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"Heavy winds struck south-east Australia over the weekend as a series of cold
fronts moved across the continent. It followed a high fire danger in Sydney and
other parts of New South Wales last week, and a fire in south-west Sydney that
threatened homes.
The severe weather rounds out a weird winter across Australia. The nation’s
hottest ever winter temperature was recorded when Yampi Sound in Western
Australia reached 41.6C on Tuesday. Elsewhere across Australia, winter
temperatures have been way above average.
We can look to the positives: spring flowers are blooming early, and people
have donned t-shirts and hit the beach. But there’s a frightening undercurrent
to this weather.
Earth’s climate has become dangerously unstable, and it’s only a matter of time
before we get the bad combination of hot and dry weather, strong winds and a
spark. None of this should come as a surprise. The sooner we stop expecting
Australia’s weather to be “normal”, the sooner we can prepare for life in a
wild climate."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
