Summer has arrived months late and with a vengeance

Summer has finally arrived in all its torpor. Flannel sheets off. Summer sheets on. Again. Hopefully this time, they won't jinx what's left of summer. Would someone in SF please do a little fog dance? A 50° temperature swing from frigid to fire in one day is a bit much. Now, if I put the flannel sheets back on, will the fog roll in? I don't DO triple-digit heat well. Friends posted that it's 117° in Palm Springs, 110° in Orinda, 106° in Santa Cruz, St. Helena, 105° in Sonora, 99° in SF, so how could it be 97° in Oakland— I think my Mac is lying. My outdoor thermometer gauge is split. It's either 40° or 120° Can't shake it down to recalibrate. Even BART is having trouble in the heat! SF BART  Delay Update: because of the heat, trackside equipment is acting up and trains are operating in a slower "manual" mode. Beijing's 60-mile long traffic jam enters Day 11—drivers advance 1/2 mile a day. Why doesn't everybody just back up and turn around? The air smells of smoke and carrion. Smoke is rolling over Grizzly Peak and Oakland Hills—150 acres. Now there's a fire on Mt. Diablo. Not good, this global warming. Gonna be an orange moon rising tonight.

from a Facebook post