Blessed relief ...

[blamebrampton]

The temperature did not climb above 30 today, the house has cooled of its own accord. Came home from work and napped for four hours, now for a shower and then off to sleep properly ;-)

May those of you freezing in the blighted North have a warm spell appear!

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[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

Sleep well, dream of inuits. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Hee! If I did, I'd have a complicated dream about why the Viking settlement on Greenland faced extinction, which is the main thing I know about the inuit (NB, they were nice to the Vikings, but the Vikings were useless at adapting to the changing climate at the time ;-)

[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

About what time was that? (Now, I want to read about it more.)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Mid 1300s. There's a good article on it here: http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/greenland/

The climate was very warm through much of the 1200s and the early 1300s, which meant that populations travelled further north than they had previously and agriculture was booming, as were the numbers of people alive. But in the early 1300s, the climate started to turn and unseasonable cold snaps became the norm. Crops failed, and the number of people alive in some parts of Europe became unsustainable, either starvation or a real lowering of health standards became the norm across most of Europe. Which meant that when the black death hit in 1347, it hit a population that was underfed, in ill health, and crowded into cities rather than spread out in the more agricultural society of the previous century.

All of this is why I go completely mental when people suggest that climate change isn't a big issue, by the way ;-)

[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was an interesting read. :)

[complications-g.livejournal.com]

Ugh, you're so lucky. It cooled down for maybe two days but it's gone back up and will be for a while. >:(

I WANT to be freezing in the North. At least there you can get snuggly warm with quilts and stuff, it's not so easy to cool down.

ugh, this is so whiny. i'm in such a bad mood. sorry!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Totally cool! Er, or not as the case may be. I agree. While -20 is a bit extreme for my tastes, when it's freezing, blankies, boots and woollies will all get you through. When it's boiling, you can't take off your skin!

I am going to run up some thicker curtains for the north-facing windows in a bid to keep the house from warming up again. Good luck! You could always come and visit ...

[complications-g.livejournal.com]

:)

I can never decide if it's better to keep the curtains shut in order to not let in the sun, or keep them open to let in the odd breeze. Usully open 'cos it gets stuffy, but still.

I'd love that! I've only been once, with my parents and it wasn't much fun. It'd be cool to see more of Aus, and fandom meets ups. I'll have to see...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I keep everything shut up tight during the day when the inside is cooler than the outside, then open it all up the minute the outside becomes cooler than the inside. Alas, when the latter doesn't occur, life becomes miserable!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

sweet dreams, babe.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dear! Sends you warm thoughts! (Though now I have decided that I should have some dinner and answer some comments, I should be quick so that I can have full advantage of the cool night!)

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

Half my flist is suffering -20Cs, and the other half is dying in 30Cs. Makes me wonder what's going on.

Am glad the heat has broken for you!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Anthropegenic climate change! I blame the US car industry, and laugh at their current woes.

What's it like in your part of the world?

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

I would laugh, but the Great American Recession has already reached Canada. D:

(Am rather embarrassingly excited about Obama, given that I'm not even American.)

It's freezing here, unfortunately: -26C in the sun. Maybe some sort of megadeath temperature averaging device could be built?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, we have a dose of it here (though not as bad as the one that has attacked all my friends and family still back in England). Ghastly stuff, worse than McDonald's and Adam Sandler.

I'm excited about Obama, too. It's the first time ever for me, given I am too young to have seen the Kennedy years.

Megadeath temperature averaging device is quite the brilliant idea. Do you know any mad geniuses?

[bewarethesmirk.livejournal.com]

You've not yet melted!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It was a miracle achieved only by shameless exposure of flesh and heavy commitment to sunblock and parasols. I do sometimes feel as though living in Australia is akin to waging an ongoing war on nature ...

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

*freezes in her boots and double layer of socks and leg warmers and sweater*

*waits for your wishes to come true*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Those 15 degrees that have left here have to go SOMEWHERE!

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're getting the milder weather. It's been lovely here the last couple of days after the heat. I think we're expecting to bounce up again Monday. *sigh*

I just wish we'd get some bloody rain. This is no longer a joke, it's depressing watching the world die. And then watching council mow the dirt in our park.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Boo hiss to Monday! And your council! And you are making me so keen to go to Azkatraz ...

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Oh hell, honey. Come with! That would be ... just the most amazing thing, and the girls would all be SO happy to see you. Seriously!

What can I tempt you with? *makes very cute puppy eyes*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's more about the cash, or lack thereof ;-) We'll see what happens, though I have to say that Norway is calling more loudly than the US ...

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Vaustralia are your friends. Well, until they start falling out of the sky. ;)

Norway? Louder than several hundred fellow HPers, SF in summer, and moi?

*sniffs disdainfully*

:D

*mutters*cursedexoticnorthernlocationsandtheirdamnedexoticcharm*mumbles*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously YOU are a prime attraction, but the several hundred HPers are a little unnerving. I'm not a big con type ...

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

*g*

shhhhh!

Don't mention it and my inner shy won't hear about it. The idea of the 'con' as a whole rather terrifies me, but I'm focussing on the people I desperately want to see again or 'meet' for the first time. I wouldn't be lying if I said I'd be happy to form a small cabal of near and dear and just bask in having them 'there'. But there is something to be said of the anonymity of a film premier where my silliness won't be noticed in the general range of silliness on offer.

[nwfairy.livejournal.com]

You complain of you 30 C weather while mine is -13 C


Normally I am enamored by you and your work....

Now is not one of those times :/

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

No, no, 30 I am NOT complaining about! The last few days of 40, those were complaintworthy :-)

And your temperatures are only appropriate if you have moved to Siberia. I bite my thumb at the Bush administration and it's 'Climate change? what climate change?' approach.

[nwfairy.livejournal.com]

This statement is very true considering that the lovely state of Virgina is in the center of the country on the east coast is no where near Siberia in latitude.

This poor American is a cold American :(

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I blame Cheney!