We on the East Coast have been promised an end to the triple-digit heat. It’s hot in Europe, too. In France 112 people died of heat in July. Germany and Britain endured their hottest July ever.

Well, folks, yesterday snow fell in Johannesburg, South Africa for the first time in 25 years.

I don’t fully understand this, but this article says melting polar ice puts more cold water into the oceans, which in turn stirs up global winds and causes change in weather patterns. So cool places get hot and hot places get cool.