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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by GabrielJBuckley » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:48 am

JimC wrote:The morning was much less windy than I thought it would be, but during the last few hours it has been very windy in the eastern suburbs. Won't be sure about the fire news till after the news tonight - I'll post here later when I have more info.
The wind is up, but only half the predicted ferocity, the temperature is roughly eight degrees less than predicted, relative humidity is double what was predicted and we've had a bit more rain than the none they predicted. On the fire side of things, nothing to report, the CFA incident list is pretty normal for this time of year.
JimC wrote:PS - Gabriel, we hear that the Yarra Valley vineyards and cafes are suffering from reduced trade, so we are planning to pop out there next monday (which is a public holiday), buy a bottle or two and have lunch. I imagine they would be open on public holidays?
I'm sure they will be. If you haven't tried it already, might I suggest Bulong Estate, out the back of Yarra Junction.
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Psi Wavefunction » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:52 am

Good luck, my Aussie friends! :hugs:

Perhaps you'd like some of our soggy Vancouver weather for a bit? Although it's a bit drier (and colder) than usual here too... February was actually bearable this year!


California has had the third dry winter in a row. Apparently they've declared a water shortage emergency recently... this summer might be baaaaad... :worried: Last summer was bad enough already -- a couple small grassfires in the coastal town my parents live in even... grassfires are not supposed to happen on the San Francisco coast!!! And then either last summer and/or the one before it was some nasty fires in the south...



Speaking of strange weather, when I was in Russia in 2002, they had some severe peat and forest fires there. Was dry, Moscow's reservoir levels were the lowest since a big drought in the 70's... meanwhile, central Europe was under a couple metres of water in places :what:

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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by JimC » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:45 am

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JimC wrote:The morning was much less windy than I thought it would be, but during the last few hours it has been very windy in the eastern suburbs. Won't be sure about the fire news till after the news tonight - I'll post here later when I have more info.
The wind is up, but only half the predicted ferocity, the temperature is roughly eight degrees less than predicted, relative humidity is double what was predicted and we've had a bit more rain than the none they predicted. On the fire side of things, nothing to report, the CFA incident list is pretty normal for this time of year.
JimC wrote:PS - Gabriel, we hear that the Yarra Valley vineyards and cafes are suffering from reduced trade, so we are planning to pop out there next monday (which is a public holiday), buy a bottle or two and have lunch. I imagine they would be open on public holidays?
I'm sure they will be. If you haven't tried it already, might I suggest Bulong Estate, out the back of Yarra Junction.
Thanks, mate, I'll give them a tinkle to see if they're open monday...

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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by GabrielJBuckley » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:10 am

It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Pappa » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:48 am

GabrielJBuckley wrote:It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
Yay! That is wonderful to hear! :mrgreen:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by GabrielJBuckley » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:50 am

I've been standing in it. I'm soaked through, there are puddles! I haven't seen a puddle in months.
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Millie » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:51 am

Pappa wrote:
GabrielJBuckley wrote:It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
Yay! That is wonderful to hear! :mrgreen:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by JimC » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:00 am

GabrielJBuckley wrote:It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
I've been watching on the radar, coming down from the north-west! :tup:

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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by charlou » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:01 am

GabrielJBuckley wrote:It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
:woot: :woot: :woot:

This is the happiest I've ever seen you, Gabe. :mrgreen:

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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Faithfree » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:11 pm

GabrielJBuckley wrote:It's raining. Sweet bucketfuls of driving, joyous rain!

:singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain: :singinrain:
Woot! :woot: :cheers: :td:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by GabrielJBuckley » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:53 pm

Yep, close to an inch of rain overnight. Fire crews are scaling back their operations (have a good rest fellas, you've earned it) and will monitor the burnt area for any hot spots over the next week but, aside from that, it's over.

Even better is that the rain has washed the patina of dust and ash off everything and the world is in colour again.

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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by JimC » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:19 pm

We dodged a bullet yesterday, alright... :tup:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Existentialist1844 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:44 am

Be safe Jim! :hugs:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:05 am

Great news you guys! I hope it pisses it down for weeks! :tup:
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Re: Scary day tomorrow

Post by cowiz » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:28 am

Glad you're all safe.

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