Call it what you want, a trip to Dante’s Inferno, a cruise through Hades’ Underworld or just plain summer vacation, the sultry season is here and it has arrived with vengeance. I should be joining the throngs of sun worshipers who love all things beach and heat, but alas, I am not one of those.
I am one of those people who only enjoy the beach if it is raining and thinks the summer swelter is Satan’s idea of a virtual tour. You will not find me anywhere near the beckoning waves when the thermostat reaches 100+ degrees but you will find me shoving my face in front of a large A/C unit much like a dog when it sticks its head out the window of a car.
How come Northerners are the only ones who get the advantage of canceling things on account of the weather? If they get “snowed in” then I want to be “heated-in” can someone make that happen? Can the people in DC conceive of a way for us to hibernate through these blistering months with as much cooling comfort as possible?
The seriousness of the weather really ought to be looked at like a health hazard. Anytime I walk outside it is like walking into a wet sauna and I’m only supposed to stay in one of those things for about twenty minutes (says so right on the door). And after the grass and leaves have been burnt to a crisp it is only logical to assume that anything else walking around in the middle of August is going to feel like an ant under a magnifying glass.
I don’t think it is too much to ask to cancel summer altogether. I mean, when it is so hot that the ocean starts to feel like warm bath water then something ought to be done, right? Or, when my skin starts melting like a DQ Dip Cone in the microwave then there ought to be someone cautioning me to stay inside. If that means that I have to stay in doors from June through September, then so be it; we all have to make sacrifices at some point.
But I declare, when a trip to the mailbox feels like bear-crawling through the Sahara, then there ought to be a law.
“Closed: ‘cause it’s just too dang hot!”
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