Weekend Economists Celebrate Endless Summer August 29-September 1, 2014

[MattSh]

43. Speaking of finally warm enough to call it summer...

We had that a couple weeks back but that's over now.

The weather the last week and a half is reminding me of the weather at this time last year. A cool last week of August, followed by a cool and rainy September. It was cold enough last September that they turned on the heat two weeks early, September 30th. Well, I just hope the weather gets better, because there's no way that they're going to turn on the heat early this year. Normally it comes on October 15th. If we're lucky, this year it will come on by November 15. That's what happens when the government refuses to pay its gas bills.

But I can't complain too much. Yet. Hot water has been cut off to the whole city for almost a month now. Got to save gas for the winter, you know. Yet, we still have hot water! The only reason I can think of is because we live in a "touristy" part of town. It's awfully bad for one's image if visitors return home complaining that Kiev is a third world city.