Poor WOM.... he had a 110 yesterday. 

Good catch.

*doc thinks this is gonna become the weather for the foreseeable future.   Not good.

I lived !7 years in the Nevada desert, where daytime summer temps are well over the temps we are experiencing now in Illinois and elsewhere, and the only thing I saw melting from the heat were tourists.

Back in 1936, the year my mother was born, it was a long, hot summer with record high temps as well. I don't think anyone was screaming about global warming then. Many were just wishing they had electricty on the farm.

I do think the most recent ice age is finally over.

True enough. They also didn't complain about cable.

They were mostly fighting to get out of the Depression... hmmmmm..... history repeating itself?

Yes, ozone depletion increases UV radiation levels and therefore skin cancers (of all types). Melanoma ties in more directly to unprotected exposure before age 18 and severe sunburns. Also, more affected are the Australians of Scandinavian origin (fair skin) who spend too much unprotected time in the sun (young people think they are immortal and impervious to harm). That's true for America as well.

Yep, I lived in the Mojave Desert in California from 1977 until 1981 and it regularly got hotter than that and nothing melted except the ice cubes in my drink. Heck, even the scorpion's, gila monsters and black widow spiders were walking on the asphalt with no problems! Really low humidity there for sure though.

Want to hear a good one though?  In July of 1978 we got 6 inches of snow! Since then there has been a time when they got almost two ffet of snow. I guess it snows there every so often, and that is really crazy ...

LOL... we agree. Also we agree about the sea weed.

Ozone layer depletion by man is a major contributor to skin cancer. Back in 2011 I remember some talk of the layer 'healing'... and that it was worst over the poles. Things may well have shifted since then.

Maybe there's a market opportunity for ozone generating clothing? Until then, I'd stay covered up.

It's a terrible curse in Australia - so blessed with [clothing optional] stunning beaches.

what is ozone generating clothing going to do? you don't want ozone where you are.. you want it up there.

if you want it down here... just turn on a load of photocopying machine.

It's pretty freaking hot and dry here in East Kansas.  It's been in the 97 to 105 range pretty much all summer.  But, hot and dry means no tornadoes...so that's nice...