So how hot is it?

Last night was a cooker. I couldn't sleep...I doubt that the thermometer dropped below 30C. Meg and I have not succumbed to the frivolity of air-conditioning so rely on the air cooling qualities of oscillating fans (but even a fan cannot cool hot air all that much) and the fairly constant ocean breezes. 

Today the thermometer hit 34C. The water in our pool is 34C. A dip in the pool is somewhat refreshing but there isn't a heck of a lot of difference from body temp. If there is an ocean breeze happening by, there may be a slight drop in temperature...but it's fleeting.

I noticed that I am sweating a lot...much as I do if I wander into a sauna or near a fire pit. It is trickling off my forehead and into my eyes; through my 'mass' of hair and down my neck. Even my toes are sweating and that hasn't happened since the days I spent fully clothed dealing with the heat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

So I decided to Google 'heat' and 'humidity'. I checked today's temperature - 34C (which = 94F). I checked today's humidity 88%. I found a Heat Index chart on Google. When I lined up 94F and 90% humidity, I was a little aghast...139F or 59C!! I guess that would account for the rivers of moisture coursing out and over our bodies. 

Earlier today, when we were in El Real, we picked up a cotton hammock which has now been strung up between two columns on our upper deck. That will be my bunk for the night. If the sky gets a little less cloudy I may be able to watch the Perseid meteor showers if I pop open an eyelid.  I am counting on having a restful sleep.