Protest

"Stop the bad weather."

This past Saturday, about 900 people in Amsterdam signed up via Facebook to run a protest march against the prolonged bad weather.  If only I were a Facebooker, I might have joined them.

The chairman of the Action Committee to Stop the Bad Weather said "We want at least two weeks of sunshine and 25 degrees (77F).  We are already seeing some results, so now we have to persevere."

This demand seems reasonable given it is nearing the end of July.  We do still consider July a summer month, right?

The Amsterdam sun worshipers gathered at the statue of Rembrandt (he was born in Leiden, Netherlands - not too far from Amsterdam), then they marched down several streets, listened to a sun speech at the Heineken Cafe and ended with an after party and press conference.

It seems that simply planning the protest was enough because the sun is finally back.  And I don't know about Amsterdam, but in Hasselt it was nearly 25 degrees yesterday.

All I can say is thanks to the Amsterdamers for finally playing the magic pipe.

Hasselt, Belgium Weather

TodayJul 23

78^°F

60^°F

Sunny

CHANCE OF RAIN:

0%

 

WIND:

SE at 4 mph

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TueJul 24

78^°

62^°

Sunny

CHANCE OF RAIN:

0%

 

WIND:

E at 7 mph

Details