Hello, everyone.
I welcome you to my blog and another wonderful edition of the hive learner's featured post. I have seen and I have experienced the heat period and season before but I strongly doubt if I have experienced heat this intense and every moment I remember people living in the Northern part of my country and I ask how do they cope? If the heat is this intense in areas where we have so much rainfall, then what will those living in areas where there is little or no rainfall do? What will happen to them? I can only imagine what they are dealing with right now and I don't pray to experience it.
Normally this time of the year announces the coming of the dry season and then we bid the rainy season goodbye as we usher in the harmattan season but this year is a completely different story, we have not even bid the rainy season goodbye because we still have rainfall from time to time and we still have not been able usher in the harmattan season like we used to instead we have a heat wave we have never experienced at this time of the year killing us. When I first saw on the internet about a heat wave called el nino, I took it for granted but now I am aiving witness and I cannot help but agree that the discovery or research h about the heat wave was right.
I doubt if we have had such a very hot and unconducive environment, no doubt we do have a hot weather during this season but it is never as hot as this. It rained a day ago here but trust me it was as if it rained hot water, despite the rain everywhere was very hot like it never rained. We were very happy when it started raining and it rained for almost 2 hours plus but the moment tye rain stopped we started feeling the heat again and the sun opened up like it has been waiting to be let out of it prison and everywhere boiled up again.
Coping has become very difficult for us, back in the day whenever the weather is hot we run to the bathroom and just shower and then we feel better and our energy rejuvenated but this is different because you can be bathing and sweating. You can be in the bathroom all wet with the water you used to bath dripping down while sweat starts popping out to join the water, before you even dry up, you are already sweating, how can one really cope or defeat the heat? With how intense the heat is makes it even harder to cope and has forced expenses on us all who live in areas where there is no constant power supply.
In order to cope we have made buying fuel in order to power generator a habit, refrigerate water in order to take chill water whenever we want hydrate. Drinking water has really helped in this period as well as the burning of fuel to at least cool the room a little using fans and mini air conditioners. I also don't go out unless if I have no other choice or cannot avoid not going out because the sun outside is scorching and once in contact with your skin, you feel like you are burning, so I have adapted staying indoors until cook evening or late night and that has really helped me cope with the weather.
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