Football season has begun, but evidently, mother nature hasn’t gotten the memo. Extreme heat and dangerous weather events have been battering practically every region of the United States this summer, and it’s continued into the third week of August. This week alone, there have been hurricanes in California as well as Texas, plus wildfire smoke in the Pacific Northwest and dangerous heat index conditions in many locations.
The south has been hit particularly hard, especially by the excessive heat. In Texas, several high schools are delaying their kickoffs until later in the evening to avoid the heat, per Michael Shapiro at the Houston Chronicle.
