Good day! Numerous folks have said to me since summer arrived, "I'm not going to complain." But, it's been since September 2, 2008 that we last had a temperature in the 90s. It was 94 degrees on that day. We really haven't had a stretch of very hot and very humid days here and many of us are just not acclimated. But, from all signs, it appears we'll have plenty of time to get acclimated over the next few weeks. I agree with my colleague, Mr. Caplan, who professed in the blog before this one that it appears the pattern is now setting up for summer conditions to become entrenched with occasional flirtations with thunderstorms. We are not seeing days on end of persistent rainfall as had been the case in the "spring of 2009."
I have heard from folks who have access to a swimming pool and they are THRILLED with this heat. Jumping in to that refreshing pool can be a sweet feeling. Temperatures along the Chicago shore right now are around 67 degrees. Over in Michigan City, if you REALLY want a chill, jump into the lake where the water temperature is about 52 degrees! And yes, if I jumped into the lake over there, I WOULD be the one WHO'S COMPLAININ'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tracy
