September Coolness, Finally

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On this Ides of September the tropical climate here seems to be a bit more forgiving. Not exactly “comfortable,” since the humidity can still be wicked. I went out for a neighborhood march at midday, and, although it was not as horribly hot and humid as normal, I still came back home in the traditional condition of wringing sweaty wet.

But we’ve had a few rains lately, which tend to cloud the blasted blazing sun and relieve us a bit. Sometimes, only occasionally, you catch a refreshing breeze. September is usually the rainiest month of the rainy monsoon season, and in this particular rain-starved drought year we are finally getting some. The rainy monsoon that usually approaches us from the Indian Ocean’s northeastern-ward flow is being met by a west-ward flowing tropical storm bearing down on us from the South China Sea to our east. Vietnam (Quang Nam Province, my old stomping grounds) and Laos have already been hit by the cyclone, and we are next.

Tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday should bring us heavy rains – I hope. The temporary flooding will be a problem – especially for me on Thursday night when I go into town to a meet up with my libertarian friends, but I trust I can navigate through. If not, I think I can keep my head above water and survive.

Meanwhile, I sit in swim trunks and have the fan blowing on me at full-blast.

Blessed coolness. Zen delight.

-Zenwind.

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