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It’s NOT a Dry Heat

~ Jim Flanigan ~ 1 Comment

Look, I am not a climate change denier. I know that the US Southwest has roasted under sweltering, record-breaking, albeit dry heat this summer. But I’m in the greater Chicago area. Yeah, it gets hot here in the summer. We’ve used our air conditioning for a few days this year. But normally, 90F/32C is hot for us. And God Almighty, it gets humid here. You know, we have this enormous freshwater lake nearby that can make it feel like you’re breathing water at times.

On Monday, I took a look ahead to next week’s forecast. I heard we have a heat dome coming next week.

Yeah, that is centered just outside Chicago close to where I am. But this forecast is freakin’ ridiculous.

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Jim’s Poetry Corner for a Circular Room

~ Jim Flanigan

It’s oppressively cold here for the next week or so. What genius decided that this planet was habitable? Anyway, here’s a bit of poetry for the bitter cold. Feel free to add your own lines to create an even longer and more painful poem to read.

Winter’s grip of ice and cold is more than I can bear

As I rend my clothes in deep despair.

Now I sit shivering in my underwear,

Glad to not be completely bare,

And wishing I had even more body hair.

So I sally forth completely aware

That frostbite may require medical care.

But fear not for my general welfare,

For I awake and find it was just a nightmare.

Wait, no it’s not. It’s the freakin’ Arctic out there.

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Whether I Can Weather The Weather

~ Jim Flanigan

Can someone please tell me how to plan to dress for the weather forecast for Thursday?

Forecast

Any temperature above 50F is, by law, shorts weather for me, but I don’t think my bare, pale, unprotected (just shaved!) legs will appreciate the 19F temp and snow in the forecast. Maybe a parka with shorts? Help!