Friday, April 25, 2008

Heat wave in Pune!!

I'm here in Pune after a gap of two summers. The previous two summers ('06 and '07 - post marriage) in Bangalore were not all that hot as far as I can recollect.
Its mid April and the mercury has soared to 42.1 degrees yesterday (24th April, 2008).
This has been the second highest maximum temperature for the month of April since 1897!!

Temperatures have been persistently increasing for the past 1 week.
The weather bureau claims that its coz of the heat waves coming in from the northern part of the state! Is global warming not merely a myth perpetrated by Cassandras of the paranoid west? Are we heading towards Doomsday? I guess I'm getting overly pessimistic and rhetorical here.
For now, I'm just looking forward to the first monsoon showers in early May