HEAT WAVE

in The City

Thursday July 30, 2009

Yesterday the Temperature topped out at around 103 degrees. Wow. This is one of the hottest Summers that I can remember around here in the Pacific Northwest.

As I wandered around the city I noticed that as it got hotter peoples ideas of appropriate attire became more and more lax until the point where all the normal rules go out the proverbial window.

Example: I saw a woman walking her dog near the University that had turned her thin strap T-Shirt into a bikini (no bra) and the only thing on her upper torso. Needless to say that she wasn't in the fittest shape or condition. But hey, she was just trying to stay comfortable while walking her pet in this devil weather and I don't blame her for that. I just blame her for doing it in front of me.

This is just proof of my theory about this region which is: people here are so used to mild and overcast weather that when it is extremely hot and/or cold, the normal laws and rules just don't seem to apply. Example: When it snows in either Seattle or Portland the people driving become hopelessly dangerous drivers because "we don't often get snow", there have been famous clips of bad snow drivers from both Portland and Seattle on YouTube. While winter weather bends and changes rules the flip side is also true. When it gets extremely hot we just straight up get naked in public and no one cares because they are too busy trying to keep cool themselves. Which is pretty damn cool in and of itself.