Weather where you are?

Weather is now overcast and dull, with low cloud on the hills/mountain road. But what do you expect, it’s the start of TT fortnight! No doubt Long delays to look forward to for practice and racing. 🙁
 
Weather here on the North Shore of Lake Huron is a typical paradise like 20C and sunny but take a look at Manitoba. Hwy's 10 and 6 are the life lines in that province. From Flin Flon to Lac Du Bonnet this is what is taking place right now in Manitoba - Devastating ;o(
www.ctvnews.ca

Manitoba declares state of emergency as northern communities evacuate due to wildfire threat

Manitoba has declared a state of emergency due to extreme wildfire conditions and threats to thousands of people in communities across the north.
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Ya it's bad and going to get worse here. Luckily not personally effected and winds have been blowing the smoke away from the larger population centers. We had a low snow winter and very dry spring, now some hot weather....unfortunately perfect conditions for forest fires.
 
For a change, we are having a proper Sydney winter. Ski season is humming away early for the first time in maybe a decade. I am extending the width of my shed door so I can get in and out with Panniers fitted, and it is very pleasant working in the lower hanging Sun, but that's not happening till it warms up around 10am.
 
We used to go to a Malaysian restaurant in North Sydney, my first experience of chilli and proper peanut sauce, so good. Better Google to find another.
 
chrisk said:
Yep, wrong time of year for visiting.

Some of the best food I’ve ever had was on the north coast of Malaysia.
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Needs must: it’s time for our annual medical exams. Clean bill of health all around. Malaysian and Nonya food is very good, but the authentic local version is far too hot for me. I much prefer Vietnamese cuisine out of all the countries in the region. Thai food in Thailand has gotten sweeter and sweeter over the years we have been going there, perhaps to appeal to the tastes of the younger generation of Thais.
 
2 days of fun, fun, fun in Sydney. We have a system approaching, usually referred to as an East Coast Low or more recently as a Rain Bomb. Forecast 200mm of rain and 120kph winds, that's approaching a Category 2 Cyclone. Real or exaggerated, we will see.
 
Summer is here for sure in Western Canada, Jim Henderson’s residence for decades. In seaside Vancouver and Victoria, Seattle, 24-29C. Inland in the long extending Sonoran Desert reaching up into central province on British Columbia, expect a long run of 36-40C. Rattle snakes are happy!
 
We arrived in DaNang a couple of days ago and the weather is much more pleasant than in KL. Still humid, but significantly less and about 5c cooler. The big difference is that on the coast here the sea breezes keep the smog away. Being 1/10th the size helps too!

This will be our base through August when we return to Singapore, collect our stored belongings and head off to Paris.
 
One of the funniest things I have ever seen was while heading home from a disasterous ski trip to Canada, where I snapped my ACL. I had a few days in Waikiki, Hawaii. Having breakfast early, poolside, I would watch about 20 insanely tanned elderly tourists race each other to commandeer slated timber lounges, Poolside overlooking the Beach. Their major job involved acquiring multiple white towels and then plating them into the timber lounge slats to act like cushions so they could sunbake there all day. This happened every morning for the 4 days I was there. NUTS.
 
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One of the funniest things I have ever seen was while heading home from a disasterous ski trip to Canada, where I snapped my ACL. I had a few days in Waikiki, Hawaii. Having breakfast early, poolside, I would watch about 20 insanely tanned elderly tourists race each other to commandeer slated timber lounges, Poolside overlooking the Beach. Their major job involved acquiring multiple white towels and then plating them into the timber lounge slats to act like cushions so they could sunbake there all day. This happened every morning for the 4 days I was there. NUTS.
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We are avid beachgoers, but are also well aware of the dangers of UV exposure. So we travel with a homemade shade sail I copied from those I saw on Spanish beaches. I use fiberglass camping tent poles for the arch and an Indian sari for the sail. The pictures are of the very first day we used it a couple of years ago in Thailand. Since then we have sewn the sail parts together to get rid of the gap you see. The second picture is from earlier this week on a day with very little breeze. IMG_1127.jpegDE1158DE-869E-4CC9-BFC2-B0F09E832A86.jpegIMG_0099.jpeg
 
Unfortunately here in Manitoba Canada, when it is normally glorious summer weather, the massive wildfires burning, some close by, are resulting in heavy smoke. On a bad day, when we are downwind from one of the fires the visibility is limited and the sun obscured in a haze. Apparently if you were outside yesterday it was like smoking the equivalent of six cigarettes....probably without filters.

It's not recommended to exert yourself when outside. Thousands of people have been evacuated from remote communities. It's been one of the driest springs/summers in history, preceeded by a very low snowfall winter.

When the wind shifts the smoke dissappears and things return to normal, unless of course you are displaced from your home and living in a hotel hundreds of kilometers from home.

Jim, the originator of this thread topic, as many of you know ironically was a helicopter pilot and had experience fighting forest fires. As a motorcyclist I normally hate rain but I would welcome some this year.
 
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