03 May 2015

I’m Complaining…

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...But I don’t know whom to complain to, and you’ve probably heard this gripe of mine over and over before. I’m complaining about how hellishly hot it is these last few days. It was easily 100*F today and was 104 and 106 on recent days. And those are just raw temperatures without factoring in the humidity, dew point, and Heat Index.

I know: I chose to move to Thailand, so I should be able to hack it. Maybe I’m getting old. Or maybe the heat just makes me grouchy. The one or two people who ever read this blog must be very sick of my constant comments about the heat here. But I’m still astonished by it.

(Trying to calculate temp and humidity into a Heat Index number on a day like this is as futile as trying to calculate Wind Chill when it’s 40-below zero with a stiff wind. One would just say, “It’s damn cold, and there is a brutal killer wind.” In both cases, one just scrambles to survive without bodily damage.)

I defrosted our old frig tonight because I couldn’t sleep and its ice builds up quickly in this weather. Then I went out at 23:00 hours to the all-night store for two packs of ice. As I stepped out of the house unto the street, I felt like I should be swimming instead of walking – the wetness of the air made it almost difficult to breathe. “Thick and soupy” would be the best way to describe the air, and there was no hint of a breeze.

We look forward to the relative coolness of the Rainy Season, which might start (hopefully) in a month or so.

-Zenwind.