And Now It's Official

It's hot and it's going to get hotter exponentially and that's the official word from the National Weather Service. The Western United States of Baked America are basking under a seriously serious "heat dome" and that should not be confused with a 'Thunder Dome' which was a maudlin Mel Gibson movie. The West is under "severe drought" and a long-duration "potentially lethal heat wave." It's Death Valley hot and that's no joke. According to the Weather Service this is an "historic heat wave." Gosh...really? According to experts "this heat wave and the exceptional drought in the Southwest are part of a damaging feedback loop enhanced by climate change. The hotter it gets, the drier it gets, the drier it gets, the hotter it gets." That would be meteorologist-speak for no shit. I've never heard the weather referred to as a "feedback loop." Makes sense. Salt Lake has kept temperature records that date back to 1874 and there have been only two other times that June temperatures have reached as high as the temperature did just day before yesterday. Oh yeah we scored us a 107 and that was only the third time in Salt Lake history that it's been that hot in June. Yippee for us. So the massive ridge of high pressure, or heat dome, is rapidly gaining strength over the west and sinking air, clear skies and summer solar radiation will send the temps soaring to as much as 25 degrees over what used to be normal. The high pressure heat dome is also responsible for the "unrelenting drought." Wow, who knew. For an example of hot, Laughlin, Nevada reached 125 degrees hot. Laughlin, Nevada is on the shores of the Colorado River. Las Vegas is hot. Phoenix is hot. Tucson the same. Billings, Montana hit 105 degrees. Montana no less. North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Idaho and California are basking in the afterglow of good god it's hot. With the severe drought conditions come severe wildfire danger which also permeates the West and makes for some really crappy air quality. I don't think you're supposed to be able to cut the air you breathe with a knife. Have a slice of smoke? How about some whipped cream on that... The problems that are being faced now, should have been addressed years ago and I think I've already stated that. On numerous and previous occasions. So here it is and NOW all the silly peoples MUST deal with it. There is no other choice. Can't be "praying away" what should have been dealt with. Whoopy we're all gonna die as in cooked to a crisp. Now let us move slowly on to the machine art which may or may not have any effect on global climate change. We needs us a really gigantic refrigerator air conditioner. On a planetary scale no doubt. Oh sorry, the machine art segment of today's prattle. Here comes...

capture the wild -

a pretty flower that managed to dodge the heat -

and as an added bonus, some Nilsson.

I do love me some Harry Nilsson. from The Point. :]