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Oh, I hope not. It's just that the weather has been really weird lately.
Where I live now, it's several degrees colder than what it should be at this time of the year. For two months now, it has been constantly raining and the last few weeks had been unusually bitingly cold. Strong winds carry a chill that is uncharacteristic for a tropical place. When we moved here a couple of months ago, I thought I was done with cold weather and was looking forward to a warm one. Now, I've been forced to take out my warmers from the deepest recesses of our closet where I stored all our winter clothes. Even if the degree of coldness doesn't require wearing the thickest wool trench coat but just some warmers and sweaters, still that's pretty unusual for a place where the common get-up is the thinnest cotton tank top.
My friend was telling me that just recently there had been more and more cases of tornado sightings. That's pretty strange for a non tornado-prone country that hadn't experienced any in the past.
I read in the news that not only does this country have to contend with tornadoes, it has to prepare itself for hurricanes too. That's another peculiar thing because what this place usually gets are storms that produces heavy rainfall and floods, and that's it. It never gets any hurricane because hurricanes are for countries in the northern hemisphere. But now, apparently, the climate has shifted as countries in the northern hemisphere are the ones that now gets floods, while countries in the equatorial zone will start experiencing hurricanes. How weird is that?
Last month my sister called up to tell me it was snowing pretty heavily in the normally warm and sun baked Las Vegas strip. Las Vegas hasn't seen that much snow in 30 years which was seven times more than what was usual. As a consequence, the state of Nevada was unprepared in handling it. The Inquisitr was able to capture some amazing photos.
Similarly last month, I read in the news that it snowed in Houston, Texas too. That's rare for a coastal place known to be where people sweat most of the time that there was never any need for coats or jackets. The last time it happened was two years ago with only minimal snow, and before that was 15 years ago. View Ricketyclick's photo here.
I don't know what all these means. The climate is changing, that's for sure. Maybe the effects of global warming? Our non environment-friendly actions catching up with us? Or signs that we are approaching the end times, as some people say? A prelude to the predicted 2012 event (more on that next time)? Again, I really hope not.
What do you think?
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3 comments:
Really? That kind of chill in the Philippines? These changes really make me feel uneasy. Natural catastrophies get worse each year. Two years ago, here in Chile, it snowed in a place where it never snowed before and they say that winters are colder than ever before.You know, colder weather is not good at all there in the Philippines, what with so many poor people living in paper-thin walls under the flimsiest rooftops.
Oh no--that looks awful!
Karmi: That's true. We've resorted to closing all windows except for a few ones because the air is so chilly. The good thing, however, is that we get to save on energy because we need not turn on the air conditioning :).
Asianmommy: It is! And frightening too.
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