Australia boils as extreme heat hits -- 47°C in places.
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Amazing in melbourne. So we're at the beach in 42c weather
Friends say some to a cave, so I come, there are so many rocks and shit my feet are burning.
We finally make it to the cave
"We have to go back foods ready"
So we burnt our feet to hell for no reason, so I'm running on the sand to the tent things and there's no space and they're saying "quick quick get in" but they're just sitting there not giving me any room to actually sit (when there's room) until like 10 seconds later
And then soon after we pack our shit to leave
In the car now going to a closer beach to our hose, no cold water or drinks either because I don't know who decided to bring a TINY esky instead of a big one that we have at our place.
New beach, no cold drinks or anywhere to buy them near
[QUOTE=Stopper;39085293]It's not like air conditioners don't exist.
[editline]4th January 2013[/editline]
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Oh yeah man, it's not like electricity costs heaps in Australia and everything costs so much to use.
It's not like air conditioners don't exist.
We need a weather exchange program, trade some heat for our cold, etc. Midwest US can take most of Britain's rain, Deserts can trade heat for cold.
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[QUOTE=fruxodaily;39086780]getting the mail out of the postbox on these days is pretty much like a "how fast can you run" competition[/QUOTE]
Or, you know, you could just wear shoes and take your time.
[QUOTE=Grimezy15;39084472]I prefer the heat, the last few summers have just been rain, rain, and more rain.
This one's looking to be an actual summer.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, although this summer still took a while to get going. This is the first day I've needed the aircon on, how ridiculous!
im in texas and its going down to 16F when i go to big bend and why
i feel bad for australians they're getting higher than what we have 8-9 months a year
I don't see how you could comfortably be on the computer in that heat, unless your home was perfectly cooled.
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;39087093]I don't see how you could comfortably be on the computer in that heat, unless your home was perfectly cooled.[/QUOTE]
We can withstand this kind of heat or most of it, just about everyone has a fan and some have an aircon
Why is this land so harsh on it's people?
[QUOTE=BCell;39087462]Why is this land so harsh on it's people?[/QUOTE]
most of us aren't its people
[QUOTE=Grimezy15;39084472]I prefer the heat, the last few summers have just been rain, rain, and more rain.
This one's looking to be an actual summer.[/QUOTE]
I could probably count the number of times it rained here in SD over the summer on my hand. Stupid drought. I actually like the rain.
It got to 51C (with humidity, mind you) this summer and by god for a Canadian like myself it felt like I was being shoved up Satan's asshole after he ate a bad curry
My parents made me go out and water out front garden today and the postman came into the street and delivered some mail, then as he was leaving he ran over to my driveway and asked me to soak him in water, haha.
[QUOTE=Spot of Tea;39087631]It got to 51C (with humidity, mind you) this summer and by god for a Canadian like myself it felt like I was being shoved up Satan's asshole after he ate a bad curry[/QUOTE]
Unlikely seeing as it would have broken world records
This weather might be nasty, but it happens every year. It's not too bad assuming you're in an air-conditioned house like everyone is doing right now
[editline]4th January 2013[/editline]
Also: the fire danger rating is now at "catastrophic"
I have an old Jack Russell who seems to be handling the heat fairly well but I hope he stays that way.
[QUOTE=mac338;39084198]I think it's funny when people say "it often gets xx degrees warm here", stating a number that exceeds the region or nation's heat record. I notice it a lot in this forum. For instance:
The hottest recorded temperature recorded in Romania is 44.5 °C, and that was more than 60 years ago. The hottest recorded in the capital city, Bucharest, is 40.0 °C.
However I can excuse this guy because he said 'I think'. Most 'folks can't be excused.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records#Highest_temperature_ever_recorded[/url]
???
Just curious where you got that figure from, I'm finding 'highest recorded' records from all over the place with little consistency
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[QUOTE=mac338;39084198]I think it's funny when people say "it often gets xx degrees warm here", stating a number that exceeds the region or nation's heat record. I notice it a lot in this forum. For instance:
The hottest recorded temperature recorded in Romania is 44.5 °C, and that was more than 60 years ago. The hottest recorded in the capital city, Bucharest, is 40.0 °C.
