DEAR Editor;
What a July this has been in our neck of the woods. July will long be remembered for lockdown, loadshedding, looting, low temperatures and a lack of rain.
Without doubt, Monday July 12 will go down as a day of infamy in our country, with unprecedented civil unrest, lawlessness, government inaction and community mobilisation.
Here in Scottburgh owe a debt of gratitude to those brave men and women who manned the barricades and kept us safe, especially during those bitterly cold nights. We salute you.
Credit also goes to the supermarkets for restocking their shelves in a very short space of time, despite the logistical and security challenges they faced.
However, it’s a pity that a new form of looting has surfaced, precipitated by the price hikes we unfortunates now have to contend with.
What of the weather? Mid July will go down as the coldest we have experienced here on the South Coast for a very long time – and one of the driest.
While we generally do have rain in the middle of winter (quite a lot in some years), during this past July we experienced no rainfall whatsoever in Scottburgh.
The rainfall figures for July are as follows: 2021 – Nil; 2020 – 16,5mm; 2019 – 4mm; 2018 – 17mm; 2017 – 54mm; 2016 – 275mm; 2015 – 182 mm.
These statistics certainly suggest that global warming is becoming a fact of life.
TONY MASON
Scottburgh Central
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