Extreme heat. Mindnumbing heat.
Heat making people do strange things—
hardcore graffiti artists getting day jobs animating Disney movies. Barbie trading in her heels for prison shoes.
Soul-crushing heat. High-pressure heat.
Rain getting paid top dollar to make private appearances at parties.
Everyday citizens standing on street corners armed with super soakers.
Body-baking heat. El Niño-blaming heat.
Waterparks more popular than the Eiffel Tower. Climate change sweating, wishing it could change into something cooler.
Riot-minded heat. Hell-footed heat.
Countless people half dead in the heat, hoping to become ice cubes in the afterlife.