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It's hot here. Hot as fuck. Hotter than fuck. Fuck can only dream of being this hot. Mum sent me an email saying that she saw a news report about the possibility of rain in Chicago, but I think the rain decided Chicago was too hot and detoured.

There is no breeze, there is no shade, there is no God.

But then I think about the fact that this heat will end by no later than September, while it is a year-round function in Austin, and I'm okay. When I moved to Chicago I noticed that the primary topic of small talk here was the weather, which makes sense in retrospect. There's no point in talking about the weather in Austin (hot) or Oregon (wet) or California (mild) because it's always the same, but here the weather is a neverending variable.

They say the motto of Chicago is "Urbs In Horto" which means "City in a garden" but I suspect the real motto is Et Hoc Transibit: THIS TOO SHALL PASS.

It might be Adfatimne calidus est prote, "Hot enough for you?"

Appropriately, jenna_thorn has tips on how to stay safe and stay cool.

Comments

[fiveforsilver]

So a couple of years ago I moved from Michigan to New Hampshire and everyone in New Hampshire told me things like "if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes". I guess they think they're being all witty, so they're not amused when I point out that people in the Midwest say exactly the same thing. Heh.

It's hard for me to imagine places where the weather is pretty much the same all the time.

[bare-bear.livejournal.com]

In the prairies, or at least in Manitoba Canada, we can see the weather systems coming days away. Ah, the joys in living in where 1/3 of the country is flat flat flat. :D

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes

I firmly believe they say this EVERYWHERE (except where they say 'ten'), whether or not it's true of the regional weather. I have had people tell me this in BC (where, if you don't like the rain, you just have to wait a few months) and California (where, if you don't like the weather, you should move away). The only places in my personal experience where this is even remotely true are Utah in the spring, and England, but I've only been there in the summer and early autumn. How do we get the Axiom Regulation Board to crack down on abuse of this turn of phrase?

[duckyjane.livejournal.com]

True in Calgary! The only place I've lived where it is perfectly legitimate and completely necessary to carry a toque, sunhat and bugspray at the same time. Also the only place where it has snowed every month of the year.

[cleversimon.livejournal.com]

Also the only place where it has snowed every month of the year.

Nope.

/Edmontonian

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

They say it in and about Melbourne! 'Tis true too, Melbourne weather brings the crazy.

[daethnight.livejournal.com]

They say this in Nova Scotia as well. It's everywhere.

[midgetgems.livejournal.com]

I'm in England and it is ridiculously true. I've started to dress my son for the opposite of the weather when I look outside. If I put him in shorts, it's cold and rainy, trousers? Blazing sunshine.

*chuckle*

[eskanto]

you rained on their parade! but yeah, same here.