Flame Damnation

Well tonight it is Saturday and supposedly my rooster day for watering with sprinklers. We get Saturdays and Wednesdays to water using a sprinkler. We can water everyday but we must do so by hand.....that is our summertime watering restrictions to get us through long dry summer and guess what?

Tonight it is pouring down with sky juice thus saving me running inside and outside to shift bloody sprinklers all night....

What is your weather today?

Ah it is so beautiful in Perth this morning. I just poked my nose out the front door and one of my Jacaranda trees is dropping mauve coloured blossoms all over the driveway….such a pretty velvety mess…..I think I’ll go and get myself a McDonald brekkie…..1 sausage and egg mcmuffin, 1 hash brown and one cappuccino.

it rained a lot during the night and the birds are chirping on this fine Sunday morning.....  ::)

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It was peeing down in Fremantle WA this moment....for about 5 minutes. :'(

Give us more rain God....PLEASE.


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btw, I posted this at Megan's group on the 10th. I should have posted it here too, sorry...



This morning 10th of December 2008 in Perth we had wonderful, wonderful rain and at the crack of dawn, there appeared a rainbow outside my window….btw, that rainbow’s end is landing on my sister’s giant gum tree.


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Now this afternoon we are still getting wonderful, wonderful rain…AGAIN and the great thing about it, Wednesday is my watering rostered day….so I don’t have to run around shifting a damn sprinkler….yayyyy…


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It snowed here yesterday, just enough to close the schools down early. 

Cold here this morning

-2.8F/-19.4C with a wind chill of -20F/-29C

Beautiful pictures of your summer weather!

It is more like spring weather, changeable weather.

Today is overcast and BEAUTIFUL.....I hope Christmas will be lovely like today.......so far summer has been mild with only one day that hit 100.4+ F.  :'(

I'll start taking pictures from different locations. I'm sure people are getting sick of seeing my environment from one angle.

It's a heat wave outside!

We're up to 0.3F/-17.6C.

 ;D

I've learned metric. I hated it. I don't know why everyone in the world changed to the metric ways. I know how to convert temps from one to the other. I know how many miles are in a meter and so on.

Temperature was the easiest because when they tell you its 23 C today, you know what that feels like so converting to temperature was the easiest.

It switched over AFTER I learned the old system first.....so I still run around converting everything and that is a pain when I have to talk to Americans and adjust my posts accordingly. :'(

WOW beautiful pics.  I guess I'm going to have
to add Perth to my wishful vacation destinations.
I think the rainbow is my fave.

It's very cold and windy here right now.
19 degrees F with a wind chill of 1.

Brrrr.

I was trying to get it from all angles. I wished I had a wide lense camera then I wouldn’t have to take suck poky shots.

That was a sheer fluke capturing that rainbow at the crack of dawn.


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Red in the morning, shepherds warning…

I have to get used to posting here.
It says I've read this thread 36 times?
Also, it's timing my session & I really
don't want to see that.  Some things
are better left unknown.  I would
like to get a timer apparatus for my
son's xbox 360 though.  Very cool thing for mom's! ;D

good morning we have a nippy 4f in c-town ohio ;D

great photos c!

Nice pictures!  Beautiful rainbow shots!

damn lurkers!
If you are readking this
say hi to me, ty  :)
& I'd really like to see
many more pics of YOUR WEATHER
& such.  I love it, yes indeed I do!

 :)very pretty Cathy I love rainbows ....  here's another I bet your dad knows Red sky at night sailors delight red sky in the morning sailors take warning ....  lots of old sayings hold truth to them

5F and snowing.

 :) ah well we got snow here and I'm freezing my but off currently some of that warmth would be nice right about now

brisk 16f  rumor has it sleet is a coming & a high of 48f tomorrow <rawr>!!

damnit it x-mas eve day for crying out loud-i want snow!! >:(

1.8F/-17.0C and windy.

Bella, I'd be happy to send you snow!

It warmed up a little bit, but we're still hoping that the snow remains until Christmas.

feck, it's a balmy 42f w/ drizzle ffs!  you'd never know i reside on the edge of the supposed 'snow belt'  :o 

the sleigh may not fly!! :o

can't believe it we actually had nice weather for a change 40+ today  unfortunatly snow is on its way :-[

It's 42F outside with light wind.

Hoping it will melt some of the ice on the streets!

Unseasonably warm here as well.

9F and still windy.

Yuck.
That's just too hot.

& that's why you are always
down with a sickness.  Don't do it!

It's cold and windy!
I had to run out and get
my corned beef & cabbage.

25 F & 50 mph winds

WHOOOOOOOOOSH!

HAPPY NEW YEAR to those
of you who have already passed
midnight.   :)

It is midnight here Friday.....later on today, [friday] we will have a temp of 38C which is over 100 F
 
a couple of days ago in the outback of Western Australia [far north] it was 132 F......and a **** load of finches and native budgies died looking for water.....they flew to a place you might call a diner, and all tried to drink from the barrels of water outside near the taps and thousands died in the water.

I made a mistake too....it wasn't 55 C it was 45 C [113 F] .....and I have experience 46 C [114.8F] twice in my lifetime and that was 2 times, too many...  (http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/caskur_2006/Smilies/cry.gif)



Please look at these pictures of the Overlander Road House who collected thousands of thirsty, hot and dying budgies and finches, native Australian birds.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036919-5013959,00.html

Not all the pictures are as bad as the first one…

Perth sets January heat record


Posted 3 hours 50 minutes ago
Updated 3 hours 36 minutes ago

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2468149.htm

Perth has recorded its hottest start to January on record.
The mean temperature from the start of January until today is 34.6 degrees Celsius. [98.24 F ]

Weather bureau spokesman Rabi Rivett says today's temperature peaked at almost 42 C [107.6 F] , but he says a cool change is expected for the weekend.

"Given we have had a very good start, given we get to stay on such a standard path, we could see some records there," he said.
"We are seeing a cool change for tomorrow and the weekend but then again warming up into next week."

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It's 3 degrees F here and feels like 9 below.
I could use some of that warmth.

read the post I made before and go take a look at these pictures Arete...there are only 11 of them....the first one is awful but the rest are OK...

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036919-5013959,00.html

That really grosses me out.  Birds in those numbers
are creepy. 

The airplane crash that just happened in NY is said
to have been because a flock of birds was sucked
into one of the engines. 

45F and extremely windy - high wind warnings for the next 2 days.

Today is going to be 44 C in South Australia.....

do you know how hot 44 C is?

