Take care, southerners, heat wave coming

[bob10]

The World turned upside down, take precautions.

Scorching weather to hit Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide (https://thenewdaily.com.au/weather/2018/01/18/heatwave-melbourne-sydney-adelaide-weather/?utm_source=Responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180118_PM_Update)

[Homestar]

2 days near 40 does not constitute a heat wave. It's called Summer.... 😁

When did we become so soft that this becomes front page news....

Worked in it all day yestrday and will be again this arvo. Wear a hat, drink plenty of water and work at a pace that doesn't kill you. Pretty simple stuff.

[Classic88]

The mid to high 40s is actually getting close to the limits of human survivability (depending on the humidity as well and how many days you are exposed to it). If the body can't cool itself your proteins start denaturing.

[LRT]

We are busy shearing at the moment - 45deg in the tin shed yesterday with a surface temperature of 90deg on the tin...[bigwhistle]

[bob10]

We are busy shearing at the moment - 45deg in the tin shed yesterday with a surface temperature of 90deg on the tin...[bigwhistle]

Temperatures more like Marble Bar than Victoria. But, shearers have always been a tough mob.

[bob10]

2 days near 40 does not constitute a heat wave. It's called Summer.... 😁

When did we become so soft that this becomes front page news....

Worked in it all day yestrday and will be again this arvo. Wear a hat, drink plenty of water and work at a pace that doesn't kill you. Pretty simple stuff.

Get used to it, it is the new normal.

[101RRS]

Normal weather for this time of year - nothing to see here - move right along.

[LRT]

Temperatures more like Marble Bar than Victoria. But, shearers have always been a tough mob.

Yes the shearer we get in used to work up at Cooper Pedy so won’t stop on days like this. Last year we had to stop as the Lister generator caught fire. The heat was too much for the capacitors in the voltage control board.

[bob10]

Yes the shearer we get in used to work up at Cooper Pedy so won’t stop on days like this. Last year we had to stop as the Lister generator caught fire. The heat was too much for the capacitors in the voltage control board.

How many sheep?

[LRT]

How many sheep?

500-800 crossbreds.

Varys a bit as we run out of food & water for them.

The wool prices for the coarser wool means we only cover the shearing cost. All the record prices you hear on the news are for fine Merino wool.

[bob10]

500-800 crossbreds.

Varys a bit as we run out of food & water for them.

The wool prices for the coarser wool means we only cover the shearing cost. All the record prices you hear on the news are for fine Merino wool.

The heat would knock them about a bit. My enduring memory of living on a sheep station as a kid in the 1950's was the smell of rotting carcases , due to the drought. I swear I can smell it today. The best part of those days was the killer dad was allowed, we always had fresh lamb. Australia Day every day, just about.

[Tombie]

Get used to it, it is the new normal.

It’s the OLD normal....

[bob10]

It’s the OLD normal....

Like the King who commanded the tide to stop coming in, some people won't believe until it's too late.

[Tombie]

Like the King who commanded the tide to stop coming in, some people won't believe until it's too late.

Or perhaps a dose of Chicken Little....[emoji41]

[Tins]

The heat would knock them about a bit. My enduring memory of living on a sheep station as a kid in the 1950's was the smell of rotting carcases , due to the drought. I swear I can smell it today. The best part of those days was the killer dad was allowed, we always had fresh lamb. Australia Day every day, just about...

It was "the new normal" back then as well, Bob. Melbourne had days of 106°F when I was a boy. It was normal then and it is normal now.

[Tombie]

Hardly any significant figures here as an example example.
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[bob10]

..

It was "the new normal" back then as well, Bob. Melbourne had days of 106°F when I was a boy. It was normal then and it is normal now.


I'm not going to argue the point. If that's what people want to believe, I'm not going to change their mind. Time will tell, we will all find out soon enough, or perhaps our grandchildren will. I'm sure they will thank our generation.

[Homestar]

Get used to it, it is the new normal.

