One Hot July

Whew! One hot July we are having. While motoring into Monticello this past week, we even saw some pigs sweating, now that’s hot.

With humidity pushing 50%, the heat index is at 105 degrees. Who is responsible for giving us this term, “heat index”?

Isn’t it bad enough to anticipate the next 10 days of over 90 degree highs without adding misery by announcing the heat index?

Here’s a great idea. Every Christmas several television channels show a roaring fire in a fireplace just in case your house is lacking a fireplace or you don’t want to light a fire. Why not use this same psychology during the summer when it is so hot and show hours of snow coming down or ice skating on frozen lakes? Anything would help, right?

By the way, our chance of snow is ZERO per cent.

Comparatively speaking, 30 years ago, most of July was over 100 degrees, on July 23rd, 1986, the high was 103 degrees.

On the other hand on the same date in 1976, the high was 61 degrees. So as we are known to say in these parts, if you don’t like the weather just hang around a few days. If there is one thing for certain, you can never tell about the weather.

Until we get a cool spell, drink plenty of liquids, preferably the house wine of the South, sweet tea. Here’s to y’all, Monticello.