This summer probably is the fieriest summer I have ever experienced in Korea. The constant swelter that that fails to abate even at nighttime is causing the plants in the display gardens at my work behave weirdly; it is causing late summer and fall blooming plants to bloom very early. Solidago canadensis, which usually start blooming around late August has bloomed early this month and is now all spent. Chrysanthemums, which usually start producing visible flower buds at September (early blooming cultivars bred to be less affected by photoperiod are an exception, but they are usually raised by cut flower producers under glass, and are rarely planted in outdoor beds) is producing them now. I have even seen the bulbils formed on the stalks of Lilium lancifolium producing small deformed petals at their tips.

The heatwave is impacting agriculture, husbandry, and aquaculture in Korea too; mass die-off of chickens and fishes has recently been an issue. In addition, increased demand for air conditioning is seriously straining power grid, and the risk of blackout is looming over us, but this is in large part our government's fault; for the government tweaked their power demand forecast to support their absurd environmentalist agenda of decommissioning the nuclear power plants and replacing them with well, solar panels.

Anyway, I wonder how the rest of the world is faring. I have heard that Britain is suffering a severe drought, and heatwave is affecting North America as well. Are the other parts of the northern hemisphere fine?