Metric conversion = 111.2 F

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they are going to FRY....poor bastards

and they are worried we are going to have another Ash Wednesday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_fires


The Ash Wednesday fires were a natural disaster that occurred in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983. Within twelve hours, more than 180 fires fanned by winds of up to 110 km (68 mph) per hour caused widespread destruction across the states of Victoria and South Australia.[3] Years of severe drought and extreme weather combined to create one of Australia’s worst fire days in a century. [4] The fires remain the worst bushfire disaster in Australian history, claiming 75 lives.

It snowed last night and most of the day on and off.
We didn't get a massive amount but enough to play in.
Now it's misting ice.  A beautiful wintry mix.  They finally
came to plow AFTER I went grocery shopping.  I used
my 4wd & I was okay till I got home and tried to back
into the garage.  That's the only time I slid a little bit.

It was 27 the last time I checked but that was way
earlier when I was still out and about.

OMG---111 is just much too hot for me.
If I wasn't inside, I'd have to be in a pool.

30 degrees F
right now.
Schools are all
closed AGAIN.

 ::)

Adelaide suffers through hottest day in 70 years
The Weather Bureau says Adelaide's hottest day on record was 46.1 degrees in January 1939.

That was yesterday  :o ….the news on my TV said, it got to 46.7 C today ….hottest day in 100 years…. >:D

46 C = 116.06 F

Apparently railway lines buckled.

Some places got to 47 C = 116.60

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/28/2476708.htm

Ambulance officers in Melbourne had to treat three people for heat stress and the extreme conditions led to train and tram cancellations in both Victoria and South Australia, frustrating overheated commuters.

I have personally experienced over 47 C 117…..twice in my life……yep….and I can live to tell the tale….NO AIR CONDITIONING either..

That's crazy H O T.

we are recovering from a little snow storm ;D  we got at least a foot.......now we dig out.  i knew i should have gottehn a 4 wheeler!  ahhhh well. :P

49F and windy.  At least the snow is melting.

Sunny, windy, 52F outside.

Another beautiful day!

Yah, 50's sound good!  Tomorrow we are supposed
to be near 50 & I'm ready for the change.  I talked
to my mom tonight and she said it was "cold" there.
I asked what the temp was & she was like "oh, 60's". 
lmao----she's getting spoiled in that FL sunshine.

72 is perfect.....we get more temperatures around that figure, than not....

today and yesterday is still humid and making every cry...LOL

We seldom have high humidity even on the hottest summer days.

It's 31F and snowing now.

It's drifting in like the mist from the film the fog...

Snow is everywhere :o

It was a BEAUTIFUL 49F here today!

Not bad for winter weather!

Hope they get some relief from the heat soon!

It's 39F here this morning - the spring-like weather is gone for awhile.

It's bitterly cold here and started snowing again this morning.

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I wish we'd get a good thunderstorm!

i have an outrageous one at this moment & i'll send it your way.........(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/coolsmiley.gif)

ty :)

4F and still snowing here.

o my....I'm done with that kinda COLDness.

I'm playing pool :)

Ugh.   It's COLD!  It's only 8º F ambient temp, and the wind gusts are bringing it down to the teens below zero.

Can't wait for winter to be over.

Our high is 58 degrees today and low of 38.

So it's been pretty pleasant.  Not that I much care.  I don't go out unless I have some reason I have to,
like to the grocery store.

It's a beautiful and sunny 55F outside!

40's and drizzly today

thank you for sending the nice spring weather up to yankeeland brent(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/coolsmiley.gif)

At noon, it is 50 degrees and raining here in NY. We're supposed to get thunder storms this afternoon - thunder storms are one of my favorite things about spring and summer! ;D

lightening is awesome but unfortunately kills a lot of people AND starts bush fires....I have a fantastic picture of Australia Day 2006. Australia Day is like the American 4th of July Day....we have fireworks and the like. The picture I have is of a very fierce lightening storm happening out at sea while out fire works were on in the capital city,f Perth. Lightening actually struck the fire works boats and set one on fire.

I snagged this from an MSN group....this is Perth Australia Day, 2006..that is the Swan River....the fireworks are on in the Perth City....and West is where the lightening Storm is coming in from the Indian Ocean...I think that night was the most power storm I have ever experienced.....and it was scary and insane.

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That's weird, I just made a fairly long post (surprise) and it's gone.

Anyway....

That's an awesome picture! I am dying to visit Australia; I had plans to go in '04 but I had to cancel. My cousin Liam has a sheep station outside Adelaide and he keeps bugging me to visit, but with the economy the way it is I can't risk taking three months off to go on vacation, and it's not a place where you can spend only 2 weeks - you need a couple of months to get a real feel for a place.

I wish I were still a kid. I just took off for Europe for a few months when I was 19. No responsibilities, just me an my gay friend Jesse holed up in a dive hotel in Paris. We even went to Greece and Morocco (Morocco is NOT a place for the paranoid, by the way - there's like no alcohol anywhere, but they have ridiculously strong hash). It was a blast.

Snow, snow, and more snow here.

Great picture Caskur!!!!!!!

Yeah, if you smoke that **** while you're there it'll make you freak out - it's hot, it's dusty, all the trains seem to be built to carry livestock rather than people, and it's just...I dunno, very CLOSE feeling. I smoked a chunk and ended up holed up in my icky hotel room all night, lol.

It's 41 and sunny in NY at 8:37. I should be working, huh? My boss is gonna kill me if she finds out I play on the web all day while I'm here (well, I work too, but I always have one board open while I'm in my office).

The sun is shining!

Going in to work a couple of hours late but I had to wait for the roads to open.

It's snowing once again...

And still snowing.

I hate winter!!!!!!

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Still snowing here but it's supposed to end (hopefully)

Good morning!

It's raining here - hopefully it will melt some of the snow!

Yesterday was the hotest autumn day for a long time....up in the 30's C....that is as hot as summer...today is overcast...might get some rain today...

It was a beautiful day here and is still 64F outside!

Thunderstorms are in the forecast.

Lucky duck!   ;D

Cottesloe pylon toppled by storms

Joseph Sapienza and Chris Thomson
May 22, 2009 - 1:22PM

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/cottesloe-pylon-toppled-by-storms-20090521-bgps.html

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Cottesloe's beach pylon was snapped by the strong seas swept up by the storms that lashed WA overnight. Photo: Chris Thomson


The savage storms that hit WA this week have felled a state icon, with the Cottesloe pylon snapped by wild weather overnight.

