When the thermometer seems like a survival challenge
It seems that Nuevo León loves to compete in the Heat Olympic Games, because yesterday Linares decided to fry eggs on the asphalt with a record temperature of 46°C. Yes, you read that right: forty-six degrees Celsius, a temperature that would make even the bravest Finnish sauna cry. And no, it is not an episode of Black Mirror, it is real life in the Ejido La Pamona, where the mercury seems to have an unhealthy obsession with exceeding itself (the historical record is 47.5°C, because of course, why settle for less?).
Monterrey also plays in “hard” mode
Meanwhile, in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, people were surviving with a modest (ha) 43°C, enough for the pavement to become a bed of nails and the air conditioning to go on strike. The Conagua, those anonymous heroes who measure our suffering, confirmed that this is nothing more than the preamble to a heat wave that seems determined to turn the state into a gigantic convection oven. The forecast for today? More of the same, but with an extra “do we really need to leave the house?”.
And in case anyone doubts it, this is not normal. Well, technically it already is, because climate change has us trapped in a loop of extremes: either we freeze or we melt, with no intermediate points. But hey, at least we can brag on social media that we live in the place where the sun seems to have a personal vendetta against us.
What to do about this hell on earth? Hydrate as if the apocalypse were tomorrow, avoid going out during rush hour (read: between 10 AM and 6 PM, basically all day long), and pray that the next weather update includes a “survival mode” feature.
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Photo: Reforma Agency.
