Mecury tipped to hit mid 40's in most of Australia. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22441207 United States 01/03/2013 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another brutal heatwave in 1932! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 31454961 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] JESUS Incredible. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31435169 Australia 01/03/2013 10:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bush fires out of control in Tasmania , roads closed and townships threatened . [link to au.news.yahoo.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31458806 Australia 01/03/2013 11:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is it true that a kangaroo and kill you with one solid kick to the solar plexus? Quoting: Astral Goat 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31431325 Australia 01/03/2013 11:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is it true that a kangaroo and kill you with one solid kick to the solar plexus? Quoting: Astral Goat 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. My dad got punched in the chest by one once when I was little. I still remember the sound of it. Big hollow BOOM. He was trying to show me it was safe to stand next to it to get a photo taken, but I wasn't havin a bar of it. |
LSDreamer (OP) User ID: 14896274 Australia 01/03/2013 11:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bush fires out of control in Tasmania , roads closed and townships threatened . Quoting: mr2 [link to au.news.yahoo.com] Tasmania's hottest day on record. How you coping down there? Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. ~ Christopher Hitchens. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 14380192 United States 01/03/2013 11:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is hard for us in Northern Hemisphere to relate. We are freezing our asses off up here. But yes, oppressive heat is harder to cope with. At least in the winter you can bundle up. We cannot run about naked like our ancestors did when the heat became oppressive. I'm afraid this would cause the population to skyrocket. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 31435169 Australia 01/03/2013 11:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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? I am allowed some holidays. That's why I have been spending time on GLP again. I have even taken time out to learn to ride a ripstick . NOt many old fat bald fellas ripping up the bluff skate park with me yesterday. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22341096 Australia 01/04/2013 12:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I live in the Noosa hinterland district of Queensland, last week or was it the week before it was 40 degrees C in the house..today as the rest of the country sizzles we are at 29C, in fact the Crepe Myrtle bush has started to change into her autumn leaves...weird |
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LSDreamer (OP) User ID: 14896274 Australia 01/04/2013 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thats only like 116 f Quoting: Jervis and V-Honey 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. Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. ~ Christopher Hitchens. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 20566260 United States 01/04/2013 12:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thats only like 116 f Quoting: Jervis and V-Honey 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. 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22341096 Australia 01/04/2013 12:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thats only like 116 f Quoting: Jervis and V-Honey Is that unusual there? I thought it got much hotter? very unusual...it has been stinking hot in the past weeks but today its almost like you can feel winter coming, even though there is still two months of summer left. I just find it weird that the crepe myrtle is changing colour. I remember in 2009, summer came in August, it normally starts around November. I have a friend in Victoria, who is a landscape gardener...she is starting work at 4am and coming home at midday. |
LSDreamer (OP) User ID: 14896274 Australia 01/04/2013 12:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thats only like 116 f Quoting: Jervis and V-Honey 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. 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. Ha that's alright cool change is coming tonight and I'm camped by the air-con at the moment. Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. ~ Christopher Hitchens. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 26372742 Canada 01/04/2013 12:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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! |
LSDreamer (OP) User ID: 14896274 Australia 01/04/2013 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we hit the mid 40's last summer as well. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26372742 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. Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. ~ Christopher Hitchens. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22341096 Australia 01/04/2013 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we hit the mid 40's last summer as well. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26372742 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! Nah...its just part of the cycle |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26372742 Canada 01/04/2013 12:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we hit the mid 40's last summer as well. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26372742 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. canada, for the most part, will 'weather' any climate change very nicely. aside from the coastal flooding of course. which port/coast are you moving to? |