Beachgoers awoke to find the crumbling pylon, which has served as a diving platform for generations of Perth swimmers, toppled into the surf today.


The pylon was originally erected in 1936 as part of a grand scheme to create a shark-proof pool at Cottesloe, and became the beach's defining feature.

Last year the Cottesloe council and Lotterywest chipped in $170,000 to save the pylon, which had become unsafe for swimmers.

Second front bears down

The Bureau of Meteorology has this morning issued a severe weather warning, with a deep low pressure system to the south-west of the state expected to produce widespread damaging winds of up to 100kmh. This could result in damage to property around the lower-west, south-west, south-coastal, south-east coastal and adjacent Great Southern today.

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Send us your storm photos. Email tipoffs@watoday.com.au

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In isolated areas, locally destructive gusts in excess of 125kmh might cause significant damage to property and isolated thunderstorms and small hail were also possible.

In the waters, surf conditions were forecast to be heavy while significant beach erosion could take place.

The State Emergency Service is advising people to put away or weigh down loose objects, move vehicles under cover and stay inside away from windows. Boat owners should ensure boats are securely moored.

This is what it should look like...

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This is an icon....they say they're going to fix it....early this year they wanted it removed....my god, it is as old as my mother...there were two pylons once upon a time...

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this is the end of Perth civilization as we know it...


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Second driest start to winter ever....I thought we were going to get rain but nope....just a tease we had...

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LOL what a shame

It was a BEAUTIFUL day here!

It's been so cool and rainy this month that the veggies are hardly growing.

The radishes prefer the cooler weather, though, so there's many of them so far.

My tomato plants don't look too good at all.
My cukes look really healthy & the peppers are doing
ok.  All my herbs are
doing well too.  I can't wait to bite into
a homegrown tomato.  YUM

Down to 61F here after a most beautiful rain shower - the flowers are smiling!

It's another BEAUTIFUL day!

70F with only a few clouds so far.

MmMM that sounds perrrrfect.

It's 80's & less humid here, I love
it when there's not so much humidity.

Good morning!

65F outside with 80's in today's forecast.

I'm back again, Spear.  LOL...
& it's the perfectly comfy day.
Probably 70's and not too humid.
The sun is out now but it's been
mostly cloudy all day.

<---don't look at the ugh-lyyy picture.
I did NOT put it there & I'm too lazy to
take it down.   :'(

Howdy all!

I've been busy raising babies. Life is good O0

The weather is PERFECT!! I'm going to take some shots of my garden in a minny ;)

These are those lazy dazy days of summer. That's why I'm up at the crack of dawn feeding chickens and giving them water. We're clearing out the lower acres of our property and I got some good ole fashioned POISON IVY! Did you know rubbing the inside of the banana peel on poison ivy feels so gooood! But not as good as salt, baking soda and milk OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH  :o

I hope we have a THUNDER STORM later >:D

You're pretty, Icy.

Whose that kid?

Hot & humid with tornado & hail warnings here.

75F outside - it seems warmer in the house even with the a/c running.

This is what I look out from the side of my property on my veranda…this is the middle of winter in Perth Western Australia and not a cloud in the daytime sky…..

Evening just before sunset started to look promising with some teasing cloud show but that is all it was, a tease..

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This is the flower on the Silver Princess Eucalypt which just happens to be flowing in the middle of winter and all the native birds get to drink the nectar....pretty cool really... I'm going to try and get a shot of the birds drinking but I don't think I will be lucky enough...they usually take off.

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TY tart.   ^-^ cask made me prettier.   :-\

I don't know who the baby is.

I hope your poison ivy is gone!
 ;D

Pretty flowers!

Good morning everyone.

It's a dreary day outside - some rain would be nice.

It's warm and cloudy today.  So far, it's one of the rare warm days we've had on the east coast so far this summer.

Supposed to be another day in the 90's here in Denver, with "monsoon" showers predicted late this afternoon.

The map below updates a few times each hour. Here's the link for those who care:

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/current/acttemp_600x405.jpg

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Look at all those 100's!

Glad we have "cool" 80's.

Tornado warnings until 10 pm.

The really bad storms are in the central part of the state.

this is the only bit of lawn I have now....the front verge and that is owned by the council, [council verge]

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they won't let us use a sprinkler except on designated days and only after 6 pm at night and before 9 am in the morning.....it was killing me staying up all night on my designated days....so I said **** it....

if our drought goes on and people keep wasting water, there is going to be 100 % sprinkler ban and if we want to have a nice green garden, we have to hand water for hours on end or we get fined 100 bucks....

so if you don't have water problems where you are....just remember, the more people waste it, the more your wet areas and lakes dry up and then when your dams are low, they'll restrict your use or fine you...

I pay someone 22 bucks to come and mow it and do the edges...

I only use the well water for hand watering the flowers and garden.  This area has irrigation water diverted from the creek for the farms - homes get to use it when the farmers aren't using it.  Sometimesthere's lots of water, sometimes there's no water for days at a time.

Yes, it is a precious, precious resource and you never know when there will be a drought....it is all quite scary really....they're predicting another drought for Australia so everyone must be careful BUT how can you stop selfish people having long showers?....you can't....and old people who don't realize their pipes are leaking and a whole bunch of other other man made but largely preventable problems?..

My well has gone down before so I'm very cautious on water use.

People won't get the message until they have NO water.

I live in a townhome, so no lawn to water.

Besides which, should I ever run out of drinking water, I'd just have to drop a bucket off the patio and boil it.  Here's my place:

Very nice, TWaP.

It's a delightful 76F outside.

90's are in the forecast for the weekend.

Ouch..I just looked at that weather map, and it's already in the 90's in Arizona at 6:30am??

That's HOT!!!!

Not as hot as we get.....100 - 115 in Perth Western Australia.....in fact, when Victoria had their famous bush fire this year, they were over 115.....they were **** as soon as the arsonists lit the fires...

We are having some very beautiful Autumn weather :D

It's very hot today.

By the way, here is my place

Quite big as you can see.  We have many rooms. 

We actually have a second house on the property.  We don't use it ourselves, but we do have a cousin from England who lives there.  We don't see him much, maybe occasionally at night.  He has a handyman named Willie who helps him keep it in shape.

Nice, Damion...reminds me of one that I owned over thirty years ago...

Wow, that is pretty good.  In fact, I think I might have bought it from you.

Actually, the place has been sold a few times...last I heard the Denver Country Club was thinking about turning it into condos. Pretty sure that idea was turned down by the committee.

