It is going to be 97 degrees in Los Angeles today.  It probably will come close to another record temperature.  We’ve been doing quite a bit of it this year, and the last 5 years.  Yes, the heat is reasonably dry but it is hot and no end in sight going forward to September.  We do always get the heat this time of year and by October we have the cooler nights and shorter days and temperatures will come back to the 70’s.  This is a predicable cycle and goes on every year.  The problem is the cycle starts much earlier and stays hotter longer.  We also have year round forest fire season which was unheard of 5 years ago.

It seems this pattern of heat, fire floods and drought are affecting the entire world.  The glaciers are melting, sea water is rising and basically what we are doing is …