When I return to California,
to my life with its many engines—I find myself changed,
the city somehow muted, frenetic and fully charged with living, yes,
but still, when gifted with this silence, motions have more
of a dance to them, like fish in schools of hunger, once
flashing in sunlight, now turning in shadow. "
- Brian Turner Here Bullet
Long Hot Summer: The month of June was, according to the Guardian UK, was “the hottest June recorded worldwide, figures show.” Furthermore, “US government climate data suggests 2010 on course to be warmest year since records began.”
Here’s the article, referenced by the Guardian, which is referring to information released in July by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), suggest that 2010 is now on course to be the warmest year since records began in 1880.