2 people needed rescuing
By Grace on Jul 24, 2007 in desert life, twitches
Extremely hot and humid temperature continues today. I can’t imagine how it is to walk for more than 2 minutes outside. Imagine how it would be for my mother and my young daughter to be spending time at home with this heat - without a/c!!!
No, my mom didn’t turn the a/c off deliberately. There was an inexplicable power shutdown of some sorts in our area or just in our building(?) this morning.
My mother sent me an sms to tell me that they are on the building ground floor because they could not bear the heat inside our flat. We have no electric fans and completely reliant on the centralized airconditioning of the building.
Goodness, they can’t even escape the heat inside the building by going out. They’d be toasted outside.
She sent the first sms at 7:38 a.m….and the time I discovered it? Just a few minutes ago and it is already nearing 12 noon (hottest time of the day)!! What have I done!
Damn this Nokia phone I have! The incoming messages were not getting through because my freakin’ mailbox is full. Full as in what, 30 messages?? I hate this phone or at least I hate the low class Nokia phone. Frankly I am not used to using my own phone and so not used to being concious of mailbox capacity as my previous phone’s capacity is almost limitless. Too bad I can’t use the unit here.
M will be picking up my mom and Pristine from our building and send them to some place temperature controlled. Duh, where else but to the mall!!


he! that’s a lot of waiting and a lot of suffering. i hope they’re well and not exhausted.
rose | Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
oh my. HOpe they are ok. When did they get the ac back on?
wow, that is scary!
Sabine | Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
Well, that sucks. I hope they are ok!
Dana | Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
poor pristine! … and your mother, of course!
Charlotte | Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
Oh my goodness, I hope your mom and Pristine are OK now? Gee whiz, that must have been crappy, hey!!!
Please send just a little of that heat my way - I am so tired of this miserable winter out here in South Africa. I can’t wait for the summer!!!!
Addie | Jul 25, 2007 | Reply
Oh no! Not the mall! They’ll freeze over there! *wink*
Oh well, I guess it’s better to be cold than hot.
kailani | Jul 26, 2007 | Reply