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BBP
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How are you coping with the heatwave, Scallop? Over 40 deg C, I heard...
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I'm personally fine but many people aren't Bonny. We usually get a few days over 40 every summer. This past two weeks however we've had MOST days
above 40! Probably 10 or more days over, and mostly in a row. It's unprecedented. It's been the same in Adelaide, where (i believe) Poly lives.
Today has been different altogether. It's now 12.24am and we have just finished the worst day of heat and bushfires in history. The temperature in
Melbourne got to 46.4 and was above 44 for most of the day. In other parts of Victoria it got to 48. Yes, that's right, you heard right, 48 degrees
celsius. It's been the hottest day in history. Not only that but there have been gale force winds all day. There were around 8 serious bushfires
around the state, one of the most serious ones was about 10km from where i live. Lots of homes have been destroyed and 14 people have been confirmed
dead so far today. The death toll is expected to be over 40 just from today. Many fires are still raging right now and will through the night, and
lots are out of control. We've been listening to the emergency broadcasts on the radio all day. Firefighters were describing the situation as
"apocalyptic". It's truly awful. We've had many bad bushfires before. Kids go to school and learn about Ash Wednesday and Black Friday. Today has been
much worse than either of them.
The rail system is mostly out of action and many people don't have electricity. Our power has just come back on after being out most of the day.
On the upside, the forecast for the next few days is in the early 20's with a little bit of rain.
[Edited on 7-2-2009 by scallopino]
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punknaynowned
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WOW!
Glad to hear you're alright!!!!!
10 km away is super close!!!!!
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Whoa, that's heavy! I know I could never take that kind of heat; glad to hear you're coping.
What about Ash Wednesday and Black Friday? To us Ash Wednesday is something catholic that signifies the start of Lent, when the members of the
congregation get an ash cross drawn on their forehead.
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They must have named it after your Ash Wednesday. 'Ash Wednesday' was a day in 1983 when 75 people died in bushfires and that was the worst in our
history and Black Friday was another terrible day. Yesterday was even worse than that. I don't know if you've heard the reports but the latest is over
700 houses destroyed and 84 people dead. The death toll is expected to be over 100. Two whole towns have been destroyed completely. Everybody is
really emotional because pretty much every person in Victoria knows somebody who has had to leave their house or had their properties burnt down. So
many livestock and other animals have died. There are thousands of people with serious burns being treated in all of Melbourne's major hospitals. It's
just really really sad.
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BBP
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Goodness... That's really awful...
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On a brighter note, I just got tickets for me and my sister to see ZPZ in April!
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Yay! Congratulations!
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Are you gonna go Bonny? According to the email i just got, they play Eindhoven on May 23.
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Hey people, sorry I haven't been around for a while, I've been a bit busy. The heat wave in Adelaide peaked at 45.4 which seems less amazing now that
I know it was even hotter in Melbourne. That was a long two weeks, which are none the less over, where does it go? The death toll in the bush fires
hit 181 this morning.
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You bet I'm going Scallop!
Hope it's going to get cool again Poly, it sure sounds awful! I'm glad you're OK though!
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Went to the dentist today. I'm allright folks!!
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Bought my ticket to ZPZ in De Effenaar! I went to the post office for it. Was fun. Guy behind the counter invited me to walk along, across the store,
to the ticket machine, and when I wanted to pay with my bank card, we had to walk all the way back!
Unfortunately they're closing down all post offices in The Netherlands... 
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why's that?
going digital?
<rubber ball>
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BBP
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Yeah now that the post is no longer national, they budget cut a lot. There's a huge number of monumental post offices I fear for... like the ones in
Eindhoven and Nijmegen and Utrecht. I guess privatising national companies is never a bargain.
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so what is 40 celsius? 100 degrees? We get some pretty hot weather here in California where I live which is why I love it here. it gets up to 110
and 3 years ago it got up to 117 one day.
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40 C is 104 F. At the end of Jan and the start of Feb it averaged about 110 almost every day for two weeks. On the day everybody is calling Black
Saturday, when the fires started and all the people died, it reached 118.4.
I don't mind hot weather but that is too much. And I hate it when it doesn't rain. It pretty much hasn't rained in Victoria for two months.
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Oh yeah, that's terribly frightening... Fortunately in the Netherlands the next drizzle is never far away. Today it snowed again!
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Went to the Carnaval parade today!
It wasn't really our day. My sister and I went pretty late, by bus, and the bus didn't stop until the station, so we had to walk quite a while.
Eventually we missed about the first 6 floats, which also contains the advertising convoy (they're the ones who always hand out freebies). At
photographing all the acts, well: the best 2 floats worked out brilliantly, and I made some pics after that, but then I ran out of batteries.
When it was time to go back, we wanted to go on foot. But before that we'd just hit the town, to get some extra props for my sister's witch outfit.
Going back afterwards was quite a terrible walk, but we made it.
I uploaded 4 pics so far, of 2 different floats. And I uploaded the vid of the dragon float!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDNxUDRTXA8
[Edited on 21-2-09 by BBP]
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looks like fun, except for the long walk and the traffic intransigence
nice pictures, too
what is that building across the street 'Stad...'
is it like the courthouse or city building?
it looks much like my town, stuff like the flags on the lampposts
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