Damn you, Bureau of Meterology!

[blamebrampton]

Last weekend was stinking hot, and the BOM apologetically informed us all that it would only get worse through the week. 'But,' they said, 'Next weekend will be cooler.'

This was a lie. Today was 40 (104°F) and at the moment it's 10.20pm and 33 (er, 90-ish? I don't know, it's too hot to brain). I have spent the entire day eating ice cream and reading a book in front of a fan. I had a phone interview to do with a chap who is also in Sydney, we both kept forgetting words, but each completely understood, because all of us have brains of sago at the moment. I promised to make him sound much, much smarter when I write it up.

Spent ten minutes outside watering the plants, had to have a little sit-down for an hour. Since the plants were having what could have been a terminal sit-down before I went out, it was essential. I took a vote in the garden and it was unanimous -- the plants would like the United States and Norway to take all of our excess heat. Which is now 25°C-worth of spare, so that should bring some of you up to a glorious 7 or 8.

The BOM has promised me that tomorrow will be cooler. I hope so -- I have a tea date with my mother and she gets the better of me when it is too hot. Last time this happened, I found myself at a dinner party with six of her ex-girlfriends, three of whom were having a fight with her. Don't ask me how this happened, I still have no idea. And yet, not our most ridiculous meal ...

Comments

[nenne.livejournal.com]

Who are we to fight a unanimous vote? Just send it here. *magnanimous*

[brissygirl.livejournal.com]

It's been hot up here too but no where near that bad. :/

Have some more ice cream. :)

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, it was a comparatively cool 21 here today but with high humidity, so I was complaining about how sticky I was.

I retract my complaints, forthwith!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I would like to know about the most ridiculous meal very much indeed...

I hope it gets cooler soon. I would be completely unable to function in those temperatures and I just can't comprehend how anyone else can.

[femmequixotic]

If you send heat, I will send snow. FEET OF IT. Ice too.

*whimpers and prepares to trudge through Cocytus this morning*

[emmacmf.livejournal.com]

Oh you poor thing, that sounds utterly miserable!! *squishes*

[maevemist.livejournal.com]

The weather man is kindly informing me it is still 27 degrees here and will only drop to 26 before rising again. I am so over this heat it isn't even remotely funny anymore.

The plus side is that I will have yet another winter season (week/month) where I do not complain about cold feet even for a moment.

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

You know what I hate? It's when the BOM says something like "Showers and occasional thunderstorms" and you get the build-up and the thunder and the humidity AND NO RAIN. I've said it before: it's like being completely justified in expecting sex and then not getting any.

Certainly hope it's cooler for you tomorrow. We're expecting some rather hellish heat later in the week, I'm relishing the cooler nights right now because I know it won't last.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Don't people have A/C in their homes in Oz?

[la-mariane.livejournal.com]

It's so cold here, I wouldn't say no to a little warmth. We don't have snow but we have ice on the roads, so I'll be nice and not send that your way :)

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

LMAO. "Terminal sit-down". LOL! *wipes eyes*

I don't care if the weathermen get it slightly wrong. They are performing what would seem like magic only half a century ago. What I hate, DESPISE even, is the effing national news programs spending 2/3 of their time telling us that it is snowing. Oh, and cold. Oh, and there's snow on the ground and driving is a bit difficult. Guess what? IT'S WINTER! It's COLD. Occasionally it SNOWS! Stop the fear mongering! Tell me when it's going to snow especially badly and I will put the shovel in a prominent place and get an extra carton of milk. Teh End!
Most Americans couldn't point to Egypt on a map, much less know about the turmoil there. How about educating your watchers instead of showing protracted weather forecasts?

*sends a lot of snow to pile in your yard and make naked snow angels in*

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, nasty weather. We had mid-30 s and 95% humidity yesterday, which was not fun to spend 8 hours walking and driving around in - at one point I had to stop and take a half-hour break in a nice air-conditioned shop before I completely melted. But it was not 40, or worse, 43, which my sister got, so it could have been so much worse.

The annoying bit hear is that the bay, the closeness of which is why I didn't move before Chrismas, is not safe to swim in anymore :(.

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

Well the good news is that if your weather follows on from CBR you should be slightly cooler for the next few days :) Yesterday was Brisbane sticky (hey weather gods - if I wanted humidity I would have stayed in Brisbane, not moved to the bush capital!) but today while still a little humid, is cloudy with a lovely cool breeze and scattered shwoers - it is suppsoedly going down to 11C tonight (oh the bliss). And on the icecream front - can I recommend Weis three berry bars - gluten and dairy free and MOST refreshing :)

[wivern.livejournal.com]

The humidity has finally gone from here and it's actually cool. Last week was hell. I hope the coolness is moving up to your place.

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

It has been somewhat hot and humind here over the last couple of days but last night I spent about 5 hours in a pool drinking beer with friends. The respite from the heat was worth my fingers going wrinkled.

[pollymel.livejournal.com]

I only just found this post and belatedly - I spent yesterday in a shopping centre wandering at the slowest of speeds, got a massage, saw a movie, and was ultimately betrayed because at after 9 when the movie finished it was still ridiculously hot.

However, th cold change has defintely happened. My housemate just yelled from the other room "Guess what the temperature at 4:04 was? 19.1!" I agreed loudly that it was fabulous and really weird, and have turned off my fan.

Mmm, cool change.