I went to college at the Fremantle Jail which is a tourist attract now BUT they rented the workshop to TAFE so I got to go to school in a magnificent historical building built by convict labour...

This is the entrance but we didn't go through there.....to the left of the building were the prison workshops, .......and very far right were the surgeons quarter which was a stately home at one time.....that was also part of our classrooms..

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look how absolutely cruel the size of these cells were......absolutely barbaric to keep men inside these and this prisone was still used until the prisoners burned it all down in 1988...

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This was a the riot that caused the prisoner to go nuts and set fire to everything and rightly so.....those cells were inhumane...it is all restored now and people can tour it...


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Didn't look for any pics of castles to post as my home.  The real one is quite boring.

It's down to 71F outside.  Looks like the upper west coast is getting hot weather so
it will be coming this way.

It's supposed to be another hot day out today.  Here is a picture of our living room.  As you can see, we go for a very Victorian look

at the moment, outside is cold and still....but we're in for a massive storm headed our way.....great...(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/cry.gif)

Another quite warm day is in the forecast.

This is as mean as it can get in my lifetime’s experience….hail….the closest we’ll ever come to snow…lol and more coming tonight as a big front comes through…

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Wow! That stuff can damage roofs and wipe out gardens!

90F here after an earlier high of 92.

yep wipe out gardens....

I hope the market gardens missed it or our veggies will get expensive two months from now....depends how big they were in the ground...my silverbeet aka swizz chard looks ok...in fact, it looks bloody healthy....lol

I haven't seen the news over the last week and it hasn't been mentioned so it looks like they didn't..

It's supposed to rain here for the entire next week. 

Rain would be soooooooo nice!

It's 84F here after an earlier high of 87.

It was a hot and humid 92 today with intermittent
t-storms.  Kinda awesome sans the humidity.

My Cat's winter coat......beautiful

She is the epitome and health of feline vitality.........



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Yes, she's pretty for a cat.
 :)
Wicked looking eyes. 8)

She is an absolutely Princess....and angel...

What a pretty kitty!

It's supposed to be in the high 80's here again today - at least the humidity is low.

Humidity is NOT my friend.
I hate it.  I could NOT live
in FL. 

I love Arizona.

I do love Arizona, too!

(So why am I in South Dakota?)

It's a delightful 72F outside - cooler weather is in the forecast.

Same here...same temperature and a beautifu winter's day....but I managed to take a picture of a chemtrail....unfortunately I didn't have the focus set right....

Damn...

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raining... :-[

Storm is brewin' here.

 :D

Still 80F outside at almost 8 pm - the next few days will be HOT!

73F after a high of 89 today - storms are to the south but have skipped this area once again.

It's been raining like cats and dogs
all morning.

Tornado warnings and flash flood warnings are in effect for tonight.

That sounds familiar.  We have those frequently in Alabama!

67F outside - it did get to 81.

Tomorrow's forecast is for a high of 70.

Feels like autumn already.

It rained yesterday here - this is the first year in a long time that it's still green in August.

Today was cool.

changeable weather is on its way....it went quick the last 3 months.....the months aren't passing by, they're FLYING BY.....we've been getting rain too....but the days like to today are fairly warm and overcast.....it rained this morning.....but it is the middle of the day and sunny with some cloud around.

It was a toasty 89F here today but tomorrow's supposed to be much cooler.

It's actually been a cool summer here - no days over 100 and only a few over 90.

ok, this is how it started off.....car pulls out of drive-way...

He takes a big long drink like he hasn't had a drink in weeks....poor thing...the fish ponds stink too....all the jacaranda tree's fallen leaves are in it...

It is clear and very nippy in the air but the jasmine that grows outside my kitchen window is in bud....when it flowers, I open all the windows and perfume comes inside....it is like air freshener....it is really nice actually....jasmine is so, so strong a pleasant  ordor...

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Great pictures!

The weather has warmed up here again - it's 80F outside now.

Our days are getting shorter, though.  The sun isn't up now until I'm on the way to work in the mornings.

The nights are getting much cooler.

It was in the high 80's here today.

Typical fall weather - 80's during the day, 50's at night.

It's a 3 day weekend for most in the USA with the Labor Day holiday on Monday.

The sky looked just like that here today.  Your trees & plants are much more exotic.

The sun is now shining and it's up to 62F.

It's 61F outside & not supposed to get much warmer today.

Although it's 70F outside now that nasty white stuff is in the forecast for tomorrow night.

The morning drive to work has been in the 40's - I left my jacket at work so it will be a
chilly drive tomorrow.

Its a tad on the chilly side here too....but this month we've had a record rainfall to match 1915's record.....

and our dams are 49% full so that is great news for us...

33F and snowing.

It's not supposed to last, though.

Big rain cloud coming............

look at the sunny spot in the distance...

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It's spring for you?  Your scenery is quite green.

23F here with snow in the forecast for today.

It is always green....gum trees are "ever greens"....they never lose their leaves.....or that is deceptive.....they lose leaves all year round rather, unlike the deciduous who lose the entire foliage in Autumn.

Guess who didn't throw snail pellets around this year and had their orchids annihilated? (https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/coolsmiley.gif)

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Snails are a garden problem for you?

The freezing temps pretty much wiped out my flowers but the dianthus and snapdragons
are still blooming for now.

It's up to 52F now!

It was a beautiful 73F here today with 70's predicted for tomorrow.

Look what I have…..two new chicks…..$9.00 each. We’ve put them under the bantam…..tomorrow morning, she’ll be a mother.

I have a broody bantam so now she’ll be a mother for the first time…lol…I hope it is successful or we’ll be $18.00 out of pocket.

When you have a broody hen sitting on unfertilized eggs, you can remove the eggs and place babies there as long as you do it at night and take the eggs away, the hen in none the wiser….for now, they’re sitting on top of the computer for your inspection…they’re too old actually…you’re supposed to do it with day old chicks but it wasn’t to be.

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She has accepted them....this morning she is running around all puffed up and proud...

it is damn cute...

It did work....it is fantastic..

she took to the babies straight away and what is more, they took to her as well....I've got it filmed my mobile...

you must do this when the chicken and this case a bantam has been on the eggs [hahahah real golf balls] for 3 weeks....you just take out the golf balls and slip the babies in overnight and then take the fake eggs away and whallah,..instant family....

I've separated them into the huge abandoned budgie aviary I have so the other chickens don’t kill them or cats get to them and they’re all safe and happy.