However I can excuse this guy because he said 'I think'. Most 'folks can't be excused.[/QUOTE]
Fair enough it wasn't 47, but your stats on Bucharest are wrong, >40°C is the temperature where taxis are supposed to stop running. In the communist days (and sadly even today) the official reported temperature will rarely exceed 40. But the thermometer on your wall will say otherwise. I can tell you FOR A FACT that it was ad-minimum 42°C this summer in Bucharest at one point.
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I fucking love Chopper, even though he's done some nasty shit
I fucking hate summer, bugs are increasingly more invasive. Especially here where the spiders get massive, i found a spider with a leg span of 3 inches when i was around 9. I was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, felt this weird sensation and there's this big mother fucker making his way across my arm, i don't move my fucking muscles what so ever (i'm trying not to shit bricks). Wait for it to get over my hand, as soon as it's off of my hand i fucking undo my belt and NOPE into the back seat. Dad's like "what's going on?" Get home, see the fucker fluently slip into the tiny slots in the air conditioning duct. A few days later see him sitting on the back seat, gladly mash the fucker into the fabric.
i'm legit melting right now
[QUOTE=Primigenes;39088268]Its like some supernatural force is trying to eradicate all the fucking spiders and shit in Australia.
Sorry for the people though
Well ya got A/C dontcha?[/QUOTE]
Everyone always talks about the spiders, but they're just the tip of the iceberg. See this tree? It seems ordinary enough, just a tree after all, nothing too dangerous. Except these trees produce Eucalyptus, an incredibly flammable substance, they've been known to explode on occasion.. They also drop a fuckload of leaves and even whole branches when they're perfectly healthy leaving a dense and flammable layer on the ground.
In the Australian heat, it may seem counterproductive to be flammable, but that's part of the plan. These trees have Epicormic shoots that are triggered by a fire and allow them to not only regrow with their already incredible growing speed straight after a bushfire, it allows them to expand into territory in which everything else has burned down.
This simple tree wipes out any competition by causing massive fires and burning everything else down. This is the most aggressive tree in existence.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/2Vjqg.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;39088060]I fucking love Chopper, even though he's done some nasty shit[/QUOTE]
Sorry, to break it to you, but that's not Chopper Reed, the real chopper read is dying of liver failure due to Hep C complications and cancer
[editline]4th January 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Devodiere;39088462]Everyone always talks about the spiders, but they're just the tip of the iceberg. See this tree? It seems ordinary enough, just a tree after all, nothing too dangerous. Except these trees produce Eucalyptus, an incredibly flammable substance, they've been known to explode on occasion.. They also drop a fuckload of leaves and even whole branches when they're perfectly healthy leaving a dense and flammable layer on the ground.
In the Australian heat, it may seem counterproductive to be flammable, but that's part of the plan. These trees have Epicormic shoots that are triggered by a fire and allow them to not only regrow with their already incredible growing speed straight after a bushfire, it allows them to expand into territory in which everything else has burned down.
This simple tree wipes out any competition by causing massive fires and burning everything else down. This is the most aggressive tree in existence.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/2Vjqg.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
They don't really explode (unless struck by lightning, but all trees do that) more just burn up really damn quickly
The peak in Adelaide today was 44.5 :(
[QUOTE=Diago21;39088852]The peak in Adelaide today was 44.5 :([/QUOTE]
Wonderful isn't it? I walked from an airconditioned car to a shop, all of about 20 metres and started sweating
I may live in a tropical humid as fuck everyday country but I occasional travel down south to australia every summer and holy shit guys, I've never sweat so much from just walking 6 steps from the car to the shop before.
I can assure you that in this part of Australia there's no colder place other than Thredbo and the likes, but god damn even here I'm starting to feel the heat. 37'c outside at midday, and the 44'c forecast for NSW sure isn't bolstering my confidence here.
39 C right now and its 6:20 PM
fuck i hate summer
I live in South Australia
It's 44 degrees here today
I walked 2ks to the local shopping centre, got a haircut and went home
toughen the fuck up cunts
strayla reppin
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