In case you haven't heard, it's hot outside. Umm...so what? Why is this all anyone can talk about? Why are people surprised, IT'S EFFING SUMMER. It's supposed to be hot in the summer!! If it was snowing, THEN there would be something to talk about. But heat? Come on people.
This is Washington, DC. It is known* that DC is built on a swamp. Now I'm no ecologist but my understanding, based almost primarily on the scene in the Fire Swamp in The Princess Bride, is that swamps are hot, sticky, unpleasant places with rodents of unusual size. DC's swampiness is a staple of living here, just like tourists, douchebags and monuments. I don't hear people express surprise at the fact that there are tourists roaming the city. I don't hear people exclaim, "There are douchebags here?!" On our morning commute, JanJan and I don't say, "Hey look! The Washington Monument is out today." So why is everyone in shock that it's hot?
I remember from an anthropology class I took about seven years ago that humans as a species are adapted to warm weather. The professor said, "If you had a choice between being in a frozen tundra for three days without supplies (or a jacket) or being in a hot climate for three days without supplies, which do you think you would survive?" We'd survive the heat, because that's what our bodies are built for. We'd get frostbite and die pretty quickly in the cold--much faster than we would in the heat. My point is we should be excited it's this hot outside because that's what our bodies want! It's evolution man!
So please, can we all just cool down the heat talk, find a patio, drink some iced tea or lemonade or beer or whatever, have a popsicle and be grateful there isn't a 24" pile of snow outside? Thanks.
*Yes this is a Game of Thrones reference. I'm a nerd.
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