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Sweltering heat in Melbourne
Around Australia many would know we’ve been having the worst heat wave we’ve ever had. 43C or above for 3 days in a row. The last one on record was in 1875 for 2 days so we’ve broken a new record.
I keep watching the Bureau’s website but I don’t know if that is bad or good – the temperature just keeps rising and no sign of rain. My poor garden has turned from green, to green-grey, to black or dark brown. 
It’s not a pretty site.
We’ve had buckled lines that have forced many train cancellations (hundreds I believe), people stuck on train platforms for hours, bush fires, house fires, power outages, and all sorts of things. It’s hard to believe it’s like this in Melbourne. Beautiful Melbourne that always seemed to be raining, even in summer, only a few years ago. And now we’re in a drought that has been lasting a few years and then this.
We only live 5 mins from the beach, believe it or not, but rarely go there. Heaps of people did though, just to get some relief from their hot homes.
I think after two days of an ice storm and 3 days without power, I’d trade you my 2 inches of ice and below freezing temperatures for a little bit of your heat wave!
Wow! I would be choosing to stay in doors. Take care of yourself!
Hot Flashes and heat—that just doesn’t sound like a good combination to me. I don’t know how I would survive or maybe we’d just have an extremely HIGH electric bill for the air conditioning.BR/BR/On another note, I’m always amazed at the number of people who live closest to an attraction but don’t go. In my hometown, we have the Football Hall of Fame but if you ask many residents there, they’ll tell you they’ve never been.
Aaagh! That sounds awful. I’m so sorry to learn about your garden. From the photos you’ve taken, it looks like a beautiful spot.BR/I live in California, and we’re having way less than normal rainfall for the third year in a row. They’re saying we’ll be on water ration come the summer, so I guess our garden will be shade of dark brown, too.BR/Global warming must me starting to show–big time.
What a wonderful blog! I hadn’t seen this one before. I have such a hard time picturing how it is there, while I’m looking out our window at never-ending snow…seems like every few days we have a little more. If only we could take our weather and mix it with yours and split the just-right temperature between us and bring it home. Hope you stay safe…have read stories in the news.
I’m with Eileen on the concern about global warming. All my friends in my environmental work have noticed how unusually warm the weather has been in California and many places worldwide. Hope you survive the miserable heat, Kathie, and that our fellow earthlings all do their part to keep our planet healthy. We have very hot summers in the Sacramento Area. I hide “in!”