Oh, please...

Typical sensationalism and fear/anxiety type media for a soft cotton wool society that laps it up

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

Typical sensationalism and fear/anxiety type media for a soft cotton wool society that laps it up

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No need to lap it up, they get it spoon fed.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Unfortunately that is what the world is coming to.

We haven't seen much over 35 degrees for the last few summers here,once we start getting the hot ones back,that is 38 to 42 degrees,for a couple of weeks,it is going to be panic stations for many,including the local media.

People generally have short memories.

We will get a few more jobs at work as well,many installers just shove refrigeration condensing units,and AC outdoor units anywhere,some in areas that get very little ventilation and or recirculate their own air.
I can hear the customer now " it worked fine for the last few years"
Sure it did, but we didn't have any temperatures over 35 degrees,today it is 42.[bighmmm]

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We had our air con installed in the roof about 2 years ago, this was manly to help Mario as he couldn't regulate his body temp. We did have a split system in the lounge room, but we now needed the whole house cool for him.
The system had it first service a week ago as I knew when the heat finally hit us every one would want air con installed or have a service done. These days you have to strike when the iron is hot and dont wait

My neighbours are complaining about the heat. They moved here from Lismore, NSW to "get away from the heat". To MELBOURNE[bigrolf]. Be as rude as you like about the weather here, but it knows how to get hot. They haven't seen a hot summer here, and this is their fourth. We're about due.

This is why we have to have such nonsensical things as a fire danger rating called 'catastrophic'; keep lowering the threshold for the adjectives that fit the context, eventually you need to borrow adjectives that don't make sense.

You low landers all showing off about your extreme temperatures, you all need to have an altitude adjustment! :lol2:

It tops out at about 34 here, but unusually this year people were still wearing warm tops until early-mid December. :blink:

What will everyone do when we have multiple 40+ degree days again? I thought yesterday was lovely - 33 at our place. Today probably getting warm with an expected top of 36 so the AC may even get a run at some point.

We were all complaining about Summer not being here and within 2 warm days the media are calling it a heat wave - give me strength….

We were camped up on Bryce Plain on Christmas Day & Boxing day. The forecast for Monday was 25 degrees, with an extreme heat warning.

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Originally Posted by scarry

People generally have short memories.

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I can remember getting a push bike for Christmas, in the late 1960s, and when riding it in the street, and it was so hot, my shoes stuck to the melted tar on the road.

Yes road surfaces have changed but I can not remember anything like that for many years now!

Days like that were good. It meant you could dig up melted tar from the road to seal the holes in the used corrugated iron that you had used to build a canoe.