If your local media is anything like ours we only hear about the east coast heat index. Our remarkably cool summer is not worth covering.
Stay thirsty my friend... whoops, I mean warm.
To tell you the truth I am beginning to get a vibe that globally we are all in for a major climate surprise, could it be another Ice Age?
Possibly indicators of magnetic pole shifting about to occur?
I think I may just dig out the old cast iron stove and lay in a supply of wood, lots of wood for possibly a colder winter.
BTW, Alaska broke records for the heaviest snowfall recorded in most parts, they are still plowing snow off parts of Anchorage.