Musings on life and times
Too hard when records are broken!
48.4C (119.1F) at 4:10pm yesterday, 4 January 2020. This home weather station usually correlates well with the nearest Bureau of Meteorology site. Highest in the state was 48.9C, also a record.
Sydney, NSW, January 2020
Sweating Six Word Saturday on Sunday
Thursday 5 December 2019, 6:30pm
A Jetstar A320 heads towards Sydney Airport through the murky sky. More than 10 fires are classed as extreme (red indicators on map). The closest to Sydney CBD are 50km north, 40km west and 60km south.
Friday 6 December 2019, 6:00pm
The cameras don’t depict the sun as red as the eye sees it, but the picture is similar. All the fires still burn, but have been downgraded. Dedicated fire crews, including from interstate and a contingent from Canada, fight to save properties.
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 8:00 am
The fires still burn – yellow markers signify “watch and act”, blue signify “under control”.
[Since fires commenced this season in September, four lives have been lost, 680 homes have been destroyed, as well as over 2000 outbuildings]
Reporting in for Six Word Saturday
Sydney, December 2019
