For the past three days, we have been bombarded with "DIRE ALERTS!" that temperatures are going to reach 100 degrees on June 20th, and how this is "NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES!!!"
First off, it's Houston, it is on the coast, so 100 degrees is about the limit due to the humidity and closeness to the Gulf of Mexico. (oceans tend to smooth out temperatures swings while increasing precipitation.) So we don't usually ever get higher than 101-102.
Second, the news just mentioned that the average first day of the calendar year for triple digit temperatures is June 19th (today). The first day this year MAY be tomorrow. This is being broadcast as the world is ending, we are all going to die, unusual, aberrant weather behavior.
I don't get it - it's Texas. It's summer. It's HOT!!! It's been this way since I first moved here in 1978. Why this is such a big story is beyond me.
Psst... I know time is moving super fast as we get older, but it's actually July now.
Anyway, these heat alerts get more and more common over time. I think it's a response to the fact that baby boomers are now senior citizens and they need reminded that they can't take that shit anymore.