Re: bushfire and weather thread

by lardbucket Fri 10 Nov 2023, 22:40

Another Saturday, another cricket match ruined by overnight rain ... though the sun is poking out again now and might permit a delayed start.

Fires, floods and pestilence ... ideological battles ... this thread was a golden re-read.

RIP BD and Braddles.

by skully Sat 11 Nov 2023, 13:28

Well, East Aus mainland is heading into an El Nino, so we would be happy for a rained out Satdy cricket day.

by lardbucket Wed 13 Dec 2023, 21:39

Cairns has dodged a bullet … Jasper was wet but less windy than anticipated; buildings still standing

by skully Thu 14 Dec 2023, 04:32

Fookin 40C here in North Hornsby FFS.

by Nath Thu 14 Dec 2023, 06:30

skully wrote:Fookin 40C here in North Hornsby FFS.

hope the electricity stays on

by horace Thu 14 Dec 2023, 08:13

skully wrote:Fookin 40C here in North Hornsby FFS.

Lol. Lucky there is no such thing as climate change eh Skully?

by skully Thu 14 Dec 2023, 10:01

Phhhhurttttt.

I can remember the road melting in my teens, it was so hot. I remember playing cricket in 43C heat and seeing stars. I have called off more than one game of golf as the mercury climbed past 43C.

Kids of today have no farkin idea.

by Nath Fri 15 Dec 2023, 05:32

skully wrote:Phhhhurttttt.

I can remember the road melting in my teens, it was so hot. I remember playing cricket in 43C heat and seeing stars. I have called off more than one game of golf as the mercury climbed past 43C.

Kids of today have no farkin idea.

pre-ice age with the dinosaurs, right? Laughing

by lardbucket Wed 20 Dec 2023, 06:49

More nasty fires northeast of Perth today.

Meanwhile there are a lot of new Island communities in the beachside suburbs just North of Cairns …

by skully Wed 20 Dec 2023, 12:03

Nawsty.

Eldest sprog was due to be in Cairns last Satdy to meet a friend from Holland, but on calling the resort booked, they said "Nah, don't come, it's a shitfight up here."

Wise advice (no money lost).

by lardbucket Wed 20 Dec 2023, 13:15

will be mosquito heaven up there in a week or so

by lardbucket Fri 29 Dec 2023, 07:09

10 deaths (drownings, fallen trees) with this Xmas deluge. Seven in Queensland alone.

by skully Fri 29 Dec 2023, 07:39

Cricket, road deaths, drownings. 3 Christmas certainties, alas.

by lardbucket Fri 29 Dec 2023, 22:11

The Xmas Day storms around Brisbane were extraordinary though ... on Xmas night I was reduced to driving at 70 kph in horrendous blinding rain, amid frequent lightning strikes and even more frequent brief episodes of near daylight (actual strike not visible) on the M3 (Brisbane to Coolangatta), having left the Brisbane Valley under blue skies before being caught in the storm ... once on the freeway, very poor vision with no safe place to pull over, and many other drivers not being so careful. I was very relieved (though exhausted) to get back to our Gold Coast accommodation later in the evening. The Boxing Day storm was not nearly so ferocious.

by Sponsored content