Thread: Take care, southerners, heat wave coming

Originally Posted by bob10

Get used to it, it is the new normal.

It’s the OLD normal....

Originally Posted by Tombie

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.

Originally Posted by bob10

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....

Originally Posted by bob10

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.

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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.

Hardly any significant figures here as an example example.

Originally Posted by johntins

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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.

Originally Posted by bob10

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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