It is now day three since it started raining. It never stopped. Fully. The rain got less or stronger. Sometimes I thought it stopped but when I went outside I saw the small drops falling from the sky.
It is the summer of the extremes. For the second time in a row, we’re experiencing a long weather front providing endless rain and floods. Right after weeks of extreme heat. And drought. Here, in Germany.
There are no more moderate temperatures. We barely had a day in the 20s. It was either brutally hot with temperatures rising above the 30s or it was chilly and wet around 15 degrees (Celsius).
Yes, our weather patterns are getting more extreme, there is no doubt about it. And all I can do right now is adapt to it.
Here I went out today. As it was pouring rain, I pulled the hood of my rain jacket deep over my face, put on the waterproof hiking boots and ventured out.