California: this spring i was looking at the northwest pacific current temperature, and figured that it was gonna be a hot one this year (there’s some research that the Kyushio current can influence northern hemisphere weather). didn’t make a post but i should have, this heat wave has gone global. been over 100 for a week now, soon i’m traveling in Eurasia and there’s heatwaves at every destination i’m going to. i tend not to leave the house, partly due to the weather, partly due to the lack of social connections. it’s not like i don’t have friends, but summer seems to make them all drop off the map? there’s probably a career to be made studying how intensifying heat affects human socialization, but in summary people aren’t even doing the normal summer hangout things. no beach, no grill, etc. money is too tight and the air is too hot. the local forest service knocked out two brush fires this weekend, and if the winds pick up there’ll be even more. the current off the coast here is supposed to be cold as it’s coming down from alaska, part of the overall pacific gyre i alluded to earlier. if it heats up, it’ll stay warm after the sun goes down, and when the land cools and the ocean doesn’t, we’ll get strong santa ana winds coming from the coast inland: perfect for a firestorm.