I remember years ago being the mum and using a bloody old lampstand turned upsided down where they huddle under a light globe for warmth….thank goodness for broody chooks or we’d be stuffed….lol

Awww they are adorable.
I got chicks for the kids
one Easter.  Then they
turned into full grown chickens.
The dog loved chasing them and
they would run around the yard but
I finally gave them to a neighbour who
had a chicken coup & actually raised chickens.

they grow really quick...they're over a week old...I am amazed that the mother took to them but I had heard Bantams are excellent mothers....

that bantam belonged to my deceased BIL....we got his chickens + 1 bantam.....and added them to our flock...the bantam doesn't hang with the other chickens and makes a real racket at times....now she isn't lonely anymore.

Cute chicks! I'll bet they're big now.

It was a beautiful November day today with temps in the 50's.  Last year we
had snow at this time - normal weather for this area.

5.6F outside which I see is -14.6C.

It's COLD out there!!!!!

Just enough snow today to leave the ground white.

Another white Christmas for you all...

The temp has gone back up - it's 9.1F/-12.7C.

At least there was only a small amount of snow so far today.

-0.8F/-18.2C here.

-19F wind chill.

I'm tired of winter!!!!!!!

Already?....you've got a bit to go yet!!

Sooo this is my firepit in the backyard when it first started to snow....

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And this is the same area after the FIRST blizzard...

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so you place backs onto a forrest?

omg.....why are you fences so low.....

aren't you worried about people jumping over?

very pretty pictures to btw....

That's a six foot plus fence.  It's actually a privacy fence, I think the snow
makes it look low.  LOL  Yes, my place backs to the woods.  Maybe 500 acres
of woods but they have plans to build which sucks donkey balls.  I like having
the woods behind me.  That's where the bears hang out.  We've got pics
of a big black bear very near to my fence.  Lots of deer back there too.
I've seen wild turkey and lots of wood peckers in the spring and summer.

try and stop them taking that forrest....

organize the neighbourhood to stop it.....they MUST stop taking natural nature corridors...

Its very humid here....not hot but humid, meaning, we're sweating like pigs...

I spent most of today in bed with a migraine but its 11.30 pm now and I took a brufen an hour ago....it means I will be up all night now cuz I slept most of the day...

tell the Dazites to get in here and make some posts Icy....I haven't seen Daz for months...

I miss him too.  He's not been around much even at his place.
I see him today though.  Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.  I'll tell him
you miss and love him and hope to see him soon.

 8)

Here's another pic of the front of my house with icicles
hanging down.  I took one down and lucy was playing with it
like mad...too cute!

I took this today...

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This is my baby girl when we were driving through the
massive snow.  I gave her my phone to take pics for me cuz
she is a great photog but she decided to take pics of herself
instead.  LOL

Dumbass forgot to post the pic...

 :D

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are those icicles dangerous?

pretty picture....gorgeous..

I just got a big fright, a glass bead must have dropped off an ornament and land crushing on the sink with scared the bejesus outta me...

Well, I would not walk under those icicles.  They are like
daggers.  They are all starting to melt.

I'm getting into taking photos of me....lol


too bad I left CO or I'd be posting them at flea and the others to **** them off...I love watching them squeal...

my daughter is always taking pics of herself, it's so funny.  She takes pics of her feet and
her eyeball and her hair or striking a pose.  Her friends do the same.  It's so cute to
see their facebooks.

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I'm making there too..

here is another one....lol

Those are cool.

I have some more snow pics...

I hope we have a ton more icicles tomorrow
cuz they are so pretty.

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Lucy swimming through the snow ^^

lmao at lucy?....omg....my pets have never seen anything like that stuff...lol

funny ****.

LOL she absolutely LOVES playing in the snow but she's
not a cold weather dog.  She gets cold and comes in and
lays right by the fireplace or cozies up to the heat vent.
She is soooo funny, cask.

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well she survived and that is amazing...

she probably thinks she is a person anyway...

Here she is playing with her toys out back, prancing around
on the snow.

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adorable...

As soon as she sees it snowing outside she whines
to go out.  She plays hard then sleeps like a baby.
She doesn't like to be out in the cold unless there is
snow to play in though.  My other dog loves being
out in the cold and tries to stay away from the fireplace
and the heating vents.  He hates hot weather.  They
look alike but they are completely opposite weather wise.

I think lucy will love swimming.  I can't wait to see her this
summer because she has never seen hot weather.  She was
born in September so it was already getting cold out, I mean
we had a few warm days but mostly winter since she's been
alive.  She will love the summer.

but relief is on the way apparently....

a storm coming....thank god...


http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/perth-braces-for-hot-stormy-weather/story-e6frg1rc-1225833073640


STORMY weather is forecast to hit Perth this week as the city continues to experience one of the hottest summers on record.

A deep trough is expected to bring storms on Wednesday and Thursday, as temperatures nudge 40C, the WA Bureau of Meteorology predicts.

The wet change will end Perth’s driest summer on record.

But bureau forecaster James Ashley says the storms are not likely to bring a huge amount of rain.

"It's hard to say with these things and I don't like to put a number on it but it's likely to be around five to 10mm," Mr Ashley said.

Widespread thundery showers hit the metropolitan area in January, but very little rainfall has been recorded at the bureau's Mt Lawley site since November 20, when just 0.6mm fell. 

The summer average rainfall is 35.1mm, since December just 0.2mm has fallen in the same city gauge.


Mr Ashley says the storms are most likely to hit Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon.

“Early Wednesday will be the most active period, but it’s certainly not going to be wild.  It’s a normal old thunderstorm,” Mr Ashley said.

“Thursday there is also the chance of a storm in the afternoon with a lot of heat and if there is enough moisture."
 

Forecast for the week
Tuesday      Sunny.                                 Min 21     Max 36
Wednesday    Storm risk.                            Min 24     Max 38
Thursday     Storm risk.                            Min 24     Max 39
Friday       Sunny.                                 Min 24     Max 37
Saturday     Sunny.                                 Min 24     Max 38
Sunday       Very hot. Sunny.                       Min 24     Max 41

Send water to Perth WA, we've had the driest spell on record....119 days without rain of any kind..

Here you go....

Red at night
 Sheppards delight

Meaning, another day of pretend clouds that no one will see a drop of moisture from


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Lovely photo!  Sunsets are awe inspiring.

Gives me tinglies just to watch the sunset
sometimes.

one of things I like about this time of year is the sunsets...

What a beautiful picture!

120 days....still no rain in Perth while the otherside of Australia rains its heart out..

