Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Heat.

If you can't take the heat... get out of South Carolina.

There is a HEAT ADVISORY right now. Yes, it's dangerously hot. Like a heat index of 111 or something crazy like that. According to the National Weather Service:

"A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES MAY OCCUR. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS."

Basically, hole yourself up inside and say good-bye to any plans for green grass.

It's only the middle of June and the start-sweating-as-soon-as-you-step-out-the-door heat is already here. This is August weather folks!

I can't believe we moved to a city with the slogan "famously hot." Granted, North Dakota in January is completely miserable, too...proving the grass is not always greener on the other side.

I just hope the air conditioner doesn't go out. If it does, I guarantee that combined with the grief will cause a meltdown (no pun intended).

-Heather

2 comments:

Nikole said...

It's not usually this bad until August. I guess it had to make up for the colder-than-usual winter we had.

Bill Crosby said...

Sounds like the advice for a Heat Advisory is the same for a Blizzard...except swap the 'heat' for 'freeze' and the 'air conditioner' for 'fireplace'. Though, I've always loved running the air conditioner in the winter...it is so much more efficient then.