The Summer of 1976

Question

Standpipes,Sunshine and wildfires

Answer 1

76 was a bit different for me.

Comments

Different kind of heat, Rooster.

I'm so glad you survived.

Many didn't. 

Answer 2

Global warming! 

Answer 3

I did not exist in 1976.

Comments

I didn't exist then either, except perhaps as a gleam in my father's eye.