It's bad this week...but this is paradise compared to what nikkas in the midwest have to suffer thru on the regular
Yeah, it seems they get it pretty bad, too. I still remember
the Chicago heat wave a couple decades ago. Following it from afar like

. I'd figured that area would have fairly mild summers given how brutally frigid it was in winter. Seems like a lot of areas in that region exist in a binary weather-wise.
Actually, summer this past year was fairly tame around here. Not nearly as many Code Red/Orange days as years past - not even sure if we broke triple digits all season.
I had a feeling Old Man Winter was gonna go HAM this season, though, and so far, he's already on schedule.
