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The Heat Is On, And It May Never Go Off. #223 By Hank Silverberg This past weekend was very hot. Temperatures were in the 90's in a good part of the United States. It was more like July than May. And this may become the norm instead of the exception. So, we should ask the question that I always asked as a reporter covering almost anything. What does this have to do with the price of bread? Well, actually, A LOT. A report published last week in the U.K. by the government's Meteorological Office says climate change has increased the chance of oppressive heat waves hitting the Indian subcontinent to once every 3.1 years. And by the end of the century, that could be once every 1.15 years compared to an average 31 years between heat waves in the past. It's been really hot there for several weeks with highest temperatures up around 120 degrees Fahrenheit every day. India and Pakistan have been scorched, dozens have died, and crops have been decimated. The heat