Roasted Chilis
Easy! Put any chili out on the sidewalk. Tomorrow's temperature is supposed to be 106 degrees Fahrenheit. I didn't even bother to venture out today, although we did have a lovely rain early in the morning. Yes, I am complaining. It is too hot. It's too hot everywhere.
People are getting very crabby and impatient and their productivity is diving. Well, of course! I think everything should just shut down in this environment and reverse hours. Be open all night instead of all day. Most of us here in Ensenada don't have air conditioning; the mild climate doesn't call for it. But with these high pressure systems shoving up from the Sea Of Cortez, the heat and humidity is just like the Midwest and South. Usually we have a fresh ocean breeze here that takes the edge off. The ocean breeze is even hot. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like inland, in the desert.
I've been reading on AccuWeather.com that the temperature here feels like 123 degrees. Yes, it does. Everyone is consuming water like crazy and I am grateful for that precious commodity. We take water for granted, but what would it be like if water were suddenly rationed? What if, like gasoline, some area controls all the water and jacks the price up so high that only a few could afford it? Personally, I bet that is on the table somewhere.
When I lived in England I knew a woman whose father had installed the first oil wells for Burma Castrol. Her son turned out to be quite a ruthless young businessman. I remember him advising her once not to bother investing in precious metals anymore. "In the future it will be water, Mum. Put your money there." I got the creeps listening to that.
So here I sit again, running up my power bill with the fan on nonstop, in a sticky night with a low of 89 degrees. I do not do well in heat. I never have. That's why I moved to the cool, rainy Northwest over 30 years ago, but even now the Northwest is neither cool nor rainy. Everyone is getting hit equally. What would happen if the distribution of wealth was as widespread as the weather? Now that would be interesting. Saving for a rainy day would have a whole new meaning.
My brain is turning into a raisin, I'm sure.
I may spend the day at the beach tomorrow.
People are getting very crabby and impatient and their productivity is diving. Well, of course! I think everything should just shut down in this environment and reverse hours. Be open all night instead of all day. Most of us here in Ensenada don't have air conditioning; the mild climate doesn't call for it. But with these high pressure systems shoving up from the Sea Of Cortez, the heat and humidity is just like the Midwest and South. Usually we have a fresh ocean breeze here that takes the edge off. The ocean breeze is even hot. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like inland, in the desert.
I've been reading on AccuWeather.com that the temperature here feels like 123 degrees. Yes, it does. Everyone is consuming water like crazy and I am grateful for that precious commodity. We take water for granted, but what would it be like if water were suddenly rationed? What if, like gasoline, some area controls all the water and jacks the price up so high that only a few could afford it? Personally, I bet that is on the table somewhere.
When I lived in England I knew a woman whose father had installed the first oil wells for Burma Castrol. Her son turned out to be quite a ruthless young businessman. I remember him advising her once not to bother investing in precious metals anymore. "In the future it will be water, Mum. Put your money there." I got the creeps listening to that.
So here I sit again, running up my power bill with the fan on nonstop, in a sticky night with a low of 89 degrees. I do not do well in heat. I never have. That's why I moved to the cool, rainy Northwest over 30 years ago, but even now the Northwest is neither cool nor rainy. Everyone is getting hit equally. What would happen if the distribution of wealth was as widespread as the weather? Now that would be interesting. Saving for a rainy day would have a whole new meaning.
My brain is turning into a raisin, I'm sure.
I may spend the day at the beach tomorrow.
posted by Triana Elan @ 12:35 AM
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