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Australia Burns Turning Sydney into Smog Covered Scene from Hell

posted by martyb on Tuesday December 10 2019, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the There-Is-No-Such-Thing-As-Climate-Change dept.

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Australia is on fire. Again. Happens every year around this time, but this year is worse. A lot worse, with smoke and haze covering large parts of the eastern seaboard. The effect of the fires can be felt in New Zealand where the smoke is causing blood red sunsets. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Australia has briefly offered a prayer in support. The deadly fires have killed hundreds of drop bears while scourging the countryside across several states.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday December 10 2019, @05:13PM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday December 10 2019, @05:13PM (#930648) Homepage
    Isn't it "blood red sunsets, shepherds' delight"? And NZ is full of sheep, so must be full of shepherds. So everyone should be delighted.
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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday December 10 2019, @07:52PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday December 10 2019, @07:52PM (#930734)

    "Red sky at night, shepherds delight" I believe is the term, but no, we don't have many sheep left at all. The moas ate them. [wikipedia.org]

    The light is slightly red during even the middle of the day at the moment, which is slightly weird.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by theluggage on Tuesday December 10 2019, @10:38PM

    by theluggage (1797) on Tuesday December 10 2019, @10:38PM (#930822)

    Isn't it "blood red sunsets, shepherds' delight"?

    A terrible crime - your verse doesn't rhyme.

    "Red sky at night - Sydney's alight!"

    Sorry, tasteless - but TFA started it with the drop bears.

  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday December 11 2019, @05:38AM

    by driverless (4770) on Wednesday December 11 2019, @05:38AM (#930970)

    And NZ is full of sheep, so must be full of shepherds.

    Well.... I wouldn't call them "shepherds" as such. Sheep-fanciers maybe.