First I'm going to quote from the words of Krista, one of my favorite reads, a nugget of sly, twisted and very funny wordsmithee, one of our most erstute contemporary sages channeling through Badder Homes and Gardens about Texas heat this past APRIL :
" It's springtime in Texas, which means we're about four days away from it being so unbearably, mind-numbingly hot outside that you can't even leave the goddamn house without your skin blistering and your face melting off. Literally. Literally melting off. I have literally seen people's faces melt off onto the sidewalk right in front of me. Literally. I have literally seen this happen. Faces. Melting off. Literally melting off. Onto the sidewalk. "
Amen Sistah. Here's the thing - cwazy circumstances - I wound up injured (pre-event injury which limits my ability severely...a few steps' about it and muy pain) isolated, no phone or power (or no power to charge the phone if you prefer) for 3 days and 'bout 4 nights and the temps this week were 105+ plus here on my lofty, little, South Austin hilltop.
I was layin' low, trying to keep little sips of water down and taking frequent showers when it dawned on me something really badddd was happening. Really bad. I fought the notion, but the message remained. So changed a shirt, grabbed a purse and and cane (if I had any vanity left I woulda shot myself for how I looked long before the heat got me), got outside on the stairs (I'm on the second story), hailed a cute girl with a cell phone - 911-great EMT's with ice packs in ther van...and on and on. Hospital ran basic tests, got me hydrated and let me charge my cell phone (so I COULD solve the power situation) AND sent me home with a giant ice chest with lotsa gatorade!!!
We've been in the 100's regularly since April. Two months earlier than "usual" whatever that is any more. Global Warming? Natural, cyclical changes in the history of the Earths' climate? Doesn't really matter much any more now does it?
