There is a lot of talk about climate change these days. I am not a scientist so it is hard to decide who is right.What I do know is that our climate is changing. Now whether or not it is cyclical or man made, I don’t know but it’s sure getting hot in the kitchen today!
I think we are still in Spring – let me check the calendar. Yup, it’s November so that’s Spring for us in the southern hemisphere. Trouble is, someone forgot to tell the weather man that. We have had a week of above 30 degree Celsius temperatures. A couple of days of 35 or 36 but yesterday sure was the wammy of the year – 41 degrees in the shade. For those that still live in Fahrenheit measurements, that’s a balmy 105 degrees.
There is one thing I do love about these sort of temperatures and that’s the storms we get in the evening and last night it was a ripper. They say there were over 9000 lightening strikes in the area. I can believe it. The lightening was incredible, probably the best I have ever seen. One day I may even learn how to video it.
The lightening last night was not your standard flash of light followed by the boom. No, this time the lightening danced around the night sky lighting it up like a Christmas tree. Each flash lasted seconds, some as much as three or four seconds. Rain – not enough to settle the dust.
If this is Spring, I hate to think what Summer will bring. Climate change, what climate change – they call it unseasonal weather. Yeah right!
