Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 18, 2023

The fine art of pandering

Last week at Miami Beach, Fla. the sand hit 135° F and a black rubber mat playground floor hit 177°. Don’t forget to wear your iron foundry work boots. >

Yeah, I guess, November is kinda near.

When the term “street food” gets a whole new meaning.

Glad I didn’t move back south. We had a high of 82 yesterday.

Even if the GOP and 45 succeeded and got rid of the EPA and all other climate scientists in the government, would it be any cooler this summer?

The story goes that you could fly an egg on a shovel in some parts of Australia during Summer .. haven’t had to do that, myself. Nevertheless, given what may happen this Summer (not yours) it still may be possible where I am. I am NOT looking forward to that!!

We in central VA are being hit with high heat and humidity and it’s bad enough. But it looks like California is in for a truly damaging storm. I doubt heat will bother them for a while.

Buckle up, folks, the residue of that storm will be here eventually.

A sign like that would be a good ad for a movie called “The End of Summer”.

Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING has already arrived. Now bring on the Sweater Weather!

You aren’t supposed to fry the egg directly on the sidewalk. You put out a cast iron griddle/skillet and let it sit there for a little bit before you fry your eggs and bacon.

I guess that’s supposed to be Phoenix in the toon.

While I fully understand and agree with the sentiment here, I have to say that here in northern New England it’s been relentlessly rainy and relatively cool this summer. AC, set at 78, has only come on 6-7 times all summer. This not in any way an attempt to dispute global warming, it’s just manifesting its increasingly turbulent new reality here as endless flooding rains. More coming today, though not forecast to be too heavy….

I prefer to use the term “climate change,” although a better term would be “accelerated climate change” or “rapid climate change.” Although the reality is that the extreme weather found all around the world results from the increase in the average temperature of the earth, once winter gets here (and it will), people will again start arguing that “global warming” is a lie because “it’s really cold here.”

I feel sorry for the people in the hot lands. It’s been quite nice here in Michigan.

I’m thinking this is a good summer to bring back the parasol, or just a plain umbrella. A little personal shade is good.

We could have AC Saving Time … May 15 move the clock ahead 3 months

The guy with the sign is right. Only one month and three days until the end of summer. The Count can’t wait!

It has been a warm one!

This summer, most of the Red States turned Golden Brown.

Those little fans are a clue that Wiley has never experienced extreme heat. When it gets truly hot, you turn your back to the wind.

I got one of those portable fans when I was going through menopause. It really helped alleviate the hot flashes to make them more tolerable. ;)

Usually he forecasts doom, but the end of summer is a relief to everyone

I’ll have mine over easy.

It’s 69 degrees F at 11:17 in Toledo Ohio. Doesn’t seem like excessive heat for summer to me!

So the government, which can’t even stop robo-calls, can change the climate of the earth? Sure.

What we do to the earth, we do to ourselves. We haven’t treated earth or its inhabitants, animal and plant, kindly.

Plastics are showing up in the world’s most remote places, including Mount Everest

Tiny bits of plastic have made their way into the deepest sea and onto the highest peaks… and in our bodies.

Science News, Nov 2020

A long time ago in a city far far away in the Central Valley of California, the local morning newspaper held a summer time contest where at twelve noon everyday from May 31st to September 9th an egg was cracked open and allowed to rest on a 12 inch cast iron skillet that had been sitting in the sun from 9:00 am. The weekly contest was to pick the day that the egg would reach a certain point of cooking the fastest. The winner would win a free one month subscription to the paper. If one would guess the time it took that day they would win a one year subscription to the paper. (Nobody won that)

It hasn’t been that bad around here.

Yeah, I’ve come to enjoy the “cooking on the sidewalk guy”, too. :)

If their collective denial sinks to a level of stupidity so perverse that they start wearing winter coats in Phoenix in August to “own” the “Libs”. I say, “Go right ahead, be my guest!”

The world is chaotic….not talking about the people….the weather….with/without any influence. We are on a giant ball of dirt swirling through space

I’m in Arizona and looking forward to breaking more records this summer.

Nice cool wet summer here in Colo springs

C’mon, he’s got a right; pays rent to the city for the sidewalk space, bought the vendors license, pays the State Equilization their taxes, darn right he has a right to be there!!!…

Good luck predicting the “weather” while the parameters are shifting due to CO2 hitting 220ppm+ and still rising.

“The end of Summer” = mid-October.

50 years from now people will read what the 2023 summer temperatures were and wish for an instant return to those relatively less extremely hot days. And, rightfully, they’ll curse those of us living now for not doing what was required then to prevent the extremes they are living through at that time — not to mention the far worse ones looming each year-decade-century for the next 5 centuries or so before maximum increase is achieved (and most of the surface and ocean life on the planet is extinct).

I burned my feet on a sandy beach in the 1950"s. Nothing has changed.

And, again, a comic not even touching on politics, and someone feels it necessary to pollute it…sad.

I did some tests. Looks like A.I. is censoring stuff here now. Figures. It will be running the world eventually.

I for one welcome our new digital overlords (please don’t kill me!)