A month ago temperatures in the city I grew up in touched 43 degrees centigrade. We have a University classmates WhatsApp group where about 30 of us from three decades ago continue to talk about things.
I confidently predicted that when I come in a few weeks time the weather would turn out to be better. And indeed it did. All this week I am here in Coimbatore it is rains and the highs have dropped to 32 and lows to 25’s. I am vindicated and that powerful. The weather Gods are influenced by my presence.
Actually, the answers are simpler than that. Yes there is global warming and high temperatures are higher and rains more severe. But the fundamental seasonal patterns remain. For over 20 years I have been picking May and September/October to travel to India, the milder months in the place I grew up. All one needs is a cognizance of patterns… there are patterns all around us if only we are looking for them.