I flew out of 28-degree Johannesburg yesterday to 1-degree London this morning. My body has had the biggest shock of its little life. It is so cold in London today that I couldn't talk properly when I got into work (i think my tongue had frozen up a bit ... probably a relief for most of my collegues). And it's so surreal - yesterday I was swimming with my family in sunny SA!
I live 1/2 an hour from the location of the Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria last year.
Since that event we now have a new category of Fire Danger - Catastrophic has been added, above Severe and Extreme.
We have already had our first Catastrophic fire warning of the season. It was 43 deg. C here in Melbourne the other day, but higher in other parts of the country.
Stay cool, and I hope there are no fires that break out there today.
I work in Paarl - it is 44 outside!
Posted by: Tripsmom | 13 January 2010 at 04:18 PM
I flew out of 28-degree Johannesburg yesterday to 1-degree London this morning. My body has had the biggest shock of its little life. It is so cold in London today that I couldn't talk properly when I got into work (i think my tongue had frozen up a bit ... probably a relief for most of my collegues). And it's so surreal - yesterday I was swimming with my family in sunny SA!
Posted by: Nicola | 13 January 2010 at 05:32 PM
Better make the most of it cos Thursdays weather doesn't look so good.
Posted by: Kim | 13 January 2010 at 08:25 PM
I'm so jealous! I'm looking at the 6 inches of snow our in our garden that won't melt because it's so cold! (Germany) Enjoy Summer!
Posted by: Heidi | 13 January 2010 at 11:23 PM
Suggest you get in pool and do not get out. Tell Marko he is your personal slave today and is to bring you bits of food and drink as required.
Or you could go to work.
*sigh*
Bec
PS We have passed our scorching weather onto you guys, we have a beautiful drizzly day today.
Posted by: Bec (and Charlotte) | 13 January 2010 at 11:31 PM
I live 1/2 an hour from the location of the Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria last year.
Since that event we now have a new category of Fire Danger - Catastrophic has been added, above Severe and Extreme.
We have already had our first Catastrophic fire warning of the season. It was 43 deg. C here in Melbourne the other day, but higher in other parts of the country.
Stay cool, and I hope there are no fires that break out there today.
Posted by: Claire - Matching Pegs | 14 January 2010 at 12:31 AM
Hey Claire (above) - Wasn't the other night of 36.7 at 11pm a killer? I had the aircon on for 48 hours straight! ergh!
I live at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges so we are all on guard. Hopefully it will be an uneventful Summer this year?
Posted by: Tanya | 14 January 2010 at 03:00 AM