The webz are alive with this picture of a “playground melting” in Houston.
Sorry (or very glad?) to say, it’s not true.
Sharp-eyed Houstonians have identified it as a piece of equipment near this fire in Mission Bend last year.
We can’t say for sure that it is, but we’re pretty sure it’s not just melting from the sun.
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2011.