So now it’s raining cats and dogs, which is normal for the month of March headed for April. Except that the rain started in January – now that’s not normal. January is the month when, if my memory serves me right, the sand would scorch your feet if you dared to walk bare foot. So dry, so hot, was Jan and Feb.
Furthermore the rain is falling in floody, even deadly torrents in places where just months ago people were dying of drought and famine. That too is not quite the norm. But then what is normal anymore, in terms of weather and climate? Meteorologists and other experts are scratching their heads trying to figure out what is going on and why, and no real answers are forthcoming. Of course they always have something to say to the layperson if only to allay our fears.
That seasons have changed worldwide is no secret anymore, never mind the popular reasons for the same, read global warming. Extreme, unpredictable weather be that snow, rain, heat wave, drought, hailstorms, strong winds etc. are the order, and fear of the day.
For us though it’s a welcome surprise and relief as the country has been through a series of devastating droughts, leading to crop failure and loss of lives even. Barring for the few but sad losses occasioned by the current rainfall, we are indeed blessed to be dealing with a wet situation as opposed to a dry one.
The transformation from brown to lush green landscapes is always a delight as is the sight of pastoralists herding their cattle back home in masses after the long search for pasture, now gladly over.
Extreme weather is here to stay for a while at least, it seems, but hopefully we will put our excess rainfall to good use and store needed moisture for the dry day…
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