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martyb
on Wednesday December 18 2019, @04:20PM
from the let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow dept.
from the let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow dept.
Only 6 years after the weathermen needed a new color for just one spot of extreme temperatures on the map, this is how it looks when that color needs to be used for over 30% of the Australia's area. And that for 3 days in a row, starting today, Dec 18 2019 (like, meh, just a balmy 40C in Melbourne at 18:30, she'll be apples).
[40C is 104F and 50C is 122F --ed.]
Coverage:
BBC - Australia heatwave: Nation endures hottest day on record
Guardian Australia heatwave: records forecast to be broken as temperatures surge past 40C
AFP Australia has its hottest day on record, more to come
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Hottest Day of December on Record in Australia - Most of It Over 42C
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday December 18 2019, @11:02PM (14 children)
Maybe the drought will break in Feb - millennium drought broke about that time of the year.
Lemme see [bom.gov.au]
Nope, for the time being, ENSO is in neutral.
Oh, well, for my sleep quality I'd better look to replace the evaporative cooling with a compressor driven one. The outlook [bom.gov.au] reads like
Yeap, we're properly fucked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday December 19 2019, @12:24AM (11 children)
I guess we'll all have to do a Smoko and holiday elsewhere...
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday December 19 2019, @12:40AM (9 children)
Let's go north - but we'll miss Christmas, they have theirs in July...
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday December 19 2019, @01:11AM (8 children)
Let's not.
I invested 4 years of my life to get adjusted to "Christmas is a summer holiday".
Unlike others, this investment continues to pay up and I have no intention to screw it.
Even having a badly burnt & grease-smothered snag in a lousy bread slice** at a Bunnings sizzle is far more attractive than "going north".
(living in Melbourne, I can actually go a bit north, but I see going further than Cape York as a symptom of serious decline in intellectual capabilities)
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** don't get me started on the proper placement of onions [theguardian.com], of course it's after sausage. The Aborigines civilization would not have survived that long if they were to put the sausage on top of the onions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday December 19 2019, @03:22AM (6 children)
I do miss a proper white xmas. Even though for nearly half my life it's been summer xmas, the childhood view of what a real xmas is prevails. Snowmen, snow lanterns, snowball fights, and Santa after dark with his lantern bringing the pressies. On xmas eve.
**) Onions should not go on top of the sausage. Nor should they go under it. Or by the side. Any side. Or anywhere else near the sausage. Unless it's raw. We're fine with raw onions [theguardian.com].
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 19 2019, @06:56AM (5 children)
By the time I got here, I saw too many winters to still keep close the good memories of the childhood.
Lemme put it this way: I remember too well what I'm not missing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday December 19 2019, @07:23AM (4 children)
Bah, how are you meant to feel alive if you're not having to spend half an hour in the morning freeing your vehicle from the clutches of the snow and ice that has built up overnight (sometimes with the assistance of a helpful snowplow traveling past and putting a wall behind your vehicle)? I fear I'm getting soft down here...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 19 2019, @08:11AM (3 children)
European, remember? It means public transport is placed conveniently enough for me to never need a personal car.
(maybe my subconscious told me I'm not alive enough and I should emigrate?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Friday December 20 2019, @02:39AM (2 children)
These city folk... no appreciation for life ;)
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 20 2019, @02:46AM (1 child)
Heh, when I visited my parents the first time after emmigating, I made the mistake to rent a car.
The most frustrating experience ever, even outside the city: you can drive over 50-60kph for distances of 2-3 km; that is, until you hit the next village and need to cut back the speed.
Good to live in a country where there are so many place that can qualify for the middle of nowhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Friday December 20 2019, @03:13AM
Heh, yeah the sense of scale when you're living down here is rather different from what you get in Europe.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday December 19 2019, @05:24AM
My daughter lives in the US. Every time she comes home she insists on going to Bunnings for lunch on her first weekend...
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 19 2019, @12:54AM
Why?
(I mean... look, I like "properly fucked", doesn't happen often enough at my age) (large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by evilcam on Thursday December 19 2019, @05:01AM (1 child)
I wonder in 20 years how history will remember the LNP when it comes to their inaction on climate change? Sadly, I don't think any of them (or their voters) care.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 19 2019, @06:46AM
There's a number of things I couldn't get the taste of, even I have tried to.
One of them is cricket and a really tried to get into it.
The other one is LNP - Howard was... meh, but good enough while it lasted (got only his last 4 years). I find it now repulsive enough to not even cross my mind getting into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford