Drownout France

Il fait chaud

Il fait chaud

The map of Parisian temperatures. 18 Juin.

It's bloody hot. I don't know what to tell you. 91F yesterday and today. Trouble is, Paris is not set up for this. No air conditioning. This place we rented doesn't even have fans. Even the fridge is this tiny little dorm-room fridge (only fresh food for us!) which can't even hold a container of ice cream. It's a freak of the season, since the Parisians are telling me that it ain't every like this. J'espere!

Those little black numbers next to the temperature readings do not correspond to any metereological facts. Those (such as the 75 in the center), I believe, correspond to the numbers of the districts of France. Paris itself constitutes 9 districts of the nation's several hundred (I think -- if this were Le Monde I'd be checking facts). Interestingly, I'm not sure that the districts map onto particular arrondissments.


On the positive side, though, is the sunlight.

The long day. 18 Juin.

Here you see evidence that the day is about 16 hours long in Paris today. That's something. No wonder those Normandy movies are about the "longest day" and all that. (Isn't it cute? The sun "rises"--lever--and "goes to bed"--coucher .)

Added - 12/12/2002
The man's comment below is right. I was mistaken. Maybe the 9 departments are those that make up "greater" Paris or Ile-de-France, as many do refer to places like St. Denis as part of Paris qua population center. Though this still is not Le Monde.

Posted by amol at June 18, 2002 10:06 AM