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That was a drawing of mine from 1990 or so, back when everything had spiky hair, sunglasses and earrings. And back when Texas had normal temperatures. Or did it?
For example, on July 16, 1990, the high temperature in Austin was 78, and the low was 68. That’s actually well below normal, but then again, today’s forecast high of 102 is well above normal. Last year’s high of 97 was also above average. So was 2000’s, and 2004’s, ..read more
Seriously, if I thought the heat would have been this bad, I would have become a panhandler in Portland like everyone else is doing. For the record, the average high in August (i.e. next month, and therefore a warmer month) is 95. We have hit 100 degrees or more 23 times this year, and it looks like we will hit 100 each day for at least the next 5 days.
Now, I know that plenty of civilizations survive and even ..read more