Weather where you are?

Agree Marty. I saw a few days ago that the Fed Govt said they would not make RAAF planes available for use as water bombers cos the RFS said they didn't need them.

I reckon they need every assistance in support of their excellent efforts. How much worse does it have to get?
 
martymoose said:
Really sore throat today from breathing smoke all day. When are they calling in the army?  We need all the help we can get to put out the fires.
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Come on Marty, we have the hopes and prayers of our leaders, what more do we need? and besides I really dont think now is the time to talk about this.... ??? ???
 
South Australia sent their thousandth firefighter to NSW yesterday, 0ur fire trucks have been operating in the New England area for a month now, going as far north as Goondawindi.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Started in Queensland, then flared up in New South - and hasn't really let up for about 4+ weeks. We haven't even come close to the traditionally hot and windy part of summer yet! And still our dud dickead-in-the-sand government climate deniers want to chisel on our part of the climate accord!
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G'day,

Very well put.

My close friend Kylie who has a small holding near Albury/Wadongo (sp?) has just posted pictures of snow in Thredbo (sp?). This is fucking nuts.

Most of us on this forum are old gits. At 52 I am at the younger end of the old git spectrum. I was a parent but I am now unlikely to become a grand parent.

I'm "al'right Jack" but I would still like to help leave behind a viable planet for other people's children and grand children.

J
 
Bottler said:
Agree Marty. I saw a few days ago that the Fed Govt said they would not make RAAF planes available for use as water bombers cos the RFS said they didn't need them.

I reckon they need every assistance in support of their excellent efforts. How much worse does it have to get?
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Nah, he said that the volunteer RFS just love every minute of it and who is he to spoil their fun.
 
The drive to Sydney was uneventful, hard to see way out there to pass B Doubles as the smoke hazy was horrible. They're not easy to pass as that's a semi with 2 big trailers attached and very long, but once I got to Murarundi the expected 42c didnt happen. Just the usual long boring drive. I am happy to be out of the inland furnace, it was 30c at 2 am on Monday night. Bit of a change in Sydney at 26c from yesterdays 42c in Wee Waa.
 
James I have a great amount of belief in how smart humans are, and how they can fix anything. Look at the advancement in renewable energy and the like. I reckon the future is bright! 
 
Weather a tad cooler and clearer here on the Canadian Praires compared to Australia.  Unseasonably cold with lows of -30C. Only hinderence to visibility is "exhaust fog". This is when the cold temps make exhaust vapor very visible and at red light intersections the cumulative "fog" from all the cars stopped can hang in the air. No sign of global warming here.
 
I didnt get a chance to wash the bike after the 4500k Tassie ride. Got home yesterday just as the Government have implemented Level 2 water restrictions because of the drought. So that outlaws washing vehicles with a hose. Buckets only so no bike wash for me.
 
Tad warmer today in Walpole expected to reach 30? :o, still it's 10? cooler than Perth :P As for water, I have a dam full of it so no problem washing bikes/cars with hi pressure hoses while the misses drenches the gardens with the fire hose. The only thing I miss about Sydney/ NSW are the twisty roads and the Snowys.
Bit of smoke around due to a not far away controlled burn that amazingly seems to actually be controlled, ATM. They're getting closer to the bush behind me, that's when I'll start freaking out.
 
The weather in Tassie hasn't improved much since the NSW guys were here. We're still feeling the effects of the Antarctic vortex. Bloody windy all the time and cooler than average. The Bureau of Meteorology reckons it'll be like that for another couple of weeks.
 
Dellortoman said:
The weather in Tassie hasn't improved much since the NSW guys were here. We're still feeling the effects of the Antarctic vortex. Bloody windy all the time and cooler than average. The Bureau of Meteorology reckons it'll be like that for another couple of weeks.
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We're getting it here in Melbourne too Cam. With the odd 39 degree day thrown in. I'm happier in 22 than 44, I assure you!!
 
28 years ago, I packed the car moving away from Melbourne. Two weeks of 42 degree days and overnight mid 30?s.

In my school days, in regional Victoria, we relished 105F + days, cause we could go home.



 
helicopterjim said:
Not possible ......... this hot weather global warming thing was barely invented back then.
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Oh, that?s right. Maybe the cows all farted at once.

https://dailycaller.com/2017/07/31/australia-weather-bureau-caught-tampering-with-climate-numbers/
 
  Over here in Vancouver suburb of North Surrey, currently 39F or 4C, low cloud, not very nice at all actually. I worked almost 30 years out in the elements, summer and winter. i'll take 36C over 0C any day of the week. Heat is uncomfortable, cold actually physically stings. Took the bike out today, [not the Laverda, just got a shipment from Wolfgang, sprockets, chain, cush drive, etc] , my airhead GS has heated grips and plugged in the electric vest, otherwise, it would have been rather uncomfortable.
 
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