Last Thursday, July 25th, was the hottest day ever in Belgium. The maximum temperature reached over 40° Celsius, which is absolutely very hot! The past record dated back to 1947, when it became 36° - as kids, we often heard our parents and grandparents relate how warm the summer of '47 was. But apparently, the summer of 2019 was the hottest.
Already early in the morning, when we went to the supermarket to buy food for the day, it was almost unbearable warm. Since we have a rooftop flat, facing south, the sun burnt down relentlessly on it. We kept all the window closed and the shades down, but even then the temperature inside reached 32° - even today it's still 29°.
We kept quiet and tried not to move too much. Cooled our hands and face regurlarly with cold water. Only when the sun was gone, it was doable to go outside. We sat way past midnight on our terrace, trying to catch that little bit of wind which was blowing.
Several people died of the heat and lots of them got second-rate burn wounds from exposure. How foolish can you be to be taking the sun when it's so hot?
Belgium was not the only country to be affected by this big heat. Also Holland got these crazy temperatures.
How was it where you live?
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