A friend drove through the squall line that hit the East Coast yesterday and got extremely lucky, when you think about it:
She's fine, and so is her car, though she had to have the windshield replaced in the dark because of the widespread power outages out there.
Then there's the heat. Cities all up and down the East Coast hit record high temperatures over the weekend, including 38°C in Raleigh, 41°C in Richmond, and 37°C in Washington.