WICHITA, Kansas - The heat wave is finally over here in Kansas. The temperature was over 100 for five days straight, and pretty close to that the three days before. It was pretty brutal, but no more so than the dozens of other places in the country with similarly hot weather. But since all news is local, we were out heavily covering this story. I even wrote a couple pieces on it myself.
Weather is always news. There's no arguing with that, people love to hear about the weather, its extremes. And weather has meaningful effects on people's lives, just as much if not more than city council votes and declarations. Sometimes you need a laught, and this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer made my week:
" I don't get this weather. It's crazy.
Have you noticed it keeps getting hotter and hotter?
It seems to happen this way every year, especially in July and August.
I can't understand it.
Here at the paper, we are trying to understand it, too.
We sent out a team of reporters yesterday, who fanned across the region.
When they came back, they reported: It is hot everywhere! Very hot!
The city editor said: You mean everywhere?!
They said: Yes, everywhere!
He said: This is front-page news!
And so it was done.
Read it all here.
