Sweltering Summer

All that stuff I said in my recent post Savoring Summer could have been thrown right out the window yesterday. Saturday, July 24 marked the hottest day I have lived through, as far as I can remember. Heat indices (heat + humidity or more simply "how hot it feels") reached 110 degrees, people tried to fry eggs (albeit unsuccessfully) on the sidewalk, and the intense humidity gave the entire city of Washington, DC a drenched, underwater feeling. Breathing became difficult and running to the Metro resulted in unforeseen disgustingness. Nobody I know felt comfortable in this weather, and I wisely stayed inside for the majority of the day. Fortunately, the hot weather has cooled off slightly and The Weather Channel forecasts cooler temperatures over the next week. Hopefully I will be able to get out and explore DC without experiencing breathing problems.