[Magdalen] Heat advisory.

[Jay Weigel]

Reminds me of my oldest grandson's mother when she came back from Scotland
(before she married our Adam) and was relating how they'd had a heat wave
while she was there..."It was 73 degrees and everybody was complaining
about how fookin' 'ot it was and I was looking for my sweater!"

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:09 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> We expected it to be a little less warm when we traveled to Portugal at the
> beginning of this month.  Nah, it hung around 90 a lot of the time.  And it
> sure could have been worse. I read of some place reporting 45 degrees
> celsius.
> http://whnt.com/2016/09/07/record-breaking-september-
> heat-wave-grips-europe/
> Fortunately, we stayed out of the sun as much as possible, and the breeze
> dramatically helped.
> Today here it's just a bit chilly outside.
> And the Great Barrier Reef is losing content at about three per cent per
> year, I believe.
> When I was in Saudi Arabia in '91, we learned to just shrug the heat off.
> But good grief, stay hydrated! Heat exhaustion is no joke. (Been there,
> done that.)
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 9:22 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh My God.  Today was unbearable, at 75F max.  Tomorrow's predicted high
> > is 91F, and Monday's 93F.
> >
> > At this rate, my only hope for a bearable winter is for it to feel like a
> > mildy warm fall with occasional heatwaves.
> >
> > It's currently 73F, windows open all 'round, and nothing's moving.
> >
> > As Al Bundy used to say, "Somebody shoot me!"
> >
>