I have been wary of taking the kayak out because sometimes the radar is clear, then moments later I am cowering with a headset on because thunder is shrieking all around. Some of these sudden and unanticipated squalls have uprooted trees and taken down live wires in a matter of seconds. It's almost like, "What in the freaking fuck, Mother Nature, are you smoking?"

Oh, sure, I still check the local news radar and the radar on my phone that is put out by The Weather Channel. But how can anyone argue with succinct reality? Enjoy the next few days, folks. It looks like three days of ass-blistering heat followed by three days of mind-numbing heat, sure to be followed by days of unpredictable payback from the angry electric skies.