It got a little warm today..Officially 42.9

But out around our way 43. to 44.I filled the bird baths twice and both times the magpies arrived while I still had the hose on. The clever buggers have worked out how to hide in the shade under the bench my wife used to sit on..
They tell me our state was officially the hottest place on the planet today, with some places making 47.. Many towns under threat from Bush fires. Those firefighters are in for a rough few days.. Thoughts and prayers boys & girls..
Looks like summer is here a little early this year..😷
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22Michelle · 70-79, T

Year by year it seems to be clearer that Australia is really not fit for human habitation.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@22Michelle Maybe its the price we pay for gun control and universal health cover. It is worth repeating the point that outside a dozen of so good sized cities (where 90% of the 26 million population live) the place is close to deserted. At least one of these fires has burned about a quarter million acres so far and not touched a town. And several lightening strike fires are so deep in the bush the firefighters will have to wait for them to come out to be fought on the ground. Most efforts are to save lives, houses or property. The distances are too great for anything else..😷

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@whowasthatmaskedman The place is becoming more a desert.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@22Michelle As described in the poem. "A land of droughts and flooding rains."😷

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@whowasthatmaskedman I should own up that, as yet, I've not been to Australia. I have read that it is one of, if not the number one, country at risk from Climate change, and that must be a concern. I have some friends who live in Perth, others I know in Sydney. From what I've heard people are either very concerned or in total denial.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@22Michelle Everywhere is effected by climate change. But Oz is a land of cycles anyway. It is gradually getting warmer. And that drags a little more moisture into the air and make the cycles more "dynamic" (read extreme at either end) So the droughts are droughtier and the floods are deeper and more frequent. We dont get snow so as you would notice. And we get a lot more sun... So PV panels are a good thing here.. Mine cover the heating in winter and the A/C in summer..😷

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@whowasthatmaskedman More extreme than your normal extreme climate. Doesn't sound like fun.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@22Michelle Neither is a freezing blizzard (which we never get) or a serious earthquake.. Living has its dangers wherever you are. Personally I felt more nervous moving around San Francisco than any place else I have been. Between the earth tremors and the guns..I guess it depends on what you are used to..😷

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@whowasthatmaskedman That is true, but if the Climate change continues as predicted Australia is in danger of becoming one big desert that even camels may not be able to live in.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@22Michelle Not exactly.. It gets complicated.. But the north gets a tropical monsoon with hurricanes in our summer. And there is these weird ocean current thing with El Nino and La Nina off the west coast of California/Mexico. One gets floods when the other gets drought and it flips now and then..😷