The Western Cape Province is hotter today than the Sahara Desert.
Our little guy "Troy" had no energy in the heat and he was passed out for most of the day.
The Western Cape Province is in South Africa and for some strange reason we were even hotter than Australia and the other South African countries.
Our fire fighting crews are all on emergency standby for expected wild fires, but thankfully the strong winds were absent.
The Australian Outback. The Sahara Desert. Even the scorching plains of the Middle East: All of these locations will seem like a comparative oasis for residents in the Western Cape on Saturday 22 January…
Only a few cars on the roads in town, but that's because everyone and their families were at the beach.
So we decided to take a short drive down to the beach.
Oh yes, the hot African sun turned the sea into a big silver mirror and the beaches were packed with people. Now to spend a day in this heat on the beaches can result in some serious issues, such as sunstroke and no doubt tomorrow we will read about many cases of sunstroke the hospitals had to treat tonight.
We then took the road home bound again and I took the two photos below on the way back. Yes, we could only get out to take this trip in the late afternoon when the peak of the heat was subsiding. Even then we had the air-conditioner in the car on full blast.
Still even now when I am typing this, there is some sweat on my brow.
The Elephant whispered to me; Phew, they didn't tell me that it would get this hot when I signed the contract to stand out here all day.
Back home the two birds (Speckled Pigeons)turned the birdbath into a personal sauna, but after a while the leader of the Ringneck doves had enough and here below he came to tell the pair to get going.
The Ringneck dove's wife arrived with her small Turtle dove companion and the Speckled Pigeons knew that the writing was on the wall to get out.
Then an amazing thing happened as believe it or not, a fine drizzle of rain came down. For a full 5 minutes rain water drizzled down
Finally the red blushing mountains also attested to the heat at sunset.
Western Cape set for ‘extreme heat’
That’s because temperatures are guaranteed to soar to unbearable levels. In fact, new data released on Friday shows the province is likely to be ‘the hottest place on Earth’ tomorrow, with the mercury surpassing 46C in some parts.
Ventusky, a weather forecasting tool used to predict weather patterns in South Africa, has a colour-coded system for determining how high the temperature will be, in every location worldwide. A quick glance at their map for this weekend shows that NOWHERE has a darker shade than the Western Cape.
Western Cape will be ‘hottest place on Earth’ this Saturday
Here is the source of all in Italics in the post for you read more;
Source
So these were not my own words and nothing was sucked out of my thumb, as the source was where I found the reason for this heat.
Stand for an hour outside in the sun and then your hot breath will melt an ice cream.
And that's it for now folks, just another hot day on the Southern tip of the African continent.
We hope that you enjoyed the photos and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
