Joan: What made Mom decide to come home from Africa?
Val: She missed us.
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Joan: Isn't it winter there now?
Val: Nothing like wind, rain and hail to make you long for your loved ones.
Actually it’s only the Cape that has a winter rainfall, the rest of South Africa has summer rains and in the case of the highveld, in the interior, they have a lot of thunder and lightening storms. We do get some thunder storms but not as regularly as Johannesburg and its surrounding areas. This past week we have all been shivering due to a storm that blew across the country from the Atlantic. Some areas had temperatures as low as minus 9 Centigrade which is very cold for South Africa. The Cape got it first; high speed winds, rain and snow and they had some really, really cold days. We are beginning to thaw out a bit but even here in Durban it is much colder than usual.
Actually it’s only the Cape that has a winter rainfall, the rest of South Africa has summer rains and in the case of the highveld, in the interior, they have a lot of thunder and lightening storms. We do get some thunder storms but not as regularly as Johannesburg and its surrounding areas. This past week we have all been shivering due to a storm that blew across the country from the Atlantic. Some areas had temperatures as low as minus 9 Centigrade which is very cold for South Africa. The Cape got it first; high speed winds, rain and snow and they had some really, really cold days. We are beginning to thaw out a bit but even here in Durban it is much colder than usual.