Well, I guess if you’re soft and weak like the barking moonbat Warmists at the Atlantic you avoid a little weather
American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter
Americans have a long history of enduring heat waves by going outside. In a 1998 essay for The New Yorker, the author Arthur Miller described urbanites’ Depression-era coping mechanisms: People caught the breeze on open-air trolleys, climbed onto the back of ice trucks, and flocked to the beach. In the evenings, they slept in parks or dragged their mattresses onto fire escapes.
But since air conditioning went mainstream, in the 1960s, the easiest way to beat the heat has been by staying indoors—at home, the office, the mall—where cool air is a constant and blinds are often drawn to prevent homes from overheating (and electric bills from skyrocketing). For this convenience, Americans sacrifice the benefits of sunshine and the opportunities for fun it creates. As climate change turns up the temperature, summers in America are coming down to a choice between enduring the heat and avoiding it—both of which might, in their own ways, be making people sick.
In cities across the country, summers are, on average, 2.6 degrees hotter than they were some 50 years ago. In Phoenix, where a 95-degree day is a relief, schedules are arranged around the darkness; Jeffrey Gibson, an accountant who works from home, takes his eight-month-old daughter out for walks before 6:30 a.m.; after that, it’s so hot that she flushes bright red if they venture outside. He spends the rest of his day indoors unless leaving is absolutely necessary. It’s like this from April to October. Gibson recently told his wife, “Man, I think I’m a little depressed.”
Good grief, if you cannot take 2.6F more than 50 years ago you should probably replace your panty shields. It was 96 here today, I washed the car and did the windows inside. Big whoop.
The DSM-5 categorizes SAD as a type of major depression with a seasonal pattern, with symptoms such as sadness, feelings of worthlessness, and low energy. Usually, it presents in the winter, though scientists don’t agree on why. Some suspect that it’s because a lack of sun exposure may contribute to decreased levels of serotonin, a hormone that regulates mood, as well as vitamin D, which helps stimulate serotonin activity. Another theory links low exposure to sunlight with unusually high levels of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate sleep.
Maybe the Warmists could go outside for a bit? Maybe go to the pool or the beach? Down to the lake? But, come on, these people are deranged.
It’s been in the low to mid 90s here for a couple of weeks, with heat indices above 100º F, but I have a small farm; I don’t get to just sit in the air conditioning all day.
I worked outside for most of my life, summer and winter, so this is nothing new to me.
Predicted 96-98 here today with heat index up to 110, maybe 10 degrees over “average” for this time of year. 50% chance of scattered showers late afternoon. I don’t get to just sit in the A/C either, having a golf match to tend to!! Just like the prezzy!
We didn’t have A/C growing up in the Missouri Ozarks. It was a luxury, even in cars! After a day “hauling hay” we’d cool off in the Sac or Finley rivers.
Good grief Mr Teach !!!
That doesn’t sound like a great July Sunday to me. Did you do anything more enjoyable than washing your car?
98F in Raleigh yesterday must have been brutal with that humidity. The heat does take a toll as we age, maybe better to AC all day
Mr Teach
Don’t you realize that your accusations about warmists failing to go outside to the lake or to the beach (surfs up!!) sound more like confessions to your own lack of being outside when it is very hot ?