Yep. It is hard. I used to work for Hammersly about 25 years ago. And shifts were 12 hour shifts, as usual in mining industry. :fire:Jeff said:I remember being there this time last year- 2 weeks out of winter and it was 38c by 8:30!!! God knows how hot it was by 3pm in the creek bed with the rock radiating back at you? I didnt last long after that, getting hotter every week. Just stupefying heat. No air con in the old 4by, no trees for shade....had to bail and leave gold behind.
But Jesus, imagine the peak of summer! And theres active mines out there! People working through it. Open cut jobbies. :fire: :fire: :8
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That's a bit toooo hot for me.
nice 'n comfy hey Nanjim ?
saves on your gas bill .... just chuck the breakfast bacon & eggs on the bonnet
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saves on your gas bill .... just chuck the breakfast bacon & eggs on the bonnet
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I'll take that every day of the week if the pay packet is equal to the weekly total (minimums + maximums added together) other than that you can have it :N: Nothing wrong with cold weather so long as the wind is blowing a gale, just as difficult as the hot weather. At least in the cooler weather you can get warm easier than trying to cool off in the extreme heat.
other than that you can have it :N: Nothing wrong with cold weather so long as the wind is blowing a gale, just as difficult as the hot weather. At least in the cooler weather you can get warm easier than trying to cool off in the extreme heat.
41C at home today my wife tells me. Glad for electricity to run the air conditioning.
Mackka
Mackka
Got to 35 in the shade out front -hot enough in Brissy.
Frankdonovan121
Francis Donovan
40 degrees today around leinster and the week will end on 42 degrees. The bag of ice turns to steam before it hits the lip of my esky.
shakergt
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This should sort out the fires near Norseman and Balladonia. Merry Christmas WA
Great news shakergt!....we got about 10-15mls last night here in Shellharbour...the two fires south of us...Currawan and Jervis Bay would have gotten a bit of that lot as well...I'd say...The big one,west of us around Warragamba and Nattai I doubt whether they would have got much at all oop: We sorely need some good rain eh!
oop: We sorely need some good rain eh!madtuna
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We got 4mm which brings our total to 57mm for the year
Unfortunately it was in a wicked lightning storm and now I have 4 fires on the station that I know of.
Luckily most are in the spinifex so burn out reasonably quickly like this one...
But there's one ripping through the mulga and spinifex not far from here that's a bit of a concern and has a decent front on it tonight. Hopefully it will hit a patch of nothing and fizzle.
Unfortunately it was in a wicked lightning storm and now I have 4 fires on the station that I know of.
Luckily most are in the spinifex so burn out reasonably quickly like this one...
But there's one ripping through the mulga and spinifex not far from here that's a bit of a concern and has a decent front on it tonight. Hopefully it will hit a patch of nothing and fizzle.
Stay safe Steve
Mackka
Mackka
Brings back memories around Nullagine, OOPS! our campfire got away. Spini ash blown away overnight, look at this beuty that was hiding! :goldnugget:
Hi Steve, just got this from the Sentinal site. I think that time shot was before your photo.
That looks to be the closest to you according to the satellite. :fire:
Cheers
Doug
That looks to be the closest to you according to the satellite. :fire:
Cheers
Doug
hope everything is ok out there this morning MT
give us an update when you can
give us an update when you can
madtuna
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Thanks Doug, have been looking at that site but a lot is not showing up on it.
Fire got to about 3klms away then the wind changed direction during the night
Have just been out with the local fire chief and the boys from the spy base. It burnt right up to their radar array and then right across to the salt lakes and onto Nambi station. It's now following the lake edge and across Nambi.
There is a smaller one still burning not far from the homestead up the north track but it's contained to the spinifex and should burn itself out.
Fire got to about 3klms away then the wind changed direction during the night
Have just been out with the local fire chief and the boys from the spy base. It burnt right up to their radar array and then right across to the salt lakes and onto Nambi station. It's now following the lake edge and across Nambi.
There is a smaller one still burning not far from the homestead up the north track but it's contained to the spinifex and should burn itself out.
madtuna
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Sent the drone up for a peek, crappy vid and no sound sorry. Just wanted to see how far it's gone.
[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQ_bSbIT8U[/video]
edit: about half a klm up the track to the right you can see the remains of one of our old graders we lost when the last fire went through
[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQ_bSbIT8U[/video]
edit: about half a klm up the track to the right you can see the remains of one of our old graders we lost when the last fire went through
shakergt
Moderating Team
Let's hope this is the first of many to being the much needed rain
