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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · August 24, 2023 · P5

Copyright 2023,
Jerry Crownover level; even cautioning me to of the weather service that I also have to smile when
provide protection from the I previously mentioned, re- I hear the local TV meteorol-
heat—for my dog. They act as corded 21 days of 100 degrees ogist explain the heat index,
if we have never experienced or greater, and, returning which he is happy to describe,
anything like this previously. from college in Mississip- in great detail, to convince us
For the record, the nearest pi, I simply thought…it was that the temperature feels
office of the National Weath- summer. I can remember my hotter than it really is. From
er Service to my home, has parents talking about the experience, I would be de-
recorded one day of 100 de- extreme heat in 1954 (I was lighted to teach the weath-
grees or above this summer. two at the time, so my mem- erman about the farming
One day, and people act like ory of it is a bit vague), when index. It requires hauling
we could die if we go outside. this same office recorded 22 small, square bales of hay, on
I can remember back in days over 100 degrees. So, we a creek-bottom farm, in July,
1980, when the same office have been here before.
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Depending on which ex-
perts you choose to believe,
the summer of 2023 has been
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the hottest one in the history
of the world, or just summer. BLACKCK
Almost every news show
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I have watched this sum- HEREF
mer has featured some story
about the unprecedented
heat that is occurring at
some location on earth. The
VISIT THE
local meteorologists have VISIT THE
warned me, almost every BIRTHPLACE THPLACE
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day, about the excessive heat
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alert or dangerous humidity S
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