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Our drought just ended with a big bang…..hail, 117 km wind gusts, lightening,  beautiful, beautiful rain….16,000 homes without power and domestic flights have been cancelled.

I tried to get shots of lightening but alas, its too quick for me…

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People probably don't know what its like to have a drought break and relief it brings....its also the biggest storm in a decade in Perth...hail was smashing car windows of commuters coming home from work

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and there is one more coming up...I just took it.

I saw one poor bastard riding his motorcycle through the traffic getting pelted with huge hail on the news....the news is still on and so we going to see more....ummm, problems...I was worried my new solar panel was going smash....the hail was so, so loud on the colourbond roof...

nitey nite little Perthites... you don't have to water tonight....

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Well I went outside to sit on my veranda which faces the storm but I have an old leather chesterfield lounge out there and some clear sheeting up to look at my out view and I was driven inside from the ferocity of it… anyway, its made the national news…..it went very dark when the huge cluster of clouds went over spitting out lightning and thunder and huge hail stones,… I ate one….lol...

Here is the flood damage JB…. You obviously don’t know what a flash flood means…lol

http://www.perthnow.com.au/

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100,000 without power and schools are closed..

another storm is coming...  Hail caused a lot of damage last night.....that is why I chose a tin roof instead of tiles... I see what happens to tile roofs in the E.S. when they get a hail storm....we got the total of 3 months worth of average rainfall, for this time of year, dumped on us in one hour... :giggle: It was awesome but scary at the same time..

I posted this picture # 59 in this thread earlier during the storm, inbetween being cut off the net...lol...you cannot get news fresher than that...lol


A website has now sprung..."I Survied Perth's Storm"....lol[/b]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102380966467567&ref=search&sid=738842138.1368081720..1 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102380966467567&ref=search&sid=738842138.1368081720..1)

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa-braces-for-severe-storm-hail/story-e6frg1rc-1225843883475 (http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa-braces-for-severe-storm-hail/story-e6frg1rc-1225843883475)

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Cask, you have the most beautiful
sunsets and scenery.  WOW.  I love
looking at your sky pics.  Just lovely.

It's warm out but a little cloudy.  I've
been sick for 3 days so I'm not enjoying
the weather.  This is my 3rd day in bed. 

Tornado warnings for this area again tonight.

The last tornado here was about 2 miles west of town 5 or 6 years ago - we're not a "tornado prone" area.

Let me know how it goes.

Tornado & severe storm warnings again - the sky is black & rumbling.

well our days have been sunny... the nights chilly and there was a bit of rain before daybreak today....

August is the shittiest month here... its so cold unless it rains... the rain is warm but when there is no rain, its just a nasty dry cold.

there weather isn't as predictable anywhere, anymore.

While Perth suffered the hottest, driest November on record, the East coast of Australia are in the grip of floods and the towns are evacuated….

Yesterday I had a BBQ at my sisters place and it was overcast and we were told it was going to rain… well, we got nothing. It’s very depressing to see rain type clouds just pass on by….

 A few moments ago, we go the tiniest sprinkle from a sky that is still overcast however, that sent the cockies into a frenzy and they tried to suck some moisture of the air…. There was about a hundred flying around and sitting on my roof but about 35 sitting on the neighbours aerial…. Its so cool having native birds buzzing around the suburbs but they have no choice. The surban sprawl is taking their habitat and they’re coming closer to Fremantle as the trees near me are large and established.

 ;D

You're just beginning the summer season and it's winter weather here although it's "officially" still autumn.

we go by the 1 of the month... the 1st of December is always the start of our summer.... 1st March is the start of Autumn.... 1 June is winter 1st September is spring.....that is how we divide it all up.

100.4 F for Perth Christmas Day

Heatwave tipped for Christmas Day in Perth

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SIZZLING: Perth beaches will be a popular option for thousands of families on Christmas Day with an expected maximum of 38C. Picture: Andrew MacColl Source: Herald Sun


IT'S going to be a white-hot Christmas Day in Perth as forecasters predict a heatwave, starting on Friday.
While Britain battles blizzards, metropolitan Perth can expect a hot and muggy 38C for Christmas Day and 36C for Boxing Day.

Bureau of Meteorology forecasters say the city's maximum average of 31.6C for Christmas Day will topple, but conditions won’t be anything like the record-breaking 2007 festive period, where families packed Perth beaches as Christmas Day nudged 41C, followed by 44.2C on Boxing Day.
Last year Christmas Day was a balmy 35C.

Bureau meteorologist Rabi Rivett said the hot spell will be caused by a ridge of high pressure, which causes air to sink and warm, currently developing in the south of the state.

“The rain today and over the next couple of days is associated with the tropical low that brought the rain to Carnarvon and that will disperse over the next couple of days,” Mr Rivett said.

“There will be a high in the south of the state by Wednesday and that is going to maintain off shore winds over the next few days.

“On Christmas Day it does look like it (the trough) will stay offshore for the morning and possibly for a good part of the afternoon. Even though it might go inland late in the afternoon we could still see very high temperatures for Perth.”

What's ahead
Today
Showers.
Max 24

Tuesday
Shower or two, mainly in the morning.
Max 29

I think think this article is wrong… it went over 100 F last year. It was hell.

Could be worse...

Now -1.0F/-18.4C here and expected to get colder tonight.

That is terrible.... when I have told you about us have 0 or -1 very rare but does happen.... that is really is 32 F..... so I cannot imagine anything lower than that...

I also note that when America is having extreme weather, so are we.... it must be related somehow....

its 35 C today... tomorrow is going to be a tad higher and then there are going to be 4 days of 40 C and that is way, way over 100F...

Cold here again this morning.

-2F now. 

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Bleak indeed...

its just gone New Year here...about 5 minutes ago...

so happy New Year to you...

so I guess you people avoid parties this time of year, huh?

Happy New Year!

When I was young the weather never stopped me & my friends from going out for New Years Eve.

There will be lots of people downtown tonight - many will go to Deadwood where there's legalized gambling.

(Hopefully they'll have rooms there or a designated driver to bring them back!)

Now that I am getting my camera settings on video I will take short ones... it only lets me take 80 second or 20 second of soundless tape.... of course, the 80 seconds is poorer quality...but you will get an impression on what its like walking out my front door in the late afternoon.... I will take one in the morning sun tomorrow, (if I remember) this is the first one... I was testing quality and seeing if photobucket would let me load... remember, this has poor quality... and going up to the front door from inside is no way as dark as this either...its very light but inside without the flash going, it appears dark in pictures.