Um, I am used to it. Don't mind it at all, it's called Summer which is what I said in my first post. Had plenty of 40 plus days when I was a kid but we had no air con in the house or car and we used to head up to the pool in the back of the Kingswood trying not to stick to the vinyl seats.😁 40 plus is nothing new in Victoria.

My point was everyone that thinks a couple of warm days is a row is a heat wave needs to become better educated and take a teaspoon full of cement.

[PAT303]

The mid to high 40s is actually getting close to the limits of human survivability (depending on the humidity as well and how many days you are exposed to it). If the body can't cool itself your proteins start denaturing.

We worked in temps over 50 for day's on end in the Pilbara,we had 8 straight days over 48 at Xmas creek one year,you need to manage your fluid intake and rest breaks.People are becoming more and more **** weak and complain about the slightest inconvenience these days. Pat

[PAT303]

500-800 crossbreds.

Varys a bit as we run out of food & water for them.

The wool prices for the coarser wool means we only cover the shearing cost. All the record prices you hear on the news are for fine Merino wool.

Not to mention crossbreds are stubborn pig headed bastards at the best of times. Pat

[LRT]

The heat would knock them about a bit. My enduring memory of living on a sheep station as a kid in the 1950's was the smell of rotting carcases , due to the drought. I swear I can smell it today. The best part of those days was the killer dad was allowed, we always had fresh lamb. Australia Day every day, just about.

Yes that’s why we select what we want and sell off the others now as they just go downhill.

[LRT]

Not to mention crossbreds are stubborn pig headed bastards at the best of times. Pat

I think they’re too cunning. Eg. the one that can’t walk another step when you bring them in to the yards but can do 30-40kmh in the opposite direction!

[LRT]

We worked in temps over 50 for day's on end in the Pilbara,we had 8 straight days over 48 at Xmas creek one year,you need to manage your fluid intake and rest breaks.People are becoming more and more **** weak and complain about the slightest inconvenience these days. Pat

Yes even people are calling rural Victoria the outback! [emoji15] Must be because there isn’t good phone reception?!

[LRT]

Um, I am used to it. Don't mind it at all, it's called Summer which is what I said in my first post. Had plenty of 40 plus days when I was a kid but we had no air con in the house or car and we used to head up to the pool in the back of the Kingswood trying not to stick to the vinyl seats.[emoji16] 40 plus is nothing new in Victoria.

My point was everyone that thinks a couple of warm days is a row is a heat wave needs to become better educated and take a teaspoon full of cement.

We still don’t have aircon in the house and only have working aircon in the D2 but usually only use it around town as the natural airflow is better IMO. At least you don’t get as dehydrated. I have a 1977 Triumph 2500 with vinyl seats and know what you mean! You definitely don’t wear shorts... I find the lack of aircon ok on country trips but sitting in bumper to bumper traffic is horrible. However, the fuel in the twin SUs percolates so having aircon would make things worse.

My great-great aunt who lived into her 90’d said she remembers it being incredibly dry here as well as being very wet.

[Dark61]

I dont do heat all that well. Its been 30 something down here in Tassie for a couple of days and i’m sweating like a bastard

[Eevo]

hot? its only 41 here.

[trout1105]

We often get consecutive days at 40C+ here.
We don't call it a heatwave, We call it Summer [thumbsupbig]

[Gordie]

My original point is that I don't think we have had a heatwave over the last 2 days and the media over blow this side of it.I agree, I call 5-10 days above 35 like we have had over previous summers a heatwave. Media seems to go into a frenzy over one or two 41deg days. I hate heat...but even I can handle a couple of hot days. In Adelaide, this has been a nice mild summer so far.

[travelrover]

Yes even people are calling rural Victoria the outback! [emoji15] Must be because there isn’t good phone reception?!

No reception at my place most of the time, unless it’s raining and I’m only 85km from Sydney CBD. Must be outback too :-)

[DoubleChevron]

I bought a couple of split systems last week .... So I'm fine here ............

............. er.......

















they might be a little more effective if they were installed though :(


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seeya,
Shane L.

[dranoweb]

Well aware of the heat in vic. In fact it's my job to know lol.

