How do they do it?

I know there are other spots on earth that are hotter than So Cal. Just going farther east into Palm Springs and you are hotter still. How do they do it?

The hottest place I have ever lived was in Las Vegas NV. I lived there the summer I turn 16. The daytime high was 120 and I was able to walk around and everything. The funny thing about that was that all summer I never saw another teenagers walking around and I never meet them. When I went to register for school I just sat back in wonderment. Where had they been all summer? My sister and I would go to the malls during the day, and yes I carried my bomb box proudly. I blasted Siouxie and the Banshees, and everyone stared. Also I spent a lot of money on Perrier that summer.

In Rancho Cordova it was also about 120 at noon in the summer. The difference was the humidity. Rancho was much more humid than Vegas, for obvious reasons. In Vegas I didn’t feel tired from the heat as much as I do here some times. In Rancho I really felt it, the kind of heat that makes you sluggish.

There was no way I could live in Vegas. It was quite a while ago, but there is nothing to do when you are underage and not a tourist. At the time I couldn’t deal with the fact that I had to go to another state to go to the beach. Now, well my family lives there and we are not close, one more reason to stay away from Vegas.

It is just amazing that we can live in all these different climates and still be okay. Somewhat, we all get uncomfortable and sticky. Here in So Cal over a hundred years ago, a very wealthy Spanish woman used to keep a glass of ice tea handy and press it to her wrist to keep herself cool during the summers. Others just drink tons of water. For me, it’s all about getting back into the water to cool off. If it’s the pool or the ocean there is nothing like cold water on a hot day. Okay maybe a cold beer, and yes I would walk over my own mother to get one on a day like today!