Thread: Oh, please...

Tassie has had a heatwave warning for the last 3 days and we've still got today and tomorrow as well.
Here in Ulverstone the temp has been around 24-25 degrees and they call that a heatwave down here.
Yes it does feel warm when your out in the garden or walking around the streets,but its a lot better than the high 30's- low 40's with high humidity that is common in Sydney during the summer early autumm period.
Me thinks the "bom" has gone to woke for its on good, no wonder all the farmers and others have gone to
more professional services for there weather forecasts.

cheers
DG

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Yes - I am saying they have modified the official statement. They have even changed the safety advice. Probably a case of merging US coding with the BOM alerts. The link to the offical alert is correct.

Fair enough. Maybe they have. Their app is not the only place I have seen the "Extreme Heat" warning. Maybe more people use Apple than we think.

Unconnected with this particular topic, I tend to agree with DG about the BOM though. I lost all respect for them when it became clear they were manipulating the data, when they are expected to be unbiased and apolitical. So, about 15 years ago. I'll go no further here, or it'll be CA.

Originally Posted by Tins

Fair enough. Maybe they have. Their app is not the only place I have seen the "Extreme Heat" warning. Maybe more people use Apple than we think.

Unconnected with this particular topic, I tend to agree with DG about the BOM though. I lost all respect for them when it became clear they were manipulating the data, when they are expected to be unbiased and apolitical. So, about 15 years ago. I'll go no further here, or it'll be CA.

.... oR Gaol, not Jail.



It was often believed that BOM picked the Horse Racing results while the Racing mob picked the Weather Forecasts. Makes sense to me the way both **** up their Jobs.

Originally Posted by 4bee

.... oR Gaol, not Jail.



It was often believed that BOM picked the Horse Racing results while the Racing mob picked the Weather Forecasts. Makes sense to me the way both **** up their Jobs.

So, don't take Cup tips from them either?

[QUOTE=Tins;3219297]So, don't take Cup tips from them either?[/QUOTE


Perzactly. My next one will be my first. Not even on Adelaide Cup Day (today)

Think it is the media. Here in the UK since December we have had what seem like constant headlines saying that we are going to have a snow bomb in a couple of days which will stay and cause travel disruption for the next 2 weeks

So far (and snow can arrive until the end of March) we have had ……. one day where there was snow from midnight and it was melted and gone by lunch time

Perhaps someone should dust off the story the little boy who cried wolf and add it to the training program

Originally Posted by 3toes

Perhaps someone should dust off the story the little boy who cried wolf and add it to the training program

They're all too wrapped up in Henny Penny* and the sky is falling...


*Chicken Little to our North American friends.

Originally Posted by Tins

They're all too wrapped up in Henny Penny* and the sky is falling...


*Chicken Little to our North American friends.

Even here in the cooler AD Hills they get it wrong so many times. ""Horrific fires expected
& then bugger all happens. & all that sort of guff.


CFS adore it, it seems.
I only go to their site so I can tell what day it is.