Mecury tipped to hit mid 40's in most of Australia.

Another brutal heatwave in 1932!

FYI

Heatwave kills thousands of birds — this was climate change in 1932

Trawling through our National Archives, Lance Pidgeon has found stories of how a heatwave in 1932 was so extreme that it caused mass bird deaths across outback Australia. The PDF is posted on Warwick Hughes blog. As Lance says, imagine the headlines if that had happened 80 years later. Presumably some would blame coal, airconditioners, and SUV’s for “killing billions of birds”. These old newspaper records also raise questions about our national temperature databases. Things appeared to be hotter then, than history now records them? I’ve only had time for a quick look and a cut and paste.

Great numbers were killed alone by the fortnightly train to Alice Springs. These fell exhausted on the railway line. A large number flew into the fans in the carriages and perished. Thousands fell exhausted in water pools and were drowned. A letter from Minnie Downs told of the death of thousands of birds on one day. The temperature that day was 125 degrees in the shade— and there was no shade. One woman at Tarcoola filled a 40-gallon drum, with shell parrots in one afternoon. Trees actually snapped under the strain of flight after flight of birds which swarmed exhausted on them. More than 60,000 dead parrots, it was estimated, were in one dam. Dams and wells for hundreds of miles were piled with dead birds. In places the dead birds were lying two feet deep over the ground. Almost every bushman is a bird lover, and they saved thousands of their feathered friends.”

Note “figures run into billions.” and “The temperature that day was 125 degrees in the shade “. The original stories from the “Mammologist” and more here.

The birds had been doing well and spread farther north than normal… I gather some bounties had even been offered to cull them, but the heat appeared to do the job far more effectively than human hunters.

“From one of his dams he said he took out and burnt about five tons of Parrots. ‘ We made a net with wirenetting,’ he said, ‘and dragged it from one side to the other and then extracted the birds, as the fisherman does his fish.” From here.

[link to joannenova.com.au]

Is it true that a kangaroo and kill you with one solid kick to the solar plexus?

A kangaroo can rip open a hunting dog with its kick it would sure mess up a person. Also don't go near them by water, they've also held dogs under water to drown them. But still I can't recall a story of a person being killed by a roo but there probably is one. Personally I think they are majestic animals but I wouldn't mess with one.

Bush fires out of control in Tasmania , roads closed and townships threatened .

[link to au.news.yahoo.com]

It's so hot.......

It's so hot.......

Sitting infront of the airconditioner . Beer in hand. Preping for the bbq tonight . Feel sorry for some of the others near the fires. Feel for the firefighters, battling fires in this heat must be murder!

Why you not working????Tooo Hot?

Thats only like 116 f

Is that unusual there?

I thought it got much hotter?

Humidity, not so much today but on days like this we often get 50-100% humidity. It is a killer, makes days like this twice as bad.

There's an American who I work with who says there is nothing like Australian heat in America, it's different.

Thats only like 116 f

Is that unusual there?

I thought it got much hotter?

Oh, I didnt realize you guys had high humidity.

Yeah that makes a huge difference.

Its easy to handle 116+ in dry heat,

But with humdity....you wanna die at 90 f.....

Cant imagine 116 f with that much humidity.

Sorry you guys are going through that.

Which way does the water turn in your toilet?

Does not swirl any way just gets sucked down the hole, our toilets are a little different I think

what is the average temperature during january? more in the 30's?

Does not swirl any way just gets sucked down the hole, our toilets are a little different I think

we hit the mid 40's last summer as well.
this is unheard of here in southern ontario.
things are heating up all over the world.
the coasts are going to flood, and lots of places are going to become inhabitable deserts.
better move now while you can!

we hit the mid 40's last summer as well.
this is unheard of here in southern ontario.
things are heating up all over the world.
the coasts are going to flood, and lots of places are going to become inhabitable deserts.
better move now while you can!

I'm moving to Canada to work in the shipyards there in the next few years, so if it floods I have a boat to hop in to.