31 August: The last day of hell month. This had to be the hottest for August in 200 years.
More recently, in letters to a friend, Whitmore described this past summer at ??the Gola ? :
June 11, 2009: Heat is on in the Gola, 93 degrees. I would have replied yesterday, but man it was so hot in here and I sweated all day. So I am writing before it gets too hot. And it's just June. It was 76 degrees that morning at 5.30 am and 94 degrees after twelve noon. It should get that hot today too".
June 27, 2009: Hot n Humid Gola 99 degrees. If you heard that it's getting hot in Angola, you heard wrong, because it have been steaming hot in Angola for the whole month of June but I know H will be alright, even at his age he can stand the heat. Plus: he knows what to do to cool down some: put some water on the floor and lay in it or put a wet sweat shirt on to stay cool".
July 12, 2009: The sweatbox Louisiana. With temperature 98 degrees everybody is on the floor. All you need is to wet it or your clothes. It's all about survival in this man made hell".
August 10, 2009: I ran like a wild horse in that 96 degree heat today. I sweated all my body liquids so I had to replace it by drinking water the whole of the day. Only the strong survive.
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