Urrrrrr ...

[blamebrampton]

It is 41.5 degrees C, which is over 100 in the old money. If you hear nothing further from me, it is because I have melted. I make note that it is not yet summer.

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

According to the SMH they've jumped containment lines and are threatening rural properties. The wind has been heavy, gusting, and multi-directional, which spells horrible for the firefighters. The city is so far unaffected by direct fire, but there is quite a haze developing out there, which probably is also a bit to do with the normal smog not being pushed out of the city's bowl.

The streets are astonishingly empty for this time of a weekend, I think everyone has given up and gone home to sit in a cold bath. The Mon cat is sitting in the washbasin as I type ;-)

The BOM assures me tomorrow will be 22, I am putting my faith in them!

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

I don't miss the Sydney smog bowl at all. Yuck!

I heard one of the main fires was near Kandos, which means there's a good chance it's not far from our old property. There's a lot of national park land up there, but also a lot of rural families who struggle enough these days.

On a tangent, the Kandos swimming pool used to be the coldest pool in the history of man. They used to have an underground sand filter (as I recall) and the damned thing would feel close to zero on 40 deg days when we were allowed to stop picking tomatoes and drive into town for a swim. Beautiful clean water, though. I wonder if it's still like that?

I put ice cubes in my kitties water bowl - they love fishing them out, think it's a great game, and it helps keep their temps down.

Stay cool, honey.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That pool sounds so good ... If there was no fire danger at the moment I would have dragged us up to the Hawkesbury where there is a wonderful old dam that is lovely and cold, too!

And yeah, fingers crossed for Kandos ...