It has been beastly hot here in the Magic City... which is, I think, what the Chamber of Commerce calls Miami. Ninety degrees and ninety percent humidity. Water is in suspension in the air, which is almost body temperature. Periodically the air cannot hold any more water in suspension and it rains. This gives no relief from the heat, it just makes everyone even wetter. The asphalt is so hot that once the rain stops, the steam just rises from the streets, putting the hot water back into suspension. This phenomenon happens even after dark, when it becomes quite lovely to watch... from inside the air-conditioned living space.

This morning, there were waterspouts over the Bay. We could see them from our office windows.