We’re Having A Heat Wave, A Tropical Heat Wave…

We're Having A Heat Wave, A Tropical Heat Wave…

Yes, we're having a tropical heat wave and it's not nice like the song "Heat Wave", written by Irving Berlin in 1933 and performed many times since then (including The Who in 1965).

We are once again experiencing record temperatures along with high humidity here in the Philippines. The government weather service has issued warnings for longer than the last week and indicates the heat wave will continue for an undetermined amount of time. How does 37C/99F and 88% humidity sound to you? There are several hours a day where it's too hot for me to concentrate on anything online. That's usually what happens when the heat is on.

It you add my DSL outages to the mix, you can understand why I can't get as much done online as I'd like. Oh, how I wish I could dress like this and get away with it:

Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan only got away with it because it wasn't real life!

April 26th, 2008 By RT Cunningham | Categories: Philippines | Tags: DSL, services, thongs, weather |

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hari on April 26th, 2008 at 2:41 pm (Reply)

April and May is usually the worst time in India too. It cools down a bit after July but then around September we get another heat wave (second summer
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2. RT Cunningham on April 26th, 2008 at 7:25 pm (Reply)
  
  We do too if the rainy season doesn't last long enough. Summers really suck in Asia. I would love to have an Alaskan summer.
Link Building Bible on April 26th, 2008 at 3:13 pm (Reply)

Make sure that you are drinking plenty of fluids, especially water, in order to keep your body properly hydrated.

2 summers age we had a heat wave, and our engagement pictures were scheduled for that day… you can see the sweat on our foreheads in some of them… haha.

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2. RT Cunningham on April 26th, 2008 at 7:25 pm (Reply)
  
  The fluids part is easy. Cooling off is the hard part.
Tim from Camera Cases on April 26th, 2008 at 9:45 pm (Reply)

Meanwhile, we got 2 feet of snow last week and it's barely been above freezing for a couple days. A lot of people here would trade you for the heat wave. I wouldn't mind somewhere in the middle myself.
Do a lot of people have medical emergencies when it is that hot there?
2. RT Cunningham on April 27th, 2008 at 2:38 am (Reply)
  
  I'm sure they do, but I wouldn't know. You don't hear ambulances around here like you do in developed countries.
Kathy on April 26th, 2008 at 11:41 pm (Reply)

I'm at my crankiest when it hits over 85 degrees. High humidity means I have to stay away from people or they really see the ugly side of me. 99F and 88% humidity? I'd be a puddle.

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2. RT Cunningham on April 27th, 2008 at 2:38 am (Reply)
  
  I *am* a puddle. It's a good thing you can't see me.
Plastering Course on April 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm (Reply)

You should not expose to heat, stay away from the heat of the sun. Right, you should drink enough water.
Stefanie on April 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pm (Reply)

I would be thrilled for those kinds of temperatures right now. Here in the Midwestern part of the United States, it's about 40 degrees on a cloudy Monday morning.

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2. RT Cunningham on April 29th, 2008 at 2:02 am (Reply)
  
  I would gladly trade my summer for your spring.
Jeff from Direct Home Find on April 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm (Reply)

I actually have spent several summers in the Philippines. It really isn't very enjoyable, especially having to walk around all day. We would stay in McDo for several hours just to keep cool with the Air-Con.
2. RT Cunningham on April 29th, 2008 at 2:04 am (Reply)
  
  If the restaurants weren't so far from me, I'd do the same thing. I don't have AC in my house yet (coming in August) but when I do, I'll be a happy camper.
JBourne on April 29th, 2008 at 4:00 am (Reply)

Funny, it's way below normal here in Chicago. We were down in the 30's late last week and almost had snow. I'm sure it'll get warmer next month, but we're just having an extra long winter. But 30F is pretty compared to when we go months with temps in the 10's and 20's, so I guess we shouldn't complain :/

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