Heatwave Impact and Climate Commentary

40 degrees in the shade.

Humanity tries to protect itself from the heatwave by taking refuge in the sun.

The clever ones manage to discover the umbrella. But everything has two sides,

and even the sun offers its practical advantages.

No more American kitchens with triple burners and electric hotplates. For two eggs

fried in butter, the scorching balcony windowsill is enough.

It's hot, so hot, so hot that the poor chickens lay their eggs already hard- boiled.

In this heat, even the elderly are burned like the youth.

If under the new highway code irresponsible drivers risk arrest,

the parking attendant, for his part, risks being roasted.

With record temperatures reached,

there is talk of the melting of the Arctic ice cap. It would be a deluge.

Either too much or too little. And let's get a ticket,

since the heatwave seems to be almost over.

Word got out that cool air currents from the

north were about to cross the Alps.

But when? Peak hours of the midsummer sun. Without cool currents,

taking a dip becomes a sort of fan. Pranks become a favor.

Lucky are the cities that have the big tub within reach.