Its soo Hot here

Originally posted by edgewaters Originally posted by Sparten Incidentally, there is a way to deal with the heat and cold as well, wear loose and thin clothes, stay in the shade and drink lots of water. That helps, but not that much. You'll still be hot. With enough layers and the right clothes, you can overheat and be pouring sweat even if it's -20 degrees out. So I still say that the cold is alot easier to mitigate than the heat.

He is from Pakistan 

Amazing wheather in Australia.

Originally posted by edgewaters I can imagine if you live somewhere that has a dry heat, it could be preferable to the cold. And actually, the worst kind of cold is wet cold, where it's cold enough to be unpleasant but not cold enough to freeze water vapour or stop it from raining. In that sense, 2-6 degrees can be alot more unpleasant than -20 under the right conditions.

Yeah a good point actually.
I meant a wet cold, if we have a dry cold with sunshine(-6 to 8 or something) its actually really lovely. I also meant a dry heat, like we have now.

Incidentally I spent all morning at the Multicultural festival in the city. So I've had a good deal of walking around in the heat today.

Well, I've worn loose fitting clothes, sat in the shade, and drank lots of water and it's no silver bullet.

Sitting under a deep shade from a European tree is totally lovely though. Its often better than airconditioners.

Besides, you're from the UK, so your opinion is questionable. "Mad dogs and Englishmen" and all that. Britons pride themselves on having a mental disorder that prevents them from registering the effects of extreme temperatures.

, Funniest thing I have read all day.

Originally posted by Sparten And edgewaters, don't get me started on UK citizens perceptions of weather extremes. 6 inches of snow and everything went to hell here this week. -5; BIG FREEZE according to tha tabloids. 30 C is a heatwave.

Edited by Styrbiorn - 07-Feb-2009 at 11:07

As long as I have heated shelter I prefer extreme cold over extreme heat. Extreme heat is less dangerous, true, but extreme cold is cleaner; it doesn't make you sweat, it doesn't allow all sorts of disgusting organisms like bugs, fungus and bacteria to breed and multiply and it makes people stay indoors rather than run around causing trouble. The sterile, dead silence of a harsh winter is something I savour. 

If you guys are trying to hike in 35 C weather I think I can see why you have problems handling the heat.

Last night we went out clubbing. It was fan-tabulous. Before that a girl at the pre-party was checking through her friends' facebook pictures in her home town (which has been subjected to extreme bush fire offensives). The local petrol station had been hit and it exploded, destroying the surrounding two blocs of buildings including a school. One picture after another illustrated the destroyed homes, vehicles, livestock and lives in a way words never could. She was bawling her eyes out.

At the club it got worse, a friend of mine just found out his entire stock of memorabilia from his youth had been turned to ashes when the home he was born in was engulfed in flames. All his photos, sports trophies, school reports - everything all turned to black waste.

its worse than ash Wednesday 85 dead and counting, the fires are not out, over 200,000 ha burnt so far.



aftermath








he entire town of Marysville in the Yarra Valley has been wiped out
these things get hired every season





you need to be as fast as this to get out with singed fur

Originally posted by Constantine XI Last night we went out clubbing. It was fan-tabulous. Before that a girl at the pre-party was checking through her friends' facebook pictures in her home town (which has been subjected to extreme bush fire offensives). The local petrol station had been hit and it exploded, destroying the surrounding two blocs of buildings including a school. One picture after another illustrated the destroyed homes, vehicles, livestock and lives in a way words never could. She was bawling her eyes out. At the club it got worse, a friend of mine just found out his entire stock of memorabilia from his youth had been turned to ashes when the home he was born in was engulfed in flames. All his photos, sports trophies, school reports - everything all turned to black waste.

Being a person who's always felt almost as sentimental about places and things as I do about people, this sounds like a nightmare.