Does clicking the picture work? Please let me know.

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here is the quality of a 20 second picture....

and finally you can see the sea breeze... I think I might have a bit of fun with these video contraptions....lol

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It's nearing -30 Celsius here. Oh how I dream of a hot sunny climate on a day such as...

No shortage of water, mind you... We never worry about that one.

My first youtube videos....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8tGBll2wCk&feature=BF&list=UL_1J9tKYIg4Y&index=1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhgHNRXTmBA

kewl!  I have some vids on my phone but I
gave up transferring them to youtube. 
I'm craving the beach!

I will make more now..

I have a youtube channel.

Does this work?

It was warm and humid today.... this was 7:30 in the morning...

http://www.youtube.com/user/caskur1?feature=mhum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrIgTFi9OOY

warm, breezy and late afternoon.... we might get some rain this weekend,...... pfft, MAYBE.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbv0A-SsiQ4

My cat


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YAuD3scPFc



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbaI7I2SNU

I love your yard, it makes me long so for summer. Here in Edmonton we've had the most snow fall recorded since 1971. Sheesh...

My front yard looks great.... its my backyard that is hell on earth..(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/undecided.gif)




the gruesome foursome  - the big bullies …lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy-eZ1XLMHg


White mother Bantam and her very large babies… they never stop mothering even when they’re so much larger than their adopted mother. Its amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-amqhp-W4MQ



The only thing I don’t like about the bantams is that they teach the babies to be timid of humans and chickens aren’t like that…. They love people…. I don’t know whether that is because we got a white bantam as an adult and a black one as well as an adult, or if their nature is like that anyway. I have only ever kept chickens, pekin ducks (also timid or wary of people) budgies and Cockatiels ….

The clouds that never bring rain....

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It was warm here the last couple of days and all of the snow on the roads have turned into an oatmeal type slush.
Everybody gets their vehicles stuck at least twice a day if they're driving at all. I was stranded between a stuck car and a stuck dump truck for around twenty minutes today...

hahaha, the only time we get stuck on the road is if we run out of petrol and that is against the law...

its beautiful here today... a litte breezy.... the breeze is called "the Fremantle Doctor"....

 wait til you see my latest videos...lol

I am waiting for youtube to hurry up and do maintenance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcG6n9tzDts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkRaeUmb4_o

today is hot, humid and uncomfortable.

but in this video, on top of that aerial is a magpie and a little Willie Wagtail came along and hasseled him off it... lol... it was obviously better to watch with your bare eyes that this but you get the idea..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2W6N2bk5DM

this is the crack of dawn yesterday with the cyclone bearing down on our west coast.... it caused death and havoc  5 hours drive north of me...listen to the birds waking/.... it was unbearably sticky and hot that day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqK5IzQJAI


This is Maria and I discussing the clouds...lol

check it out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3eul5tX9c

Cyclone Yasi - too late to evacuate...


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Cyclone Tracy, Christmas eve 1974 wiped Darwin off the map... that was Category 4 with an eye 15 kms wide. This one has an eye apparently more than twice the size...

the sad thing about Tracy was, no one knew for 3 days, an Australian capital city was gone.... they're all getting plenty of water and the South West corner of the continent where I live is in drought....   .....



and they call us "the Lucky country"..... winds expected over 300 kms (186+ miles per hour)




..."I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me!"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pn8JPv5XK0

21.5F here after a few more inches of snow today.

Winter storm warning for tomorrow.

How did that snow storm turn out spearfish?


today was lovely and very pretty at sunrise...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5Ex_PcdWs

56F here now and extremely windy.

There's a high wind warning for tomorrow.

we are enjoying yet another fine day...(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/cry.gif)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKkDOtJ8ESQ

Are **** vids allowed here?

Albertan winter videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkNs-tMeakk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHhGpN66sqk

lol, that was funny actually...

we had a fire in our street... I filmed the smoke over my house... I am loading it now...

your cracked windshield would be illegal in my state..... instant red sticker on the car and ordered off the road.

Thanks for the video!

(Or both of them)

Why would the windshield be illegal?  Mine has looked like that for a few years now.

Not enough to bother vision and it hasn't changed.

because they're revenue raising, money making scum bags... we're not allowed to have cracked windscreens.... its illegal... I didn't make the laws...

even ripped car seats is illegal...

we are an over-governed society....


anyway, this was the smoke from the fire with me getting peeved....lol I am always peeved when the Mister is around...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLKqI5eKZqI

^^^^^

a piece of real life.... where there is smoke, there is a house on fire.

The houses are close enough to each other there's always a chance the neighboring houses could catch fire, too, isn't there?

Yep.... they're cramming people in smaller lots because they want to stop the urban sprawl .... there is too much natural bush disappearing to new suburbs and they claim want that one minute but eventually they do bulldose the bush.... they keep eating into the bush.... we original habitants hate that.... so does the wildlife.

Small rock chips have a nasty tendency to turn into big cracks due to temperature contrasts our vehicles experience during the harsh winter months. And yes, my windshield is border line legal, but the cops let a lot slide until well into spring. They have no choice really.


Anytime... ;)


We as well. Maybe we could stand to learn something from all the going ons in the Middle East as in late...


I've noticed in your video series that your house is mostly brick, so you probably don't worry too much about fires, eh?

Hahahahaha, the reason, I have a double brick house now is a fire burned down the last one, 11 yrs ago.. Valentines day,.... so this fire in my street paniced the hell out of me.

It's 4F and snowing - looks like it will be a good day to stay inside for awhile.

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I wish more people would opt to stay inside here. All the new Canadians don't know their arse from a hole in the ground when it comes to driving in winter conditions. I always hope that our harsh winters will make them want to return to wherever the heck they came from. But unfortunately in most cases, it doesn't...

lol...that was funny and so, so true....'go bloody home'.... that is my motto too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZW3SXM6Pog

Wow! Grapes!

I had grapes in Wyoming but they were dark red and quite bitter - good for jelly with LOTS of sugar.

It's up to -5F after -6 earlier.  Supposed to start warming up after tomorrow.

Nah, these are as sweet as.... table grapes.... they also get made into raisins...


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Brekkie at my sister's place this morning...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkmWeLDZ5wo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH1jx04NbuA

It's sunny and 48F so far this morning!

After today the forecast is for rain and/or snow.

