Yesterday someone in Oklahoma fried an egg on their sidewalk. Here in South Florida, I think it would be possible to actually stir fry pepper steak on the sidewalk. You know it's hot when the weather app on the iPhone says one temperature but adds "feels like" with a number astronomically higher than the previously stated degrees.
August 3rd must have been a really slow news day in the US because Solar Flares were making the headlines, vaguely hinting at possible glimpses of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in more Southern US areas. I got all excited for a few minutes thinking I might be able to see the Northern Lights, something I'd never seen before, right here in Jupiter Farms. I guess they just meant a bit south of the Arctic Circle. So much for semantics and perception.
The internet likened this particular solar flare to a solar tsunami which we all understand, thanks to the recent tsunami disasters. More personal perception and perspective. The direct benefit of my inability to see the Northern Lights in my backyard was not having to stay up all night waiting for something that was not going to happen here.
Before falling asleep, I considered the solar flare one last time. Will it have any effect on how hot it will be tomorrow? Will it alter the perceived temperature as well as the "feels like" temperature? Will complete meals be prepared on sidewalks throughout South Florida? Or will the Northern Lights chill the flare in its tracks and turn it into some kind of ice sculpture of a tsunami?
Sometimes, slow news days can be an unending source of humor and speculation. I perceive, therefore, I am.