Also Aussie day weekend is going to be unpleasant too.

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[dranoweb]

Oh and just to make this Rover related... here's my rover...https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/01/759.jpg

[austastar]

Hi,
Nice office, way better than my old darkroom.
Cheers

[jonesfam]

Funny! It has been stinking here since October per usual.
But now, it's overcast, rain off & on & just beautiful.

As for the "Outback", I have always considered it somewhere West of & with less trees than where I live.

Jonesfam

[Tombie]

Don’t forget to factor in your perceptions change as do your memories of events...

Perceptions evolve, so what you considered something to be when 25 is very different to what you’d consider something now.

No right or wrong in it....

[Mick_Marsh]

Get used to it, it is the new normal.
Yep. It's the hottest day we've had in two years.
The sky must be falling.

[V8Ian]

Don’t forget to factor in your perceptions change as do your memories of events...

Perceptions evolve, so what you considered something to be when 25 is very different to what you’d consider something now.

No right or wrong in it....
Yep, when I was a kid a hot day was over 110F, a cold one 50F.
Now, 30C and 20C are the limits of endurance, metrification must be the cause of climate change. I'm not denying climate change but maybe it's a correction and again we will have an inland sea.

[Mick_Marsh]

Summer rolls on.

Well, wasn't that a warm one. If this sort of thing continues, I might have to use the A/C.
Of note, at the bottom of this article.
Power cuts in Victoria as Melbourne sweats through summer's hottest night - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-29/melbourne-heat-brings-hottest-night-of-summer-blackouts/9369228)

Melbourne's hottest night of the summer


"It was a hot and humid night in Melbourne."

"The temperature dropped to 28.4 degrees at 5:30am — not quite a record. The all-time record for January is 30.6C."

So, sorry, no record. But it was rather warm.

[Eevo]

i think the hottest overnight temp for adelaide is 36 degrees

[bblaze]

Don't like aircon myself but the other day my dog (malamute) seemed to be getting a bit hot so I turned the aircon on, after about 20 minutes the dog is talking as malis do at the door. I open the door and he headed outside in his favourite hole in the shady garden. Turned the aircon off
cheers
blaze

[DiscoMick]

It's been around 35 here in our part of Brissie for two weeks, topping at 39 one afternoon that I noticed, and rarely falling below about 28 at night, so the rain over the weekend was very welcome.
The elderly dog has been lying around on the tiles in the air-con. Even the orphan bats have been hanging in the shade and gulping lots of water.

Glad Qld has plenty of power and can help out the southern states.

[Tombie]

We had 44c yesterday followed by a cool change and steady rain since 0430 today.

Most relaxing.

[LRT]

We had 44c yesterday followed by a cool change and steady rain since 0430 today.

Most relaxing.

Same here near Warrnambool except the rain started around 1200.

It’s amazing how exhausting the heat has been.

[travelrover]

The weather has been a bit weird here (East Kurrajong, lower blue mountains) in the past couple of months. Was quite wet until Christmas but certainly dry since then. We have had temps up to 47 and certainly a few more days in the 40s than most years. But the grass didn’t brown off until the last couple of weeks which normally happens in late November. What I find really different this year is how many trees I have that are very stressed, these are old trees (live on a farm) the bigger ones are well over 100 but they all look stressed. And the creek has dried up for the first time in the 22 years I have been here despite being wet until Christmas as I said above. Some rain about now would be nice....

[Homestar]

Well, the garden won't need watering for a while now - cool chage hit us around 5pm last night, it's been pouring since and has just eased although it's still drizzling. 45mm in the gauge overnight - quite damp.

It's cold too - and forecast for low 20's all week now. When is Summer coming?

[Bigbjorn]

500-800 crossbreds.

Varys a bit as we run out of food & water for them.

The wool prices for the coarser wool means we only cover the shearing cost. All the record prices you hear on the news are for fine Merino wool.

