No bloody wonder it's impossible to acclimatize. My poor old body is doing it's best but a combination of these massive temperature variations and age do make these very hot spells a trial nowadays.
In future I think it's a case of ensure all is organised beforehand and then spend the afternoon/evening in the caravan with the AC running.
I've lived in hot countries and it takes a month or two to get used to a regular 40C+ but once you do all is OK. However three days of 40C and then 18C is not good.
Edit: 2pm, now down to 15C.
-- Edited by Mike Harding on Wednesday 28th of December 2022 02:07:58 PM
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Haha Mike Harding, just listen to the climate bangers, it's just climate change, NOT.
I keep telling all the sprucers, it's history repeating itself. But like you as we get a little older the body just doesn't change as quick as it used to to accept the sudden temps
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Mike, my Victorian relatives tell me it's too hot up here in Townsville!!
At least (mostly) what it's like today was the same as yesterday & will be the same tomorrow!
Yes, we had 15 years at Ceduna feeling the fronts coming through, wishing for cool weather after a bout of the heat (up to the high 30s, low to mid 40s) - only to see 20 degrees the next day!
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No bloody wonder it's impossible to acclimatize. My poor old body is doing it's best but a combination of these massive temperature variations and age do make these very hot spells a trial nowadays.
In future I think it's a case of ensure all is organised beforehand and then spend the afternoon/evening in the caravan with the AC running.
I've lived in hot countries and it takes a month or two to get used to a regular 40C+ but once you do all is OK. However three days of 40C and then 18C is not good.
Edit: 2pm, now down to 15C.
-- Edited by Mike Harding on Wednesday 28th of December 2022 02:07:58 PM
Another edit at 4pm might say that it's raining like at the cricket.
Beautiful day here in Brisvegas .. 27 with a cooling breeze.
No bloody wonder it's impossible to acclimatize. My poor old body is doing it's best but a combination of these massive temperature variations and age do make these very hot spells a trial nowadays.
In future I think it's a case of ensure all is organised beforehand and then spend the afternoon/evening in the caravan with the AC running.
I've lived in hot countries and it takes a month or two to get used to a regular 40C+ but once you do all is OK. However three days of 40C and then 18C is not good.
Edit: 2pm, now down to 15C.
-- Edited by Mike Harding on Wednesday 28th of December 2022 02:07:58 PM
Now aint that the truth Mike. Christmas day at 7.00pm the house air con decided to pack it in. We sweltered all night and dreaded Boxing day as we thought that it would be impossible to get it fixed that day.
Looked at Google Boxing day morning and found a company that is open 365 days a year, (Metropolitan Air) . Had to wait until 4pm but all was fixed by a couple of very cheerful lads. I cannot handle the heat these days, so I know exactly how you feel. Good old Melbourne 15deg one day and 35deg the next.
Never mind, it is still the best place to live.
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Similar weather here in Adelaide, 38° Tues, 22° yesterday, 24° predicted for today, my feeling is a big temp drop following a scorcher gives a bit of respite, a chance to recover.
Hot days we get the major chores out of the way early on or later in the PM, take it easy during the hotter hours, evening? we sit outside and enjoy a gin and tonic or a glass of wine with predinner savories and music, all very civilised.
Climate change? nope, I've experienced similar patterns numerous times over my many years, it's called weather.
Dorothea Mackellar famously wrote in the early 1900's
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains
Of ragged mountain ranges
Of droughts and flooding rains
She was right, nothing has changed.
Flannery told us a while back that it was never gonna rain again, we were doomed, in 2007 he said said, so even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and river systems tell that to the folk living along the Murray now.
Speaking of Flannery, he seems to have gone very quiet of late.
For the 12 years of our retirement we've always stayed home for the whole of the Summer months. At least when it gets hot we get a nice afternoon sea breeze & we can always go for a dip in the bay at a nearby quiet cove away from the masses.
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