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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 242441" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Extremes. That's us. </p><p></p><p>It's not too bad here, now we're home. In the city today it was getting hotter & hotter... where husband works there is no heating, no air-conditioning, he just has to count on good insulation.</p><p></p><p>Sue, the koalas taking refuge from the heat - that was covered in the first link I put in my post. </p><p></p><p>It's good when we get plenty of warning for this, it makes it easier to put safety measures in place. The fire brigades are on high alert, the conjunction of hot weather plus a weekend is a nasty one, firebugs come out of the woodwork and get stupid. They just arrested a man in Melbourne for making stacks of hpax calls plus actually lighting fires - turns out he was a part-time firefighter who wanted HIS unit to get called out so he could get paid. Most of our firefighters are voluntary, although they often do get paid for actual hours in service.</p><p></p><p>Our firefighters are great people. A lot of them are just people from around the village. A couple of teachers, a plumber and electrician, a couple of local politicians (actually rolling up their sleeves and getting dirty - no plain desk job for them!) and one of the best jazz and blues singers in the area. Maybe it's how she keeps her smoky blues voice? We were at a gig when she turned up direct from a fire to do her act, she was soaked to the skin and still in her yellow slickers.</p><p></p><p>We're glad our kids, and mother in law, are away from the really hot areas. easy child & BF1 live right on Lake Macquarie so they have a very large body of water to keep them cool, plus it's near the ocean (it's like a very large lagoon). The others are all a very short drive from the beach. difficult child 1 & daughter in law live overlooking the river just to the north of us, lots of trees. Plus their unit is right under the foundations of a large house, deep in the hillside. They can always take refuge in their bedroom to keep cool.</p><p></p><p>It's just weird weather. A classic example of "It never rains but it pours."</p><p></p><p>If we wanted to drive to Melbourne, we could do it in a single day's hard driving. But to drive to where the rain is in Queensland, would take several days' hard driving. We could get to the border in one day, halfway up Queensland in another day, then a third day to get to Ipswich. Further up, the roads get bad especially in the Wet.</p><p></p><p>We have a new CD member who is probably copping effects of floods at the moment. With everything else she's dealingwith, it's all she needs!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 242441, member: 1991"] Extremes. That's us. It's not too bad here, now we're home. In the city today it was getting hotter & hotter... where husband works there is no heating, no air-conditioning, he just has to count on good insulation. Sue, the koalas taking refuge from the heat - that was covered in the first link I put in my post. It's good when we get plenty of warning for this, it makes it easier to put safety measures in place. The fire brigades are on high alert, the conjunction of hot weather plus a weekend is a nasty one, firebugs come out of the woodwork and get stupid. They just arrested a man in Melbourne for making stacks of hpax calls plus actually lighting fires - turns out he was a part-time firefighter who wanted HIS unit to get called out so he could get paid. Most of our firefighters are voluntary, although they often do get paid for actual hours in service. Our firefighters are great people. A lot of them are just people from around the village. A couple of teachers, a plumber and electrician, a couple of local politicians (actually rolling up their sleeves and getting dirty - no plain desk job for them!) and one of the best jazz and blues singers in the area. Maybe it's how she keeps her smoky blues voice? We were at a gig when she turned up direct from a fire to do her act, she was soaked to the skin and still in her yellow slickers. We're glad our kids, and mother in law, are away from the really hot areas. easy child & BF1 live right on Lake Macquarie so they have a very large body of water to keep them cool, plus it's near the ocean (it's like a very large lagoon). The others are all a very short drive from the beach. difficult child 1 & daughter in law live overlooking the river just to the north of us, lots of trees. Plus their unit is right under the foundations of a large house, deep in the hillside. They can always take refuge in their bedroom to keep cool. It's just weird weather. A classic example of "It never rains but it pours." If we wanted to drive to Melbourne, we could do it in a single day's hard driving. But to drive to where the rain is in Queensland, would take several days' hard driving. We could get to the border in one day, halfway up Queensland in another day, then a third day to get to Ipswich. Further up, the roads get bad especially in the Wet. We have a new CD member who is probably copping effects of floods at the moment. With everything else she's dealingwith, it's all she needs! Marg [/QUOTE]
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