36°C today, 38°C tomorrow, and I’m not even considering humidity…

To put things in perspective, the maximum African summer temperature Marie and I experienced in Keetmanshoop, Namibia, on our 2009 road trip, was 40°C.

So what’s wrong with this picture? African heat on North America’s Eastern Seaboard. And we can’t even claim to have the Big Five.

But that’s probably as well. I’ve seen New York drivers in the snow and they sure could not handle deep sand…

Friday update: 17:00, 40°C. Heat index, 44°C. Ouch. The heat in Keetmanshoop and the Kalahari has dry. This is more like a region-wide sauna gone haywire while water was poored on the stones!