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Summer used to be my favorite season in Texas. Sure, the temperatures might hit triple digits now and then, but a dip in a swimming hole always provided enough relief, and there was something alluring about long, languid summer nights spent watching late sunsets after an evening hanging out on the porch. I still love to soak in the Guadalupe River and the cool waters of Barton Springs Pool, but as Texas enters a new era of extreme heat, my usual coping mechanisms—swimming, drinking my weight in sparkling water, complaining—are no longer cutting it. In years past, it was usually cool enough by dusk to take a walk around the block without ending up fully drenched in sweat. That is no longer the case. Around…

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