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Air strikes from Pakistan not behind heatwave
Loo winds do come from the west, but Pakistan only controls airspace, not air.
ET Bureau|
May 31, 2019, 08.06 AM IST
A foreign hand is often cited to be behind many incidents in India, but blaming the current heatwave throughout the nation — warnings have been issued mid-week for 16 of 36 meteorological divisions — on our western neighbours, as some have, is unfair.
It is true that hot, moisture-sapping ‘loo’ winds always whoosh in from the west, sending temperatures soaring above even 45 degrees Celsius. However, they are not known to do so at any one’s bidding; Pakistan does control its airspace but not its air. Indeed, even the winds’ place of origin is sizzling, so apart from official schadenfreude, little can be gained from orchestrating such ‘air’ strikes no matter what the compulsions for “befitting answers”.
Those looking askance at this seasonal ‘western disturbance’ may recall that the highest temperature ever recorded in the subcontinent was 53.5 in Pakistan’s Mohenjo-Daro in 2010.
The more relevant ‘person’ to blame would be that infernal ‘El Nino’ whose shenanigans across the planet are almost always the reason behind extreme weather conditions, including this heatwave.
Scorching loo winds emanating from the Sindh desert cannot be held responsible for the ongoing soaring temperatures in the US, for instance. The bright side, of course, is the cooling knowledge that “if loo is here, can the monsoon showers be far away
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Loo winds do come from the west, but Pakistan only controls airspace, not air.
ET Bureau|
May 31, 2019, 08.06 AM IST
A foreign hand is often cited to be behind many incidents in India, but blaming the current heatwave throughout the nation — warnings have been issued mid-week for 16 of 36 meteorological divisions — on our western neighbours, as some have, is unfair.
It is true that hot, moisture-sapping ‘loo’ winds always whoosh in from the west, sending temperatures soaring above even 45 degrees Celsius. However, they are not known to do so at any one’s bidding; Pakistan does control its airspace but not its air. Indeed, even the winds’ place of origin is sizzling, so apart from official schadenfreude, little can be gained from orchestrating such ‘air’ strikes no matter what the compulsions for “befitting answers”.
Those looking askance at this seasonal ‘western disturbance’ may recall that the highest temperature ever recorded in the subcontinent was 53.5 in Pakistan’s Mohenjo-Daro in 2010.
The more relevant ‘person’ to blame would be that infernal ‘El Nino’ whose shenanigans across the planet are almost always the reason behind extreme weather conditions, including this heatwave.
Scorching loo winds emanating from the Sindh desert cannot be held responsible for the ongoing soaring temperatures in the US, for instance. The bright side, of course, is the cooling knowledge that “if loo is here, can the monsoon showers be far away
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharebuttons
