"So everybody just stay inside and do nothing."
THAT was this morning's weather report. Today is predicted to be the hottest day of the year.
So far... I don't doubt things will still get worse before they get better.
They were uncharacteristically vague about the temperature, somewhere between 107 and 110. Not that it matters. Once you pass 103 you're really just splitting hairs. The end result is the same - you just want to slit your wrists. I have nothing against the heat; I LOVE Palm Springs. But here the heat comes with a festering stench that triggers your gag reflex.
And speaking of the air, or what passes for it here, today they also predict the air quality to be "HAZARDOUS". We've moved past "red" on the color coded air chart into the "violet burgundy" range, the color of oxygen depleted blood. Whatever that means was left unsaid.
Will we be gasping for air like fish out of water?
Will the air just spontaneously combust?
Having lived here almost a year, I wouldn't rule either of those scenarios out.
