April 2, 2024
For several days already, our city has been one of the hottest areas in the Philippines! And I mean literally blazing HOT! In fact, for several days in one week, Roxas City is the hottest area in the West-Visayas region, with the heat index reaching as high as 42 degrees Celsius!
Class Suspension
March is the beginning of the dry season or Summer here in the Philippines. Before the pandemic, the school year ends in March. However, because of the pandemic, the school calendar has changed and the school closes in May.
Last week, Roxas City, hit a record-high 44 degrees heat index for the very first time! Proof that summer gets hotter every year!
Last year, because of the high heat index several students fainted due to heat and several teachers had some heat stroke in the different areas of the country.
Because of these unfortunate things that happened, the local governments of the various affected areas are taking some precautions.
Whenever the heat index reaches 41 degrees or higher, classes are automatically suspended!
However, since the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reports that the heat index in our city will remain high for this week, our school administration has to devise a way to cope with lost contact time with the students.
Back To Online Class
The quick solution is to have classes online. This way the learners don't have to leave their homes...
That's what we did today and will be doing in the next few days.
What Causes the High Heat Index?
Probably this is the effect of Global Warming. Thus there are lots of contributing factors... factors that have been accumulating since who-knows-when.
Something Needs To Be Done.
I supposed this serves as a warning. If we don't do something, each year will just get hotter and hotter!
The biggest irony is, during the hot season, we take refuge in air-conditioned rooms. But the air conditioning units, especially the old ones, are contributing the rise of temperature in the atmosphere.
The Challenge.
Let me close this with a challenge. What do you think you can do to help at least minimize the increase in temperature?
Thank you for your time!
Post No. 2024-26
Date Posted: April 12, 2024.
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