After a comparatively "cool" summer with few days above 90 we've been socked in the last few days with scorchers and mega-meltdown humidity. Just looking outside causes the sweat to flow. My bifocals fog up everytime I go out from inside, and that makes driving an adventure!
I'm old enough to remember the pre-air conditioning days - back when only the upper crust, department stores and movie theaters had AC. Living as a boy in eastern Carolina with this heat and humidity was just a part of summer. Lying in bed at night beneath an open window and with a fan blowing never quite cooled you off, but kept it from being totally unbearable.
And I remember the preacher, with a fan blowing on him, handherchief in hand and apologizing for taking off his coat to preach, with the windows open. It always was interesting at church on Sunday nights in the summer. The open windows allowed the moths to come in, attracted to the lights, which always made for great entertainment in church for a young boy.
No such fun anymore!
Thank God for whoever the guy was who invented air conditioning! He's my hero today.
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