It was around February last year,  the heat wave then was like nothing  I've ever seen, although here in Africa we have basically  two seasons and that  is The rainy season and  Dry season , the rainy season usually runs from March down October, while the Dry season kicks off from november down  to March of the following year,  this is the normal  rotatation,  however the dry season around November is usually  characterise  by dry cold wind from the Sahara desert, sometimes accompanied with heat....
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While we thought  this was the case, the February  of last year was totally  different,  the heat was on another level, the heat was really  much at one point I was like maybe someone   went to hell and forgot to shut the door  behind them, or was it climate change really  affecting us now?

It was so hot that even while I was in doors with the fan at the highest I was still sweaty,  there are days I would rush into the shower to cool off a bit and soon after I'm out I began sweaty again, the heat wave was all over the country at the time, till the point people were we no longer sleeping indoors again because it was impossible  to stay indoors due to the high level Of hit, so we would spread our mat outside and sleep out till morning.....

At noon was worst when the sun was up so  high, you dare not stay in doors, you will get soaked in your own sweat, it was difficult  to have a good sleep at noon or at night, so most of the time we were outside,


This made me recall what I was taught in my school days about how we have damaged the ozone Layer which was suppose  to shield us from  the sun infra-red  ray which was to high it could affect our skin if we are not careful, caused by  the different  gaseous emission that our industries, the cars, jets  release to the air had somehow damage  the ozone layer now exposing us to direct sunlight.

There was little or nothing  we could do at this point to curtain  the high heat, well except  you're  among the wealthy ones who had air-conditioner install in their homes, offices and of course in their cars and so they could feel very little of the effect, for us it was a different story all together...

Most noon time i and my friends  would prefer  to go hang out at the pool side  and soak ourselves  in the water ...till  we are tired... it was just a small fee like with a thousand naira we could spend all day at the pool, especially  the weekends,  we would swim till we get tired then lay by the pool then get back in,  it was this period that i observed that the waters  are even cooler during the heat than other timed

However In subsequent  months it began to subside  and everything  eventually  returned  to normal, I think we experienced  this for almost three months or there about but then it was a period  we would never pray for...


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