Seriously.

It is 80 degrees and there is a heat advisory.

:|

As a girl who grew up in the southwest this is all very funny.

Read below:


Heat Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
222 PM PDT WED JUN 3 2009


...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THURSDAY...


VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE SEATTLE-TACOMA-EVERETT
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 90
DEGREES AROUND SEATTLE. THE WARM SPELL WILL END AS MARINE AIR
PUSHES INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE IN HOT WEATHER. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS. CHECK UP ON INFIRM RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. REMEMBER
THAT AREA LAKES AND RIVERS ARE STILL COLD. ESCAPING THE HEAT BY
JUMPING INTO A COLD LAKE OR RIVER CAN LEAD TO DEATH BY HYPOTHERMIA
OR DROWNING.


So, I guess the reason people in the NW freak out is because:

1. There is no air conditioning unless it is a commercial building more than two stories tall. And even then, it is usually a swamp cooler on the roof.

2. There are so many computers here, peeps get hot from using them 24-7 to check facebook.

3. The water 'round here is all glacier run off, so in desperation, people leap in and freeze. I have witnessed this happen on a mountain trail - a 24 year old man died. Quite sad.

Sigh. I am off to turn on my fan.