Only 500-800 sheep! Why do you bother? I grew up in Winton and stations like Elderslie, Lerida, Dagworth, Isis Downs, Brighton Downs, Wellshot regularly shore 200,000 plus. A flock of 500 sheep wouldn't have fed the workforce on Dagworth in its heyday. Sadly most were cut up for "closer settlement" into too small blocks that starved many settlers into submission. Wellshot is national park and most of the remaining big stations now raise cattle. Kynuna Station and Dagworth are now run as one entity, cattle only, and the total workforce is eight people. Casual and contract labour called in as necessary.

Bob, as a boy in Winton I remember eating mutton, mutton, mutton. Mutton fried, grilled, roasted, corned, smoked into mutton ham. I still prefer mutton to lamb but no butcher stocks it these days. Grandfather was a drover and no drover's family was ever short of meat.

[Mick_Marsh]

Queensland weather: Mount Isa road worker says Brisbane can't complain about the heat - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-15/thats-not-hot-says-mount-isa-road-worker-to-southerners-qld/9448154)

[jonesfam]

We are TOUGH (or is that STUPID) up this way.


We have 1 kid with heat stress so far. The Dill spent all yesterday afternoon playing touch footy!
Paying for it today though.

[Fatso]

Been great in WA so far mostly low 30s high 20s and cool of a night in the southern half . Dont know where the usual hot and bloody hot summer has gone but dont miss it . Maybe it has all gone over East this year . [bigsmile][bigsmile][bigsmile]

[rover-56]

The World turned upside down, take precautions.

Scorching weather to hit Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide (https://thenewdaily.com.au/weather/2018/01/18/heatwave-melbourne-sydney-adelaide-weather/?utm_source=Responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180118_PM_Update)

Oh for goodness sake - It is Australia and summer.
Weather has been like this for thousands of years.
If an English kid like me can deal with it so can you.
Terry

[bob10]

Oh for goodness sake - It is Australia and summer.
Weather has been like this for thousands of years.
If an English kid like me can deal with it so can you.
Terry
Settle down, champion. Didn't say I couldn't deal with it, after all, I was born here.

[scarry]

It's been around 35 here in our part of Brissie for two weeks, topping at 39 one afternoon that I noticed, and rarely falling below about 28 at night, so the rain over the weekend was very welcome.
The elderly dog has been lying around on the tiles in the air-con. Even the orphan bats have been hanging in the shade and gulping lots of water.

Glad Qld has plenty of power and can help out the southern states.

Correct,i have been working out Ipswich way,so its always a bit hotter than Brisbane temps.

But you forgot to mention the humidity,its been pretty intense as well.

[DiscoMick]

Yes it is. What gets me is not the daytime temps, but that it has been staying around 30 all night, so there's no relief.
I feel like I'm back in Thailand where we ran the air-con all night. Electricity was a lot cheaper over there.

[PhilipA]

In Riyadh outside work is halted at 52C .
funnily enough it rarely gets to 52, usually peaking at 51.5.
we used to play tennis at 40c , admittedly low humidity and many bottles of water.
regards Philip A

[rover-56]

Settle down, champion. Didn't say I couldn't deal with it, after all, I was born here.

No worries Bob, not having a go at you.
I just hear that "Its going to be hotter than ever before" message too many times.
Mostly on the 6 o'clock news.
Cheers,
Terry

[donh54]

(Begin Rant)

The hottest day on record?

Not 2010, BUT 1828 at a blistering 53.9 °C

Back before man-made climate change was frying Australia, when CO2 was around 300ppm, the continent savoured an ideal pre-industrial climate…….. RIGHT?

This is the kind of climate we are spending $10bn per annum to get back to….. Right again?

We are told today’s climate has more records and more extremes than times gone by, but the few records we have from the early 1800’s are eye-popping.

Things were not just hotter, but so wildly hot it burst thermometers.

The earliest temperature records we have show that Australia was a land of shocking heatwaves and droughts, except for when it was bitterly cold or raging in flood.

In other words, nothing has changed, except possibly things might not be quite so hot now!

Silliggy (Lance Pidgeon) has been researching records from early explorers and from newspapers.
What he’s uncovered is fascinating! It’s as if history is being erased!

