It's been very hot recently. It is July, after all, so perhaps it should not be a surprise, other than the weather having been generally unexceptional so far this summer. So the sudden arrival of a sweltering heatwave has caught us all unawares. We began by welcoming the blistering sunshine, only to discover that sitting all day in the office was not much fun, and trying to get to sleep at night was even less. But then yesterday the rains burst upon us, and everyone complained that summer was over already. And then today it started getting warm again. Looking ahead, Sunday – that is, half of the long-awaited weekend – is predicted to be beset by numerous thunderstorms and fearsome lightning strikes.
This was not intended to be a detailed weather forecast, which, in a blog post, is of limited utility, given that in a day or so the forecast will no longer be a forecast but history, and probably wildly inaccurate history at that. But it highlights the importance we attach to the vagaries of our weather, particularly when the rest of our lives are remarkably dull and uneventful in comparison.
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