Someone left the furnace door open, allowing a hellish hunk of heat to run free. The bake is not on for only our county, but for much of the Northern Hemisphere.

As the middle and western part of America fries to high heaven – and we await similar torridness to ooze our way – Great Britain is recording the highest temps since thermometers were invented.

While western Europe is well outside my coverage area, anywhere a sky event ranks as “all time,” I’m eyeing it for any relationship to the evil antihero G. Warming, alias Climate C.