For all that we hear about recent record-breaking climate extremes, records that are equally extreme, and sometimes even more so, are ignored.

In January 1896 a savage blast “like a furnace” stretched across Australia from east to west and lasted for weeks.
The death toll reached 437 people in the eastern states.
Newspaper reports showed that in Bourke the heat approached 120°F (48.9°C) on three days.
The maximum at or above 102 degrees F (38.9°C) for 24 days straight!
The news reports at the time read ……
1. By Tuesday Jan 14, people were reported falling dead in the streets.
2. Unable to sleep, people in Brewarrina walked the streets at night for hours, thermometers recorded 109°F at midnight.
3. Overnight, the temperature did not fall below 103°F.
4. On Jan 18 in Wilcannia, five deaths were recorded in one day, the hospitals were overcrowdedand reports said that “more deaths are hourly expected”.
5. By January 24, in Bourke, many businesses had shut down (almost everything bar the hotels).
6. Panic stricken Australians were fleeing to the hills in climate refugee trains.

As reported at the time, the government felt the situation was so serious that to save lives and ease the suffering of its citizens they added cheaper train services:

What I found most interesting about this was the skill, dedication and length of meteorological data taken in the 1800′s. When our climate is “the most important moral challenge” why is it there is so little interest in our longest and oldest data?

Who knew that one of the most meticulous and detailed temperature records in the world from the 1800′s comes from Adelaide, largely thanks to Sir Charles Todd.

The West Terrace site in Adelaide was one of the best in the world at the time, and provides accurate historic temperatures from “Australia’s first permanent weather bureau at Adelaide in 1856″.

Rainfall records even appear to go as far back as 1839. Lance Pidgeon went delving into the National Archives and was surprised at what he found.

The media are in overdrive, making out that “the extreme heat is the new normal” in Australia.

The Great Australian Heatwave of January 2013 didn’t push the mercury above 50°C at any weather station in Australia, yet it’s been 50°C (122°F) and hotter in many inland towns across Australia over the past century.

See how many are in the late 1800′s and early to mid 1900′s.

You can’t blame those high records on man-made global warming!

I don't consider myself a climate change "denier" as such, but I do believe that a hell of a lot of taxpayers money is being wasted by barking up the wrong trees, and a lot of people are making a very, very comfortable living keeping the climate change kettle boiling.

Does anyone seriously believe that completely beggaring the Australian economy (what's left of it) is going to make the slightest bit of difference to what is happening? We are literally a drop in the ocean!

Mind you, once we grind to a halt, and can no longer afford welfare for our out-of-work population, at least the refugee crisis may ease off a bit.

(End Rant)

[trout1105]

Why is it that every time it is going to get a bit warm in the Cities the media goes into overdrive when in reality the forecast temperatures and the humidity are nowhere near as bad as is what is quite usual in Many inland towns and Minesites and the people there just "Get on with it".
It wasn't a problem 30 odd years ago when air conditioning was considered to be a luxury and most of us either had fans or opened a few windows at night.
We are turning into a Nation of "Pussies" [bigwhistle]

[rover-56]

News media love to spread bad news, and memories are short.
"climate change" believers are very good at spreading this kind of news, but there is plenty of information available to balance the hysteria, but it will never be seen on the popular news services.
One source of this info is "Heaven&Earth" by Ian Plimer. Heavy reading but well referenced.
At the moment there is $millions being spent off the coast of Golden Beach, Vic. to find a site to return all that awful CO2 back into the earth.
Scientists I used to work with were rolling on the floor laughing back in 1978 when it was first proposed. That is until they found out about the research funding that was available for it.[smilebigeye]
Cheers,
Terry

[donh54]

News media love to spread bad news, and memories are short.
"climate change" believers are very good at spreading this kind of news, but there is plenty of information available to balance the hysteria, but it will never be seen on the popular news services.
One source of this info is "Heaven&Earth" by Ian Plimer. Heavy reading but well referenced.
At the moment there is $millions being spent off the coast of Golden Beach, Vic. to find a site to return all that awful CO2 back into the earth.
Scientists I used to work with were rolling on the floor laughing back in 1978 when it was first proposed. That is until they found out about the research funding that was available for it.[smilebigeye]
Cheers,
Terry

