It's not the heat; it's the corn.
Really. Corn, like the rest of us, sweats. It slurps water from the soil and sweats out its underleaves. Millions of acres of sweating corn increase the humidity. It's been know to push the heat index past 130 degrees. That's really hot. And really humid.
"Evapotranspiration" provokes debate, but some climatologists submit it's changing the weather, causing thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Freaky. Or perhaps a freakishly unexpected side effect of large-scale, high-density agriculture.
On these excruciating summer days, take it easy, keep exertion to a minimum and munch local, organic, low-density corn. It's crisp, crunchy _ and way cool.
