*HEAT WAVE inspirational prompts: sonoran desert, endless summer, cicadas, drylands, borderlands, mirage, dust devil, thirst, fever, zero/negative humidity, wildfire, sizzling, sweltering, sweaty, sticky, singed, sere, boiling, broiling, frying, sweltering, roasting, desiccation, aridity, burnt, sunburnt, heatstroke, dehydration, drought, parched, weathered, overheated, hot, monsoon, virga, thunderhead, lightning, flash flood, dry arroyos, cactus, creosote bush smell, siesta, desert rat, saguaro fruit, deluge, prickly pear fruit, too-hot-to-touch surfaces, bean trees, clouds, harvesting rain, heat radiating off the road, heat-island effect, melting, panting, gasping, survival, exposure, shelter, shade, sunscreen, thermometer, evaporative cooling, AC, fans, submerging, chiles, haboob, less than 12″ of rain/year, hot under the collar, iced drinks, etc…
