Cold, cold, cold, hot!
July 9th, 2013 | Weather
It must be something in my blood, or perhaps something in the genes of every Englishman, but I’m going to mention the weather again! Only a few days ago I posted that there had been a sudden change and that someone, somewhere, had pressed the ‘summer’ button, at the same time raising the question of how long would it last? Well, I can tell you that not only has it continued, but it has actually become even hotter – on the coast (where we live) reaching 38°C (100°F), with not a breath of wind. A little further inland, in the city of Ourense, that lies in a natural basin surrounded by hills (notorious for trapping heat), it is even worse, with temperatures of over 43°C (110°F)
The problem is that being Galicia, we are not really geared up for long periods of extreme heat, and there are not that many locations fitted with air conditioning – it is certainly not a common fixture in people’s homes. In circumstance like this, when there is nowhere to escape the heat, the only thing we can do is keep the shutters closed and stay in the shade!
It must be something in my blood, or perhaps something in the genes of every Englishman, but I’m going to mention the weather again! Only a few days ago I posted that there had been a sudden change and that someone, somewhere, had pressed the ‘summer’ button, at the same time raising the question of how long would it last? Well, I can tell you that not only has it continued, but it has actually become even hotter – on the coast (where we live) reaching 38°C (100°F), with not a breath of wind. A little further inland, in the city of Ourense, that lies in a natural basin surrounded by hills (notorious for trapping heat), it is even worse, with temperatures of over 43°C (110°F)
The problem is that being Galicia, we are not really geared up for long periods of extreme heat, and there are not that many locations fitted with air conditioning – it is certainly not a common fixture in people’s homes. In circumstance like this, when there is nowhere to escape the heat, the only thing we can do is keep the shutters closed and stay in the shade!