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Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:08:28 GMT

here in wallaroo my temp guage is saying 44c outside, just took foo out for a quick bathroom break and it feels every bit of that!

luckily the airconditioners working well and we have had no power outages. (touch wood, head)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-25/turnbull-urges-australians-to-help-the-vulnerable-this-christmas/8146682

i do hope others are having cooler weather for christmas.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

serendipityricho — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:16:04 GMT

Dave sending you power from here in the Latrobe Valley-while

Hazelwood power station is still working.

Hope the vanes dont melt on the wind farms.

Richo.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

imastawka — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:16:27 GMT

Ermagerd David, how did you even breathe in that heat?

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:24:35 GMT

it takes about 1 minute until you stop thinking this is ok to this is quite warm really.

another minute and i'm saying now is not the time to be fussy about which bush you use foo.

another minute and i'm saying please foobie, this bush will do ok!

then he says ok this one, does his biz, then we come back melting as we go.

then it takes 10 minutes to start thinking inside is good.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

icyfroth — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:27:39 GMT

Jeez that's pretty bad, DaveC.

Hope you weren't roasting a chicken or ham in the oven today.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

freddie*rooster — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:28:16 GMT

Does it have humidity with it or a dry heat?

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:29:01 GMT

who needs an oven, just a oven bag and put it on the front porch! lol

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:33:10 GMT

@freddie*rooster wrote:
Does it have humidity with it or a dry heat?

63% humidity

i only have evaporative airconditioning so high humidity kills its efectivness

ive got 27c inside so its not too bad.

just did another look, temps dropped 2 degrees since we went out, looks like thundery change is on its way.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:37:14 GMT

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Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

icyfroth — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:40:39 GMT

We had 27c also here West of Sydney, in aircon.

It was very pleasant.

It makes me wonder at the fortitude of our forebears to celebrate a Northern European Christmas in the heat of the Antipodes.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

bright.ton42 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:45:44 GMT

Yikes do tell me it's not coming to Melbourne

Bad enough here at 37

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

imastawka — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:49:43 GMT

I looked a the chart, Bright, looks like it's moving north across the continent

and towards Sydney.

We're getting 34 Tues and Wed though

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

serendipityricho — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:52:15 GMT

Dave-toughen up--still 35 degs here been hotter-no air con.

I just wait til the temps the same inside as out -open all the doors and windows.

Put my head under the cold shower at times and have the pedestal fan

cranked up-then wear a path to the fridge and back.lol.

Beats the mongrel 12-14 degs max temps from recently...............Richo.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 07:44:26 GMT

i can take the heat, its the 3 pets, foo, rosie and chris the canary that dont do so well.

foo in particular doesnt do well in very hot weather, i think its a greyhound trait, once the temp goes over about 29c he gets the whole panting hang dog look going.

i woke up at 5.30 this morning to get him out and back before it got hot, i wouldnt have taken him out this afternoon but he made it clear he needed a toilet break.

if i had a back yard i could have a little swimming pool for him but i dont, they say greyhounds like to flake out in shallow pools.

so he stays inside with a fan on him.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

freddie*rooster — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 07:52:29 GMT

Foo sounds like he's a lucky boy to have someone who cares so much for him - good work David

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:23:42 GMT

there he is, next to me here on the floor by mu computer.

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tasfleur — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 09:03:04 GMT

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

davidc4430 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 09:40:34 GMT

cool change is here, 25c outside now and raining! unbelievable!!

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

johcaschro — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:15:59 GMT

It's been warm here in Adelaide all day and the inside temp hasn't dropped below 30. (30.7 at the mo) No air con, just an occasional electric fan, but it's bearable.

It's sort of like a reverse European winter. For those over there as for us here, it's not the weather to be outside in.

Re: Adelaide hottest in 70 years

amber-eyed-girl — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 13:16:40 GMT

Welllll...

I remember a few years back sanding and painting the outside of the house in 47 degrees...to get it ready for awnings to be installed.

Now that, was excruciating so I understand your pain.