As forecast, this week will be the hottest of summer -- so far -- over a large part of the nation from the Rockies, east. And, while Mississippi and Georgia will be well above normal, the worst of it is forecast to be the Upper Midwest. In some areas, the temperatures will be more than 15° hotter than normal.  Europe is extremely hot (see below). So, what did Germany do Friday? Shut down its remaining nuclear power plants!  The plants were working fine, it was to appease the global warming zealots who wish to stop pollution-free nuclear energy. I don't get it, either. They now have an energy shortage.  Starting yesterday, the #1 (in accuracy) meteorological computer model in the world -- the ECMWF -- has been late or not run at all (it is scheduled every 6 hours). They report they have "unstable" electricity. Great Britain has its police going door to door tearing out air conditioners . As you can see from the map, England is affected by the heat wave. But, before we brag...

...we almost got to replay an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.   For reasons unknown, Evergy -- which spends millions telling us how wonder they are -- cannot seem to keep the lights on in our neighborhood. About every 6-8 months, in  non adverse  weather, we lose power.  Went out 1 1/4 hours before kickoff and it just came back on.  We've had to spend the night in hotels several times. I haven't written about any of these until tonight because it has gotten utterly ridiculous. Yes, I've complained and they obviously don't care. Now to the story Mary's bad parties were legendary. A congresswoman was bringing Johnny Carson as a guest. Just before they were to arrive, the power went out. Here is the scene. It is a comedy classic and is not to be missed.  Sue Ann Nivens was played by the great Betty White. Her character loved men.  Fortunately, we did not have a Super Bowl party this year. Good thing!