The Cape of Huge Waves
During this past winter our city has lived up to one of its names…the Cape of Storms. I can only imagine what Bartholomew Dias must have seen when he rounded the Cape many centuries ago and came upon one of our winters. I wonder if the thought of global warming crossed his mind in the 1400s. While we wait for the Cape of Good Hope to make its appearance, there are lots to be thankful for (I watched Oprah last night!) We have plenty of water to last us through summer without major water restrictions, so hopefully restaurants on the Waterfront will stop charging for tap water. The maintenance people at our complex can water the lawn at 7.00 am in front of my home all summer long, without regard that I have to walk across that lawn wearing sandals in the morning. (Is it just me, or what is wrong with Capetonians and green grass in summer– hello, this is still Africa!)
Then of course there is the good news that Google has registered a patent for using a wave powered data centre for storing data in the middle of the ocean.
This is good news for the people of this city’s entrepreneurial spirit. Someone, somewhere is in all probability already calculating how to use those huge waves that battered our shores in the last few weeks.
Who knows we might even welcome the first day of winter and lament the start of summer.
Maybe we will even stop cursing weather reporters and shorts wearing KZN and Gauteng inhabitants.
Or maybe not!
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