That sounds good to me...

the only thing I will miss about summer if the long daylight... this was our worst summer yet.

at least I have air condtioning now as I am richer and older... but when I was young and poorer, I had no such luxuries and when I think about it, no one did.

Heatwave all this week... I took this because of the colouring... I thought it was a pretty


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45gLiQXvYuQ



Abrupt end to Perth's Indian Summer
Alex Zadnik, Tuesday April 5, 2011 - 12:49 EST
Perth has just experienced a record breaking run of autumn heat but it's all going to come to an abrupt halt on Thursday.

March was the hottest on record for the city and we have recently broken a record of consecutive days above 30 degrees. Tuesday 5th April is expected to be the 16th consecutive day above 30 degrees, smashing the previous autumn record of 12 set in 1998.

Wednesday will be the last day of warmth for some time, with a strengthening cold front bringing an increase in cloud and wind as it approaches late in the day. Brisk southwest winds will sweep through Perth on Thursday morning with the front, bringing showers and the coldest conditions in around 4-5 months.

Rainfall totals will probably only reach 1-5mm across the city on Thursday but could exceed 10mm through coastal suburbs. Despite the small rainfall totals, the showers will be welcome, given there has been nothing in the official gauge since the 1st February.

Perth will struggle to reach the low 20's on Thursday, so it looks like being the coldest days since last spring. The wintry chill will come as quite a shock to the system, as there hasn't been a maximum below 25 degrees since January.

- Weatherzone

Sunsets 20 4 2011

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PERTH got a soaking today with more than 30mm of rain dumped on some parts of the city.

By 5pm, Perth had recorded 26mm, Bickley in the hills south-east of Perth received a drenching of 33.6mm, while Rottnest got 27.6mm, Swanbourne 27.2mm, and Jandakot 30mm.

The Bureau says showers and thunderstorms would continue around the Perth area into this evening, but the heaviest rain had passed.

A thick band of thunderstorms throughout the day made driving conditions treacherous, but a Road Weather Alert that was issued had been cancelled.

A heavy cluster of thundery showers, clearly visible on the Bureau of Meteorology radar, hit the city around midday and dumped heavy showers for several hours.

The downpour prevented any play in the crucial Sheffield Shield match between WA and Queensland, which was due to start today at the WACA.



The SouthWest, Midwest, Central Wheatbelt and the Great Southern also received showers.

Adventure World closed

The inclement weather also brought an early closure at Adventure World in Bibra Lake.

The company announced on its website: "OK, OK enough's enough weather! We are officially going to close the park for the rest of today due to the proximity of lightning.

"If you are a season pass member of know anyone who was thinking of coming this afternoon, please pass the word on. Tomorrow's weather is looking hot and sticky so we look forward to seeing you all for a refreshing day out from 10am!"

Forecast for Friday
Min 18
Max 30
Chance of an early storm.

Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms contracting to the hills during the morning and clearing during the afternoon. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h.


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Weather seems to be indifferent in last few years and I am really worried about weather this year.

Where and why?

But yesterday'sunset was pretty... The lightning show didn't reach me yesterday... Sob... Please, won't someone make it rain here?

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This is what 3rd Rail Nongs said about my last sunset...(https://cdn.smfboards.com/Smileys/smf/grin.gif)


Cookie Mobster reckons - “Wow thanks for that ive never seen a sunset before, you know it could be good enough for amatuer photograph competitions....if there are not to many entries...and they are all s hit........like yours.”

NSFW reckons- “He wasn't saying it about the swamp, he was saying it about your photography, stupid. And he's right; your photoshopped offering is unremarkble and mundane - and we can say this because in the forum description it clearly states we can rate the offerings here.

Do better, d ickhead. I expect nothing less than award winning photography from someone of your advanced dotage, you're supposed to improve with age.”

I never said anything about the sunset being “remarkable” In fact, it indeed was most decidedly unremarkable but it was the fist sign of a approaching electrical storm. I turned it into something more than it was by removing some ugly pieces of the neighbours TV aerials, saturating the colour a little and adding the swamp. Meanwhile, that storm did in fact, electrocute 5 people, one sadly is going to die when they turn off the life support.


http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/german-backpacker-stefanie-wiedenroth-critical-in-hospital-after-lightning-strike/story-fnhocxo3-1226862208636


German backpacker Stefanie Wiedenroth critical in hospital after lightning strike


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A YOUNG German backpacker remains in a critical condition she was struck by a freak lightning strike in rural WA on Friday.

Stefanie Wiedenroth was working for a sheep crutching contractor at Muntadgin near Bruce Rock when she was hit just before 9am.

The 22-year-old’s employer Darren Major said he was standing about 25m away from Ms Wiedenroth went down.

“We were getting ready to work and Stefanie was walking around in a paddock getting ready,” he said.

“Right above us it was basically blue skies but just off to the west of us there were clouds brewing but nothing to be concerned about; it was basically just a normal day.

“It was just a freak lightning strike, that’s the only way I can describe it.”

Mr Major said four other people standing close to Ms Wiedenroth at the time the lightning hit were also thrown to the ground but weren’t seriously injured.

“I was next to a truck and a spark jumped from the truck to my side, about a two to three inch spark,” he said.

“I didn’t get pushed over but it certainly made me jump.

“This morning it felt like I’ve woken up after a game of football; the right side of my ribs are sore and it just feels like somebody has punched me in the back of the head on the left hand side.”

Workers performed CPR on Ms Wiedenroth for about six minutes while Mr Major called for help.

They then drove her to Bruce Rock Hospital and she was later flown to Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Shortly after Ms Wiedenroth was hit, Merredin local Ryan Ash photographed the imposing storm in the region.

It is believed this is Ms Wiedenroth’s second solo backpacking trip to Australia and her second trip to Muntadgin in the WA Wheatbelt.

Mr Major said Ms Wiedenroth had many friends in the tight-knit community and was well-liked.

“She’s full of energy, really enjoyed the country lifestyle. She said it was a totally different experience from Germany,” he said.

“We just hope that she pulls through and makes a recovery from this but at this stage I’m not too sure.”

It is believed Ms Wiedenroth’s family are flying into Perth from Germany tomorrow.

Still hot and dry here… with a hint of a rain promise to come… maybe. It’s quite stressful, some rain fell north of Perth but missed us. Someone must be getting our rain somewhere cuz we’re sure as hell aren’t getting any.


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Another unremarkable sunset at Fremantle tonight!

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Well, what do you do on a Good Friday? Have a Barbie down under the Old Traffic Bridge in Freo of course... No wind which was great but again, an unexciting Sunset...

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