Absolutely true. And with the global warming, most of Midwest is now the South. I came back from the UK to a heat wave of +44°C. Since then, the heat has subsided somewhat but there’s still no chance I’d be able to get any work done without an AC going on full blast all day long.
I do intellectual work and I have no idea how to make it happen while stewing in a puddle of sweat and feeling my brains melt.
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It’s been so hot in Vancouver, with the drought restrictions to boot, that many people are buying A/C for the very first time. Global warming is hitting this rainforest hard. I can’t wait until September, I tried to read ONE article on Foucault and architecture and my brain nearly melted. At least UBC can afford air conditioning, even if I can’t.
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Wow, if even Vancouver is getting hot, that’s not good at all. It used to have the mildest climate in the country.
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We’re at level three drought restrictions (the use of hosepipes, refilling of pools, and washing your car have all been banned) and a couple weeks ago forest fire smoke from Central Vancouver Island turned the entire city into smoky inferno.
I’m thinking of doing my PhD someplace really chilly and cool, but I have no idea where.
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