That is a bit of an exaggeration but you know what I'm talking about. Sure it's hot. It's summertime. I question the need to inform us of the heat index. There's not much we can do about it! Well, we could turn up the air-conditioning. We could bathe ourselves in ice water. We really can't take off too much clothing, at least not in public. Or, as those pundits say "think cool thoughts!" But I think adding the heat index to the weather report adds insult to injury.
In the wintertime we get the opposite reports. It's gonna be 32 out but it'll feel like a hundren below zero with the wind chill. We have a little more leeway in making ourselves comfortable. We can put on more and more clothing. We can turn up the furnace. We can drink hot drinks, eat hot meals. Or, again, we can "think warm thoughts!" But what's the point? Cold is cold. We expect it in winter.
Just tell us what the weather is today, and what we can expect tomorrow, and however far into the future you feel comfortable reporting, and let it go at that. We're adults. We can figure out how to dress, how to act, and we will survive. we don't need to know the "feels like" coefficient.
Take it from me, it was just plain hot on Day 22!
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