Weather where you are?

piranha-bro2 said:
They are also able to revive people who have fallen through the ice after a seemingly impossible length of time. Apparently the very low temp shuts down the metabolism to the point where the air in the lungs is sufficient to sustain the person until rescue arrives.
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No, it's much simpler. It's to do with cooling and metabolisms slowing down. Like hibernating. Or deep freezing. :)
Air in the lungs have nothing to do with it. If they've drowned, lungs are full of water.
It's age related, young organisms can put up with a cardiac arrest and anoxia without damage a lot longer.

The problem comes with warming them up.

Pretty lengthy cardiac arrests in young people or children can be retrieved without sequels. Sometimes.

Paul
 
I am in Denmark. All good again, although a few houses collapsed, cars flew, trees tilted etc.
It's meters per second. Always used around here.

Kind regards.
 
We did Mt Hotham a few years back mid-November, 26c at Bright so I didn't layer up, 30minutes later it was below 5c on the mountain and I was suffering, 45minutes later and it was 26c on the other side. You cannot win.
 
Vince said:
We did Mt Hotham a few years back mid-November, 26c at Bright so I didn't layer up, 30minutes later it was below 5c on the mountain and I was suffering, 45minutes later and it was 26c on the other side. You cannot win.
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Happens a hell of a lot slower when you're on a bicycle, Vince! Going downhill is fun too.
 
Yet another 38C + day here in the sunny west. Heat records have been broken with 13 days over 40C recored at Perth Met Office, previous summer record 7 days. Summer average temp is 33C up from the previous highest average of 30C.

Where I reside the daily temps are 3 to 5 degrees hotter than the BOM readings so we have probably had nearly double the +40 days. My shed internal temps have made Death Valley in mid summer look like the Med in spring. Have not even looked at getting the bike ready for the April ride.
 
I feel for you, I don't remember any 40c days in Sydney this year. There is another Super Cell Thunderstorm hitting Sydney right now, it has been a really wet summer here.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
I reckon I was living in Perth during the last record, Dave. Some time in the late 70's. It sounds like fukken hell.
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There's nowt wrong with the Perth weather.
If someone doesn't like the mid day heat there is always a morning or evening ride to be enjoyed.
Hell for me was my first ten years riding motorbikes in England... hate the cold.
And your bike doesn't rust 💥
 
Just back from a snowmobile trip. Started riding one morning at -32 c.....but is was sunny!! With proper gear you stay warm and the faster you corner the more you work and the warmer you get. Last day had to ride a couple hours back in a blizzard with near zero visibility. We were near a highway so we rode on the shoulder to be able to see. A lot more a exciting than sitting in a hot beach!
 
No -32 here but another bit of a cold spell. Probably between -15 and 025 for the next 5 days. Price on used sleds (snowmobiles) are finally dropping so might go look at a 20 year old one for sale. It's old school with maybe only 130 hp.

Jim
 
Heavy rain and rolling Thunderstorms and for most of the week to come including next weekend, you know, when we have a 2-day ride planned. It's that dark everybody with a brain has their headlights on at midday here in not so sunny Sydney.
 
You're in the wrong state Vince. Weather has been lovely in Tassie. I've been out on the Benelli today. Not so much for a pleasure ride, but running around doing shit like a medical appointment and buying clutch parts for my car. Nice day to be out on the bike, even if it was only hooning about in the suburbs.
 
One of our rare hot days today 30C in Christchurch. It's been a very wet summer. No shortage of stockfeed but the grain growers are predicting a flour shortage this year as they are losing much of the crop to damp.
Having to mow my lawns in the dry spells as they are growing too bloody fast.

Most years we'd be staring at a drought coming into autumn. At least the garden will look reasonable when we put the place on the market.
 
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