And that's it in a nutshell![thumbsupbig]

[DiscoMick]

And that's it in a nutshell![thumbsupbig]There's a big difference between short term trends over even a century and long-term trends over thousands of years. A few incidents don't add up to a long-term trend.
There is also a big difference between weather and climate.
Mind you, I agree we're turning into pussies about the weather. The current hot spell that has people so excited was just normal weather during the three years I lived in Thailand. The minimum in Bangkok was always higher than the maximum in Brisbane. That's why air-con was invented.

[bob10]

News media love to spread bad news, and memories are short.
"climate change" believers are very good at spreading this kind of news, but there is plenty of information available to balance the hysteria, but it will never be seen on the popular news services.
One source of this info is "Heaven&Earth" by Ian Plimer. Heavy reading but well referenced.
At the moment there is $millions being spent off the coast of Golden Beach, Vic. to find a site to return all that awful CO2 back into the earth.
Scientists I used to work with were rolling on the floor laughing back in 1978 when it was first proposed. That is until they found out about the research funding that was available for it.[smilebigeye]
Cheers,
Terry

So, you've nailed your colours to the mast. Didn't take long to turn this into " believer ", non believer" rubbish .

[rover-56]

So, you've nailed your colours to the mast. Didn't take long to turn this into " believer ", non believer" rubbish .

That's how it goes Bob[bigsmile1]

[bob10]

That's how it goes Bob[bigsmile1]

Only in the trolls life , mate. Keep your smileys to yourself.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Thats a bit rude Bob,,,

[bob10]

Thats a bit rude Bob,,,

Perhaps. But it is getting a little bit frustrating that a comment on the weather can not be posted without a political reply. And if you think that is not trolling , well, I don't know what is. Anyway, cheers.

[pop058]

Keep it civil gents

[bob10]

Keep it civil gents

Please point out where I have not been civil, or are you concerned EVIL bob may emerge. Chill out , guys, no nastiness here.

[Ean Austral]

Please point out where I have not been civil, or are you concerned EVIL bob may emerge. Chill out , guys, no nastiness here.

Unfortunately Bob not everyone agrees with you as the thread has been reported.

Cheers Ean

[pop058]

Please point out where I have not been civil, or are you concerned EVIL bob may emerge. Chill out , guys, no nastiness here.

Keep your hat on Bob, it was a general comment and not directed at any one specifically.

[Gordie]

Not sure about trolling...but I did enjoy reading the weather stats research that Rover-56 had done. Whether or not there was a political message in there, doesn't really confront me...I am big enough to make up my own mind on such things. Interesting stats anyway Rover, cheers.

[LRT]

Not sure about trolling...but I did enjoy reading the weather stats research that Rover-56 had done. Whether or not there was a political message in there, doesn't really confront me...I am big enough to make up my own mind on such things. Interesting stats anyway Rover, cheers.

Me too [emoji106]

[rover-56]

Not sure about trolling...but I did enjoy reading the weather stats research that Rover-56 had done. Whether or not there was a political message in there, doesn't really confront me...I am big enough to make up my own mind on such things. Interesting stats anyway Rover, cheers.

It was Donh54 that posted the info, I just commented on it.
Terry

[rover-56]

Only in the trolls life , mate. Keep your smileys to yourself.

Bob, that IS how it goes - If you post stuff on here people might comment on it. It is a forum after all.
I read most of your posts because they are interesting, sometimes I feel like commenting - on the post, not you personally.
Terry

[rick130]

Correct,i have been working out Ipswich way,so its always a bit hotter than Brisbane temps.

But you forgot to mention the humidity,its been pretty intense as well.Yep, had to go to Wacol on Thursday, then Sourhport and Carrara later and the GC was just as bloody hot!

Wednesday in Byron I think was the worst, I could literally wring my work drills out.

The only place for respite was right on the beach!

