This should be a "must read" piece for everyone. Knowing this could save your life. It's also something you should be teaching your kids to understand. Everyday, in the morning talk about how hot it will get and how they should behave in response to it.

Start building new cultural infrastructure for living in HEAT.

Case in point. There is a marker in the culture of Californians. Those raised during the droughts learned the rhyme "if it's yellow/let it mellow, if it's brown/flush it down" as children.

It's becoming increasingly common in California for people not to flush after peeing. The culture is adapting to prolonged drought.

Mitch is giving you the information you need to start helping children adapt to the new world they will live in.