We’re Having a Heatwave, a Tropical Heatwave

There is no normal weather anymore, but deniers keeping denying

Photo by fabian jones on Unsplash

I’m fond of telling my faraway friends that where I live in Western NY is a climate island, a place rarely subject to wrathful weather like floods, hurricanes, tornados, and forest fires. But the crazy heat and humidity we had this past week showed just how pervasive the climate…