Severe Weather

[Biggles]

I was working at the blast furnace at the time. During tapping, radiated air temp was over 176 fah (80 cel) We were restricted to 4 minutes access to the casting floor, even with protective clothing and face and neck shields

Did my summer Uni holiday time at Newcastle BHP Plate and Bar Mill- the door would open and the bar would roll out.  Our job was to hook it with our metal rods and turn it onto the rollers that ran at right angles. 
WPH&S!!  These days you wouldn't be allowed near it.
I do recall there was a lot of heat involved, but not like a pour would entail.

[Sicman]

40 degrees here at 1225 - Just did our 1st nanna down from the heat 

[NTRebel]

13.01 it is 34 here in Alice.

Supposed to get to a nice cold 33 in Alice today with 80% chance of precipitation currently sitting on 28 at 0800 hrs.

Got your thermal gear handy? 


Light passing sprinkle of rain here at the moment..10.30 am and 17.3 degrees

I'll just do a Tony Abbott and go down to the budgy snugglers.

[curious1]

I never regreted leaving Adelaide in 1978 and by pure luck I got stuck in Canberra. 36 max today but had a nice MC ride trough the hills early morning and now just hybernate with the swampy on till evenings and then ride the bicycle for some exercise.

[Sicman]

Now 41  - This 12% humidity is terrible 

[Kev Murphy]

The wind has arrived here, and it is blowing like a bit ... and boy howdy, it sure is strong!

[NTRebel]

We have 25 and 90% humidity.

Now 41  - This 12% humidity is terrible 

[StinkyPete]

I've just discovered that the residents in my Worm Farm did not survive the heat wave.   Bugger!   
We've been friends for a long time, sharing bananas and helping each other with the gardening.

[Gadget]

Bugger.

[Sicman]

Sounds like you need a fresh body in there Pete to re activate the soil - I am sure a man of your previous talents could come up with one   

[Gadget]

I'm trying to think of how you could prevent that happening in the future. Normally spill is around 23 °C, so pet than bringing them in to the air conditioning, there must be another way to keep them cool. Hesian bags draped over and dampened perhaps with a trickle of water to keep them damp.

[ppopeye]

Quote from: StinkyPete on December 20, 2015, 07:32:37 PM<blockquote>I've just discovered that the residents in my Worm Farm did not survive the heat wave.   Bugger!   
We've been friends for a long time, sharing bananas and helping each other with the gardening.

Ohhh Stinky..  (Blame Chris for that one.

[WendyL]

Could well be a little breezy for Christmas here. 

From BOM:

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Northern Region on:
Monday:    Low.
Tuesday:   Moderate.
Wednesday:  High.

Looking like forming in the Gulf of Carpentaria, then it just depends whether it decides to go east or west.....

[Aussieboy]

Great day here today, forced us out of the house to do some wine tasting. Damn lifes hard, got to entertain the visiting family though.
Looks like another heat wave for Christmas.... hmmmm roast or salad?