Suddenly Kansas (and wider areas of the middle of the country) has been captured by a brutal high pressure system which has decided to sit on our heads and spin relentlessly. It is as though an oppressive regime has enslaved the center of the country and is torturing the population while awaiting the delivery of an unnamed ransom payment. The newscast this morning predicted temperatures of 100 degrees or higher for the foreseeable future. And unlike Arizona, it is NOT a "dry heat", the air is thick and heavy all the time.
Not unlike the frigidly uncomfortable temperatures of January, the majority of the population has retreated to within their climate controlled environments, only venturing outside when it is necessary for continued survival... to forage Dillon's or HyVee for food... or to seek shelter at the local theater to consult with our favorite wizard, Harry Potter.
I move quickly from air-conditioned environment to air-conditioned environment... from home to work and back again... from the challenges of of my job to the sanctuary of watching Le Tour d'France... from reality to my dreams of standing in the clean, crisp mountain air, watching the peleton speed by.
It's not much better here in Michigan. We haven't quite hit 100 yet, but I've never been able to tell much difference when it gets up past 92 or so. There is work to do around the house, but so little desire to do it for fear of sweating to death.
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