the korean season of changma is upon us. what is that? you might ask... it's the monsoon season. my first. i mean, it rains in the spring in montreal, but there is always some reprieve... but according to the (limited) research i've done, it's pretty much going to rain until i go to thailand in 6 weeks.
it started yesterday. i was told on monday that it would be coming later this week, and sure enough they were right. maybe the meteorologists in korea have some kind of sophisticated equipment that those in canada don't... or maybe it just happens every year at the same time. i'll bet on the latter.
the average annual rainfall in busan in july is around TEN INCHES, or 257 mm. i know, it doesn't really sound like that much when you think about it over a period of a month... but montreal gets about 3 inches in the same period...
i've also read that the relative humidity will reach up to 90% in the next month. thank god for air conditioning at home! it's another story at school #1, where the best we have in any room are fans. the classrooms have four rotating ceiling fans each - none of them reach the front of the class where the teachers stand... good thing i've gotten the kids used to me moving around the room! the teachers office has a bunch of ceiling fans too, but none of them come anywhere near my desk. if you don't hear from me for a while, it'll be because i melted!
(i hate writing about weather... but this [i hope] is different...) ;)
it started yesterday. i was told on monday that it would be coming later this week, and sure enough they were right. maybe the meteorologists in korea have some kind of sophisticated equipment that those in canada don't... or maybe it just happens every year at the same time. i'll bet on the latter.
the average annual rainfall in busan in july is around TEN INCHES, or 257 mm. i know, it doesn't really sound like that much when you think about it over a period of a month... but montreal gets about 3 inches in the same period...
i've also read that the relative humidity will reach up to 90% in the next month. thank god for air conditioning at home! it's another story at school #1, where the best we have in any room are fans. the classrooms have four rotating ceiling fans each - none of them reach the front of the class where the teachers stand... good thing i've gotten the kids used to me moving around the room! the teachers office has a bunch of ceiling fans too, but none of them come anywhere near my desk. if you don't hear from me for a while, it'll be because i melted!
(i hate writing about weather... but this [i hope] is different...) ;)
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