I’ve mentioned the recent spell of sweltering weather we’ve been suffering through here in Bangkok.
Well, we finally have a graphic that illustrates how hot it feels.
Yes, it feels like Thailand is on fire.
Thanks to Annelie (@a_nnelie) for Tweeting this pic yesterday:
CNN explains why it’s so hot in Thailand twitter.com/a_nnelie/statu…
— Annelie (@a_nnelie) May 2, 2012
(For the record, if this is a recent broadcast, I wasn’t able to locate any related story on the CNN Web site. Perhaps this graphic was related to recent drought problems, though.)
(Image: @a_nnelie.)
I'm Newley Purnell, an American journalist whose work has run in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and more.
I was based in Bangkok for six years and am now a