What's the temperature where you are???

[PopoMyers]

Their eyes are uncannily intelligent. They know things.

And do stuff.

 

[PopoMyers]

You can barely see the girls in the dark area. Snow is Lava, unless there are treats . School has been out the past 3 days. We got 4" last night, and the roads are going to be icy in the morning. We don't get that much snow here, so the county doesn't have equipment and personnel to plow everywhere. No salt used. The roads have been melting during the day, but stays wet and freezes overnight. Sand trucks will probably be out later.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

And do stuff.

That's what they do. They think, and they know things. And do stuff.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Remote parts of Western Australia brace for near 50C (122F) temperatures

Whew... those kinds of temps are killers. Praying everyone stays cool and safe.

 

[007Sean]

Thursday: 6:30pm, 81°F, dew point 66°F, humidity 63%, wind SE @ 9mph, partly cloudy, mostly sunny!
Record high set today 84°F, last record was in 1925, it was 83°F. Saturday is suppose to reach 88°F.
We're suppose to cool down to more normal temps next week!

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[Nym]

Whew... those kinds of temps are killers. Praying everyone stays cool and safe.

Those mine guys must be tough, but the suicide rate is pretty high for those fly-in / fly-out workers. My father started his boilermaker apprenticeship at 14yrs, so was used to all the higher temps that came with the job. He said his most interesting job was in the hull of a damaged cargo ship. They were paying him 3 1/2 times his hourly rate to stay there until the job was finished, and offered to bring in a meal from any restaurant in town! Once he was down in the 50+C hull conditions, someone up top would tug on his lifeline every 5 mins by the clock. He had to tug back. Every 15minutes he had to come up for water and fresh air. He said it would be so easy to just fall asleep in those conditions and never wake up. And his chosen meal after all that .. a blody old pie from BHP's tuckshop!

 

[Ponypoor]

Thursday 6th of February 8.01a.m. Sunny and clear. 5.5 / 11.1kph WSW, Hg 64%, 24.2C / 75.6 top of 27C / 81F. Partly cloudy.

Moon is 63%

Christmas Island battered by high swells, winds amid strong monsoon​

16 hours ago​

Residents on Christmas Island say a long wait for repairs has left them vulnerable as the impact of a severe monsoon ripples toward the remote territory.

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Swells of about three metres have battered the island, 1,600 kilometres north west of Perth, since late last week, with the surge expected to peak about 4.5 metres on Thursday.

The rough conditions are linked to a strong low-pressure trough driving heavy rain in parts of Australia's north, coinciding with twin severe tropical cyclones forming to the island's south.

The Bureau of Meteorology is confident both tropical cyclones will remain well off-shore but warns TC Taliah could lash the island with 70kph winds.

Australian Federal Police said at least one building had its roof torn off on Monday, while the collapse of a 20m section of seawall has put residences and vital infrastructure under threat.

Territory Controller David Blockley said families living at ground level near the damaged seawall were encouraged to seek alternate accommodation.

"We don't consider people's lives [to be] at risk," Detective Sergeant Blockley said.

"But … if they have the opportunity to go and stay with family members or move to an alternative location, we would advise them to do that.

"[They should] certainly have some bags packed in the event of the worst case scenario."

He said authorities were focusing their efforts on plugging sinkholes along the island's foreshore, as well as protecting underground power and internet cables from inundation.

Home to almost 1,700 people, Christmas Island is administered as an external territory by the Commonwealth government.

That sounds very problematic for the population there - sure hope everyone will be ok.

 

[Ponypoor]

Those mine guys must be tough, but the suicide rate is pretty high for those fly-in / fly-out workers. My father started his boilermaker apprenticeship at 14yrs, so was used to all the higher temps that came with the job. He said his most interesting job was in the hull of a damaged cargo ship. They were paying him 3 1/2 times his hourly rate to stay there until the job was finished, and offered to bring in a meal from any restaurant in town! Once he was down in the 50+C hull conditions, someone up top would tug on his lifeline every 5 mins by the clock. He had to tug back. Every 15minutes he had to come up for water and fresh air. He said it would be so easy to just fall asleep in those conditions and never wake up. And his chosen meal after all that .. a blody old pie from BHP's tuckshop!

That’s a tough job. He’s a trooper to have done it.

I worked fly in/fly out over a decade in the far north, money is great but camp food gets old fast! Lucky me to have a well-site with my own kitchen so I could cook usually.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sunny
Clear sky
Cold night and early morning
Autumn is approaching
We are in Australia is in our last month of the bad nasty summer weather this year.
Bring on Autumn!

We are still on the depths of winter, we won’t get good weather usually until May.