so much hot

its so hot. for such a long time this spring i kept saying, "what nice weather we're having! this is incredible for north carolina in may!"

i am now eating my words. the first week into june has felt like july 4. its absolutely sweltering.

so what do newspapers report on during weather extremes?

the weather extremes! so three times in the last 6 days i have taken pictures related to the heat wave. day 1 and 2 i struck gold with a story about a farm in chapel hill that hoses down their horses to keep them cool. (as sandra has requested pictures, i will link them here, but also post below)





today one of my editors told me he has made a conscious effort the last few days to not assign me heat pictures. thanks matthew!

yesterday the trouble i ran into was FINDING people outside in the heat. who stays outside when its 102 degrees?

after a few hours of driving/walking around/sweating off 10 pounds, i found some delightful ladies at a garden center in carrboro who were most helpful and seemed virtually immune to the heat. barbara told me that when she goes home at night she puts on long sleeves and sweatpants because her house feels so cold after being in the heat all day. good gracious.

good news: thailand will probably be even hotter than this.