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At that temp and with wind, nothing will stop a fire. They recently came up with a new highest fire alert ratting in Oz. Catastrophic. When they announce that, you just pack and leave.
 
The catastrophic rating has been in use for a couple of years now, at least in South Aus.
Was going to make further comment but decided that the subject is too contentious.
 
Legs, Defending if your 100% prepared is always an option. But at the high end of conditions lately, it's pushing your luck. Who would have thought of having a bunker years ago?
 
G'day Vince, have defended my place twice from fires on 'catastrophic' days with the help of my wife. Now that we are both 'getting on' I will no longer leave home to protect other people's property. After 26 years as a firie, it's time to stay at home.
 
That is insane, Jim. I've never associated Canada with those sorts of temps, but 49 degrees is Venus hot!! And those after pics - Black Saturday all over again. My kids are suffering from a really serious fatalism about the state of the planet and it is really sad and disturbing to see. But capitalism insists we tame this problem over decades. What a wonderful legacy we're leaving them. 😧
 
Temperatures are back down to the high twenties low thirties ........ but now we have had many fires start from the lightning from the convective columns of the big fires from the heatwave. I actioned a fire today headed for two homes and a resort ......... Air Tankers held them so will see what happens tomorrow. Back home there are 8 fires within 5 km ....... but home is on a lake and the sprinkler pump has been running non stop for the last 4 days.

Jim
 
On a lighter note , as I don’t have a rideable laverda right now , it’s Norton weather with a swim after the ride home from work A balmy 32 degrees here in Mallorca today , the high summer temps are yet to hit 3BEBDDA2-A6CE-4E2D-87FB-3FD3CC090854.jpeg
 
Make the most of it. Back home in NZ, clear skies mean frosts all over the country - even Auckland.
Here on the Canterbury high plains, it's another hard frost with frozen water pipes.
Alkathene pipes are a godsend. Take freezing and come up smiling.
 
GregT said:
Make the most of it. Back home in NZ, clear skies mean frosts all over the country - even Auckland.
Here on the Canterbury high plains, it's another hard frost with frozen water pipes.
Alkathene pipes are a godsend. Take freezing and come up smiling.
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I miss the smell of the plains in shoring and summer. Something else. !
 
sideshow said:
I miss the smell of the plains in shoring and summer. Something else. !
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Last few summers it's been the smell of Macrocarpa oil and dry grass - just waiting for a spark.
The very common long Macrocarpa boundary hedges give a highly inflammable oil. They made great hedges but a wrong choice now everything's getting warmer.
 
Smoke from forest fires in northern Manitoba has drifted south. Quite grey and heavy smell. Luckily no towns are threatened at this point. It has been very hot and dry in western Canada of late and low snow last few winters means ground is really dry.
 
4° C here in Hobart today. That's a shitty temperature. It would be OK if it was colder and there was snow to muck about in, or warmer so we could enjoy being outside. But it's just the right temperature to whinge about.
For those who like useless trivia, it's the temperature at which water is most dense.
 
We've had weeks of torrential rain and hail. Currently 12c. It was 4c last week so that must be the reason the rain hurt more than this week while walking around in it.!!
 
Rather humid and hot on the North Shore - Yet to be polluted from West Coast Wild Fires.

Hope Northern Ontario doesn't go up in smoke.
 
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