I had just finished up with my dinner and was sweating profusely like a Christmas goat when the electricity was restored. I quickly rushed to the rechargeable standing fan in my room and increased the speed. The fan was blowing like something that wants to pull out but I didn't care because my body was on fire.
After few minutes staying in front of the fan, my body became cool. I crocheted a little and I was about getting on hive when I said to myself, why don't you just sleep and enjoy the cool breeze from the fan seeing that the light can go at anytime and it's usually not easy sleeping inside the heat as the heatwave this period is mad.
So I dived into my bed and positioned the fan to blow directly at me and trust me, it felt like heaven and in no distant time I was in lala land.
At the moment I was about to sleep, I checked the time and it was passed 7pm. In what seem to be like a split second I woke up in darkness, the room felt like I was in a bakery, my bed was soaked as I was drenched in my own sweat. I checked the time and it was 10:30pm.. So its 10 already? and I thought it's been few minutes since I slept.
I tried sleeping back but I couldn't, as my eyes were just shinning like police torchlight on the high way, so I decided to get on my social media activites. I was on the internet space until past 3am when the weather temperature dropped a bit and became cool then sleep started coming in.
Despite the fact that we should still be experiencing dry season by now, we have never had the temperature these high. Little thing now someone would be roaming naked because of the heat, that's how bad it was at my end.
Today at the office, I noticed the cloud darkened and in no distant time, the rain came pouring heavily. Now you would think the heavy down pour will cool off the heat wave but it's like the ground has been cooked, over cooked if I might add as we are currently experiencing a slight coolness from yesterday which shouldn't be so because the rain fell as if it was angry, blowing breeze like who they offended.
You know it's a great deal of concern how life changes. These should be how it all started with the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals before they went extinct.
One thing I have come to realize is that the more technologically advanced man gets, the more endangered planet earth becomes till it gets to its limit, leading to the destruction of various life forms and then recycling itself again to it's original crude state, where seasons and weather are as should be and the atmosphere without any polluted air.
HEATWAVE TRIGGERS
There was a time I went out and it was burning as the Sun has never been redder. I kept looking at the distance for a free taxi coming my way so I can flag it not to drive pass me.
Suddenly, I noticed a wavy atmosphere from the distance I was staring at, it was as if fire was burning but there was no fire. After that experience, when ever I go out I always look out for the atmosphere if I would see that shaking background again and I always do.
The wavy atmosphere gets more intensed at bad spots on the road where every vehicle is struggling to get a chance to pass. It also gets more intensed during traffic jam and I kept wondering but fire is not burning what is causing this shaking atmosphere?
I later got to know that the wavy atmosphere is called thermal convection currents . In another discovery, a friend told me that the wavy atmosphere I'm seeing are caused by the moving vehicles resulting from the fuel it burns to run which produces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. I was quite intrigued by these discoveries so I started reading on it and discovered even more. I learned that transportation is the prime culprit encouraging the heat wave that is currently embarrassing us as these thermal convention currents retains in the atmosphere as heat.
The next culprit I learned about is the production of electricity which I don't quite buy because we do not generate enough electrical energy compared to our heavy dependence on fossil fuels.
Next on the list of culprits is the industrial sector which involves the use of heavy duty machines running on fossil fuel known to be the source of thermal convection current/carbon dioxide.
FEASIBLE SOLUTION
Our leaders need to look beyond corruption and consider our collective health in a sustainable future. Laws need to be enacted and actions need to be taken.
The economy can still run on fossil fuel if the authorities take extra measures in providing means of excessive carbon dioxide absorbtion before it evaportes into the air to trigger global warming.
Trees are excellent absorbers of carbon dioxide but sadly deforestation is now the other of the day since real estate became the new oil well. I dont know if any of you have noticed but the air in the village feels more refreshing than the air we breath in the city. I am not talking about those villages that has been urbanized, I mean the rural settlements.
For every tree brought down for civilization purposes, space should be created for two more trees to be planted back afterwards.
These are the most feasible measures into combating climate change and global warming in our environment.
One thing with nature is that, it has always protected us but when we take undue advantage of it, it fights back.
Thank you for your time. your comments and contributions will be high appreciated.