Summer Heat

The newspapers are awash with stories of how it is 94 in New York and with the humidity it feels like 99 ... golly gee !!! People are falling out on the sidewalks and huddled in every smidgin of shade extant. I have been in Phoenix at 2 AM when it didn't cool down to 94 ... or even 99. It was a balmy 100 here today, really felt good after our 106-109 temps last week. Mickey told me that it was 112 in Vegas the other day. Yuma has had a group of 109+ days.

FROM THE NEWS: In New York City, the record for the date was set in 1953, when Central Park recorded 100 degrees. On Monday, the mercury had reached 90 before noon.

I am truly sorry for all the people who are suffering back east, however ... we put thermometers in various parts of the warehouse today. The lowest one, at 2 PM, was 102 and the highest was 112. It was a normal day ... 10 1/2 hours of work and the warehouse was normal ... sweltering, with no air moving.

I will, however, REALLY feel sorry for them this winter when their temperatures drop below 30 and it snows axle deep to a tall ferris wheel. They will probably be ecstatic, and I will be sitting beside the pool in shorts... bitching because it only got to 80 that day. Different strokes for .... well, you know the lines.

I love the desert southwest, but .. yes, it does get too hot here at times. Especially when our humidity is high. However ... PLEASE keep me away from snow, ice and below freezing temps. We can go up the mountain in the winter, play in the snow .. with temps about 65 and then come back down to the desert floor and put on our shorts.

Sorry about the heat New York ... but really, outside temperatures are not hot until they are in triple digits.

Love From The Desert