In writing RELATIVITY I tried to stick close to actual science (apart from, y’know, the Relativity Compensator) … so I was reluctant to get too zealous with my predictions of what runaway global warming might be like in the year 2061.

At one point I had Sophia report that the high temperature that day was 66C … that’s 150F. And I expected to hear from people saying that prediction was absurd. It did seem kinda crazy.

Ah, well.

July 16, 2023… Persian Gulf International Airport in Iran reported a heat index of 66.7C … 152°F.