They got sharks in that water. A girl having her time might reconsider jumping in. Urned alive or eaten by a shark? Crikey what to do?
No comment on the global warming hytsteria, but damn, this would be terrifying
Reports like this made me wonder exactly how hot 40 deg. C actually is- and I looked on my thermometer to get a conversion, and I was blown away- 40 C is 104 F. SMOKING!
Ping
37 degrees Centigrade is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of blood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Years_Before_the_Mast
Here is an excerpt from the book:
In the middle of this crescent, directly opposite the anchoring ground, lie the Mission and town of Santa Barbara, on a low plain, but little above the level of the sea, covered with grass, though entirely without trees, and surrounded on three sides by an amphitheatre of mountains, which slant off to the distance of fifteen or twenty miles. The Mission stands a little back of the town, and is a large building, or rather collection of buildings, in the centre of which is a high tower, with a belfry of five bells. The whole, being plastered, makes quite a show at a distance, and is the mark by which vessels come to anchor. The town lies a little nearer to the beach,-- about half a mile from it,-- and is composed of one-story houses built of sun-baked clay, or adobe, some of them whitewashed, with red tiles on the roofs. I should judge that there were about a hundred of them; and in the midst of them stands the Presidio, or fort, built of the same materials, and apparently but little stronger. The town is finely situated, with a bay in front, and an amphitheatre of hills behind. The only thing which diminishes its beauty is, that the hills have no large trees upon them, they having been all burnt by a great fire which swept them off about a dozen years ago, and they had not yet grown again. The fire was described to me by an inhabitant, as having been a very terrible and magnificent sight. The air of the whole valley was so heated that the people were obliged to leave the town and take up their quarters for several days upon the beach.This great fire happened sometime between 1822 and 1824, so not caused by Man Made Global Warming.
Winter is our normal dry/fire season in Florida but this year we’ve been soaked so often that getting a fire going is no easy thing. It’s been too wet to mow all year so plant growth has been phenomenal.
First year I moved here it was after a long drought and there were fires all over. The stench was so thick it was hard to stand, except when the sea breeze drove it off.
These folks on the beach there should be OK if the beaches are as free of trees as ours. That doesn’t mean the stench and embers won’t reach them but they should be able to round up enough boats to get everyone clear.
Time to call in the Australian Navy to evacuate people.
Not exactly “trapped” on the beach are they? How does a fire set a trap? Must be a smart fire.
Not exactly “trapped” on the beach are they? How does a fire set a trap? Must be a smart fire.
Australia is basically a vast continental-sized desert with a fringe of coastal areas kept supplied with fresh water by gradually depleting aquifers.