[Gordie]

It was Donh54 that posted the info, I just commented on it.
TerryOops sorry, was a long week!....cheers Terry and thanks Donh54!! [thumbsupbig]

[scarry]

Yep, had to go to Wacol on Thursday, then Sourhport and Carrara later and the GC was just as bloody hot!

Wednesday in Byron I think was the worst, I could literally wring my work drills out.

The only place for respite was right on the beach!

I was at Wacol Thursday and Friday nearly all day,we should have caught up....

Friday was a 6.00am start,replacing a TX valve in a ceiling mounted ducted.Luckily the cloud cover helped keep the temps down,as did the old pedestal fan we dragged up there to blow on us during the job.

Not just the dry bulb,but the humidity was extremely high,causing some AC units to pull moisture directly off the coil,and give all the drains and safety trays and cooling towers,freezers and cold rooms a good work out.

[rick130]

I'll be back up in a week or so Paul, have some work to do on a chiller and a couple of AC maintenances.

I'll be up at least once a month for a couple of days for DLP maintenance on a bunch of supermarket AC and heat recovery systems.

There was so much humidity last week that when I pulled a drain off a big air handling unit
(AHU) in a shopping centre in Lismore the water flow was at full volume coming out!
It's chronically undersized for the size of the evap (you walk inside the AHU) but I've never seen water flow like that out of an AC system before. It had a 32mm column of water coming out and it was only 8:00am!

[bob10]

Bob, that IS how it goes - If you post stuff on here people might comment on it. It is a forum after all.
I read most of your posts because they are interesting, sometimes I feel like commenting - on the post, not you personally.
Terry

OK. I guess we don't live in a perfect world. And it is naïve of me to think like that. But, wouldn't it be nice, if we could just try.

[rover-56]

OK. I guess we don't live in a perfect world. And it is naïve of me to think like that. But, wouldn't it be nice, if we could just try.

Non of us are perfect. That's what makes us human.
Cheers,
Terry

[Tombie]

Non of us are perfect. That's what makes us human.
Cheers,
Terry

Bobs ex Navy... that makes him pretty close [emoji6]

[bob10]

Bobs ex Navy... that makes him pretty close [emoji6]

Yeah, mate, almost human[smilebigeye]

[Mick_Marsh]

Wow!
Warmest night in two years!


Perth records warmest night in two years as hot autumn continues - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-06/perth-records-warmest-night-in-two-years/9517626)

It's a wonder they could cope.

[bob10]

Ho, Hum.

[Homestar]

Wish we’d get some warm weather - Summers been a real fizzer down here and based on the outlook I’d say it’s ****ed off for good. So much for the ‘Long hot Summer’ they warned us of - maybe next year....

[DiscoMick]

Climate change makes weather more extreme, but not necessarily hotter. We've had the humidity up here, day after day, until finally relief arrived yesterday. Western Queensland has had six years of failed wet seasons, until the current rain. It's a big country.
Floods have Winton surrounded, but the pub's stocked up
Floods have Winton surrounded, but at least the pub's stocked up - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-06/winton-surrounded-by-floodwaters-after-biggest-rain-in-a-decade/9519812)

[bob10]

In case people haven't noticed, the heat wave has passed. Perhaps some should read a good book.

[bob10]

An interesting article that deals with reality.

While politicians question the reality of climate change, farmers and businesses act - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/farmers-and-businesses-take-action-on-climate-change/9502320?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%3a8940&user_id=c17365ab07572ed90614d245ada5ad675f6bc00189 fa766123c70d76d1d7cddf&WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Email%7c%7c8940&utm_content=RuralMail_ArticleLink)

[Mick_Marsh]

In case people haven't noticed, the heat wave has passed. Perhaps some should read a good book.
Yes and it wasn't much of one either. I'd say we had a rather cool summer this year. Only three days forty or over this year. All in January. 41.7 on the sixth and 40.0, 40.3 on the 18th, 19th. Non in December or February (usually the hottest month).

And some are predicting a cold winter this year.
Australia is in for its coldest winter on record say weather expert | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5461885/Australia-coldest-winter-record-say-weather-expert.html)