[Constitution Day]

A claustrophobia-inducing greenhouse of heat and sadness, the "heat dome" is actually a 1 million square-mile high-pressure system hovering over most of the country and pushing temperatures sky-high.

Rolling my eyes over here. It's pretty dang hot (102° outside my office), but come on.

[dfwgator]

You mean it’s actually hot in summer? Who knew?

[martin_fierro]

A claustrophobia-inducing greenhouse of heat and sadness,

I hereby declare this article a nausea-inducing jumble of pseudo-science and drama.

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[Mariner]

"Rolling my eyes over here. It's pretty dang hot (102° outside my office), but come on. "

I was born and raised in the Central Valley of California and used to laugh out loud when folks in the mid west, northeast and south would complain about temperatures nearing 100deg. We get at least 25 days a year of such temperatures.

Then I got sent on a job to Columbus Mississippi in August one year. It was 101deg and 92% humidity. It almost looked foggy the air was so thick. Only cooled to about 85deg in the AM.

I didn't know it was possible for humans to live in such conditions. It totally shut me down. Incapacitated. Hard to breathe.

Phoenix at 118deg is not THAT hot.