Oh dear, Canada!

[blamebrampton]

I arrived home to Mr Brammers asking me: "Have you heard about Canada?"

"Aren't they having an awful cold snap?"

His eyes widened with that boyish glee of having A Fact to impart. "It was warmer on Mars today than in Canada!" he announced.

Darling Canadians, I hope that you are all keeping well. Preferably in Florida!

Or in Australia … We have just finished our hottest year on record and in Central and Northern Australia we've so far spent 2014 breaking the records that were set in 2013. Happily, it's not so bad in Sydney. You can see why I'm such a ranting loudmouth against anti-climate change ideologues, though.

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We have HORRIBLY hot days in Sydney, so I feel some sympathy for him. Last year's highest was just under 46C, which is, er, hang on, 114F. It was vile. Nothing to do but hide inside or slather yourself in zinc oxide if you must leave the house! I have a special look for those days which involves tying icepacks to my head with a bandanna. It's a winner!

Once, funnily enough when I was being cold in America, there was a 44C day with just 4% humidity. Mr B put the half the laundry on the line, came in to have a wee, went back out, and found that what was on the line was bone dry – including his jeans – and most of what remained in the basket was also dry. Admittedly there were strong winds being fanned by a massive series of bushfires ringing the city … but that's not an improvement!