No one has said it yet out loud, but the Cape Cod weather this summer is really lousy. The temperature feels a good 5 degrees lower than usual, its almost cold at night, and the sunshine can't seem to get its act together. New England has been the only part of the country to have such weather. Never has it rained here for most of the month of June. Remember? It was rainy and cold. Off Cape Cod, the water temperature yesterday was 66 degrees. Off New York, the water temperature shot up to 80. That's an amazing difference, when you think about it. According to NOAA, the global ocean had the warmest June on record. Not good news!!! We do NOT want that ocean so warm due to the consequences: the eventual slowing down of ocean currents, described in detail by Woods Hole oceanographers here. The weatherman was discussing the possibility of a large area of thunderstorms, out in the Atlantic, turning into a hurricane. Hurricanes feed off warm water. I can do nothing about this summer's weather but do feel for our guests. We currently have a small family from England, here without a car. Now, that is a challenge when the weather does not cooperate. They were able to take the flex bus to Provincetown yesterday for whale-watching, but what will they do this evening in the rain? It would be tough for them to get to the harbor stage for WHAT's Wildly Laughing, directed by Brendan Hughes, but it sounds like a great show and tonight's performance is followed by a Talk Back with director and cast, hosted by WHAT director Jeff Zinn. They also will have to miss fiddler Denya LeVine at Artscape in Hyannis. Actually, these guests have already reserved at Wicked Oyster and plan to walk there. Guess I'll have to get out the umbrellas ...
