yards everywhere have dried up, excepting those fools like me that have paid to water the grass.

By late June of this year, I sort of figured we were in for a hot summer. It turned out that “hot” was a serious underestimation. It was by all definitions, July and August were certified ”scorchers”. Surely September would be cooler, right? Nope. Temperatures soared, remaining in the 90s for much of the month and setting records almost weekly; one of which included 20+ straight days in the 90s. Boy… I couldn’t wait for October!

October is my favorite month of the year… it means pumpkins, apple cider, colorful leaves, jackets and jeans, chili, and fall festivals. But instead, it was back up into the 90s the first weekend of October. Again, records dating to the 1930s and before were broken for highest temps in that month! We did get a brief reprieve last week where it “acted like Fall” for a few days, but today we’re back up to 80°. The rest of this week is supposed to be in the mid to upper 70s to low 80s. And while that’s certainly not the 90s, it’s still OCTOBER! Temps now are supposed to be sliding into the mid to low 60s for highs!

Of course, when you bring this up to most people, they laughingly write it off to the mysterious “global warming”. Some are serious, and some think it’s a joke. I tend to think it’s a little of both, and that many are uninformed. They simply latch on to what they hear from the media and regurgitate it as fact. I have read and subscribe fairly heavily to Michael Crichton’s research and stated theories in his book “State of Fear“. That tome demonstrates that in addition to the fact that we are actually coming out of an ice age (based upon historical data), the concept of “Global Warming” has actually become something that has been politicized and often used as a tool for those with ulterior motives. But I also believe in the “urban heat island” effect, and feel we certainly aren’t doing much to help our environment. 

All that aside, I’m just sick of the heat. Summer is over. I wish it would cool down so I can throw on my jacket and enjoy my chili and cider. But even then, check back with me in March when I complain about the cold. =)