View single post by richw
 Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 05:26
richw



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 As of yesterday the Average temp for Australia has been over 39C for the longest consistent period on record, and there is a good chance that the average temp will beat previous record set in 1972.

The effect is potentially devastating with fires all over. A good many friends and some family are affected by what is happening in Illawarra and Shoalhaven, with the first ever catastrophic condition alert ever being issued in NSW issued in four suburbs today including these. As I write a number of good friends are out fighting fires, this is what climate change means in Australia, today was declared the most dangerous day on record.