Re: bushfire and weather thread

[horace]

Minimum temperature in Melbourne was 29c. Hottest March night on record.

[Red]

I see where Sydney has some sort of record for consecutive days in the twenties in March.

[lardbucket]

Summer seems finally to be over down here (Tassie).

Our first night with a minimum below 10 Celsius is forecast tonight; though it must have gone close last night with a significant wind and temperature change.

[Ethics? The Gall!]

mt wright saturday 1pm. sunny. no wind. 6.3 degrees. its gonna be a long cold winter

[JGK]

Hottest April day on record in Sydney today.

34 C.

[taipan]

Bloody freezing here. Down to 8C on way to work.

[JGK]

Sydney has taken a hammering over the weekend. I spent three hours today in the cold and the rain in the back yard trying to pump water out from under the house and the overflowing pool. And it's still bucketing as I type.

Some of Sydney's most famous beaches have been washaway and the Collaroy surf club is now teetering.

Even my local harbour beach had surfers today.

[skully]

Good times.

[lardbucket]

It's been precipitating to the nth degree down here in Tassie too. Dams that were near empty a month ago are now receiving heavy inflow. Flash flooding has occurred in areas today but there have been no casualties that I know of. I drove 400 km in very unpleasant driving conditions over the weekend and am glad to be home safely. Another 200+ km lined up tomorrow, unfortunately.

[embee]

....and in Perth* ...sharks get their second victim in a week


*Mandurah is in the metro road maps

[Red]

All this following the hottest ever autumn in Australia.

[JGK]

And on top of it all, there is a king tide tonight in Sydney.

[horace]

poor SGDTs

[skully]

Was part of the smashing the East Coast received over the weekend.

I have been without home phone, internet and cable TV for 2 days. Felt like I'd had an arm cut off, FFS.

[Ethics? The Gall!]

Felt like I'd had an arm cut off, FFS.

bet the rest of dubberland would prefer you to have had another run in with the circular saw

[lardbucket]

It's been precipitating to the nth degree down here in Tassie too. Dams that were near empty a month ago are now receiving heavy inflow. Flash flooding has occurred in areas today but there have been no casualties that I know of. I drove 400 km in very unpleasant driving conditions over the weekend and am glad to be home safely. Another 200+ km lined up tomorrow, unfortunately.

Sadly the update is of at least 4 drowning fatalities (on the day I drove Launceston to Latrobe and back) and multiple stock losses, as well as very extensive property damage.

[Big Dog]

Suffice to say my tanks are full.

[JGK]

It's been precipitating to the nth degree down here in Tassie too. Dams that were near empty a month ago are now receiving heavy inflow. Flash flooding has occurred in areas today but there have been no casualties that I know of. I drove 400 km in very unpleasant driving conditions over the weekend and am glad to be home safely. Another 200+ km lined up tomorrow, unfortunately.

Sadly the update is of at least 4 drowning fatalities (on the day I drove Launceston to Latrobe and back) and multiple stock losses, as well as very extensive property damage.

Looks like at least 4 in Sydney and surrounds as well.

[Ethics? The Gall!]

and the floodwaters havent peaked yet

[lardbucket]

some amazing footage on the abc news site and the other FB

[taipan]

some amazing footage on the abc news site and the other FB

Surely that should be fb.

[Big Dog]

Big cold snap coming. They are even predicting snow in southern Qld.

http://www.themercury.com.au/news/national/cold-fronts-to-deliver-hail-and-snow-to-large-parts-of-australia-as-the-first-winter-cold-snap-hits/news-story/c7c9f8dbe8849cd8ee76715c10f32f13

[horace]

I am not missing such weather

[Ethics? The Gall!]

time to dig out the snowshoes

[skully]

Huzzah, winter is finally here.

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