What to fear on heat wave? First lets define heat wave. Heat wave is a phenomenon where excessive heat and humidity stays for a long time. This also varies from different locations all over the globe. That the normal temperature for a certain place will be abnormal in other places based on their temperature patterns beyond normal conditions.

What could be the effect of these heat waves that we should afraid of? Let’s tackle the subject in general term. Though there are minors but most of the time major and long term effect and scenario will be involve by this heat wave. Let us start on the major things like drought causing crops and vegetation destruction. This definitely will affect everything from human to countries economic stability and agriculture strength in providing needs to people. As drought happens, a dry land, forest trees having totally dry branches and leaves can create a wildfire where everything is burned and destroyed at a massive amount or uncontrollable phenomena.

What other effect does this heat wave can do? Loss of life eventually due to shortage on water, agriculture instability, heat strokes, skin disorder due to heat and other health related illnesses due to excessive heat penetrating to the human body. Electric power outages also can happen due to increasing number of electric cooling appliances and its increasing usage time like air condition, freezers and refrigerators.

There are other minor effects on this heat wave but we must focus on the major destruction that this phenomenon taking us. Conclusion is we should be prepared for this heat wave to happen not just the beliefs that it is not happening but the preparedness before it struck our place. The next article by globalwarming awareness2007 will focus on heat wave preparedness and some information on what we can do to help, prepare and things to act during heat wave.