Summer Heat in the South

Y’all.

It’s hot. VERY hot. It’s so hot that… well, I wilt when I go outside. I mean, it’s hot as hell.

In the southern part of the United States -FL, GA, TN, AL, NC, SC, MS, LA, TX- most of us have some sayings about the heat. Here are some things we say when it’s too hot to step foot outside.

Most of these sayings are self explanatory. The first one I felt needed an explanation because some people just don’t know how hot ‘blue blazes’ really is.

1. It’s hotter’n blue blazes out there.
   The blue part of a flame is the hottest part and ‘usually appears at a temperature between 2,600º F and 3,000º F. Blue flames have more oxygen and get hotter because gases burn hotter than organic materials, such as wood. When natural gas is ignited in a stove burner, the gases quickly burn at a very high temperature, yielding mainly blue flames.’ source
2. It’s hotter than the devil’s armpit.
3. It’s hot enough to fry an egg on the concrete.
4. It’s hotter than the hinges on the gates of hell.
5. It’s hotter than Hades.
6. It’s hot as all get-out.
7. I’m burning slap up.
8. It’s so humid it’s like gettin’ punched in the face with a sauna.
9. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.
10. It’s hot as a four alarm fire.

So there you have it. Some of the sayings about the summer heat here in the south. Do you have any to add?

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