"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett
It's been a bit warmish here over the last few days with more to come. It's tolerable and not that bad...and if you believe that you're fucken bonkers. It's hellish...if hell has an air conditioner of course. Basically, exiting the house feels like walking into an oven.
Luckily I have a really great air conditioner that's ducted throughout the house with controllable zones and fortunately I'm not back at work yet so have been sitting around in the cool reading, watching shows and doing some writing...but I've had to go out now and then and on those occasions...it's hellish! (Except in my truck because it also has a legit air conditioner.)
That image above shows the outside temperature when I got into my truck yesterday after being in hospital. That's 48°C (118°F) - Kind of hot. A lot hot. But that's Australia, my part of it anyway. In other parts it's hot also with a few fires raging which is the big concern really, they have a way of getting out of control here and are quite devastating. Conversely, Far North Queensland is expecting deluges of rain and a potential damaging cyclone so yep, the diversity of Australia strikes again. My family are up there preparing for the cyclone, one never knows how bad it'll be so preparation is always done regardless.
I had a shit night's sleep last night mostly due to the hospital scenario that had happened earlier but it was a hot night, (that temperature shown below was at 1:03am in the morning) and the temperature never got below 31°C all night. Thanks to the air conditioner it was cool but then it gets too cold and then...well it's not conducive to a good sleep especially combined with the rough night I had due to the health thing. Two hours sleep isn't anywhere near enough.
Australia is a land of extremes in many ways and certainly with the weather; it's very large so climates can vary so much around the country as evidenced by the heatwave my southern area is experiencing in contrast to the cyclonic conditions in parts of the tropical north.
We make it work though, we just get on with things, although I'd not go as far as saying I enjoy the temperature when it gets so high; it's uncomfortable and if it lasts too long I get cranky. Crankier, some may say.
I had a little message chat with my niece in Finland not long after she woke up today and she asked about the weather here. It was minus 17°C in her part of Finland at the time at the time and man what a contrast that is to here!
I wonder what it's like in your part of the world currently.
If you'd like to do a photo of your current weather or simply explain what's going on in your location please feel free to do so below or just comment generally if that's more suitable for you.
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