Dried out
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
As far as Tokyo concerned, the heat wave that boiled Kanto (Tokyo area) and the west has gone -- Chubu (Nagoya area) and Kinki (Osaka area) are still boiling, I suppose, but for Tokyo it's now like 30 degrees (and very very humid) at noon: that is, it's just as hot as usual. (Yesterday it was again like 37 degrees.) The press says there have been 17 or 20 deaths because of the heat. Most of the victims are over 65, but some are as young as 15.
This picture was taken around 08.00, 18th August 2007. This is on my way to the station, and I should have seen this yesterday, but I didn't because I was wearing sunglasses and I could not look up because of the strong sunshine -- it felt too dangerous. Why this plant is dead and dried, I am not sure, but it's possible the heat wave this week killed it.
The sky is totally covered with cloud -- white rather than grey. I usually don't especially like this sky, but today, I am very happy to see this.
