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So, you may have heard that we're on fire down here.

It's not so bad in the cities, although the news is taking a toll on all of us as we grieve people, animals, livings, and our environment.

This is this evening:

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Expandbushfire, skyfire )
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Weird light today, and horrible to know it's because Australia's burning. The sky's mustardy orange and it's way darker than it should be even in overcast weather - it's only 2.30pm but I need the lights on inside. The smoke's blown across the Tasman to cause the yellowish haze here. I'm worried about my friends in Aussie, but so far they haven't had to evacuate. Hope you're okay, @tielan. It's 19 degrees C here and dead still, like the calm before a storm, but that's probably from the smoke.

NZ bush in a mustardy orange light.

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tielan: brown chicken looking at camera, white chicken in profile (garden 01 - pumpkin vine)
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Red before bed, how's your head?

Hazy smoke blowing in from the north and north-west of NSW means terrible air quality but gorgeous sunsets.

November 2019


On the other hand, it looks nicely grey this morning which means I won't be working in the full sun at a friend's working bee today. I'll take it!
tielan: brown chicken looking at camera, white chicken in profile (garden 01 - pumpkin vine)
[personal profile] tielan
There's a joke that goes:

Australia; the only country on Earth where the second-lowest fire danger is classified as 'HIGH'.

Ten days ago, Sydney had it's first day under a 'CATASTROPHIC' fire danger rating (LOW-MODERATE, HIGH, VERY HIGH, SEVERE, EXTREME, CATASTROPHIC).

This is what the world looked like around 5pm that day, with smoke from the fires up north, and the city hushed in uncertainty:

Weather


Ten days later, while sections of NSW are still quite very much on fire, and parts of Victoria have caught fire, Sydney has had a cool change come through.

There's a little bit of rain - not even enough to fill the small water tank, though.

Expandtoday's weather in contrast )

The cooler weather should be sticking around Sydney for a week (where 'cooler' right now means 23-33C, yes, I know) with intermittent showers. It's not the steady rain we need, but we'll take it over CATASTROPHIC fire days anytime!

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