[SOC] Wanna warm up?

[Todd Butler]

Ian C. Purdie wrote:

>Want to swap conditions?
>
>ANOTHER HOT ONE TODAY BUT RELIEF IS ON THE WAY
>By Daniel Dasey
>February 22, 2004
>The Sun-Herald
>
>Power consumption climbed to record levels and tens of thousands of people
>crowded city beaches as heatwave conditions continued to grip Sydney
>yesterday...
>
>...Mr Gage said the ridge heated the air over central Australia and north-west
>winds had carried the conditions across NSW. He said Ivanhoe in the state's far
>west had recorded NSW's hottest February temperature, 48.5 degrees, on February
>15...
>
>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/21/1077072890965.html
>
>Actually locally it wasn't too bad, by lunch time we had south easterly sea
>breezes AND no high humidity which is the real killer.
>
>Thank god there were no bush fires, in those temperature conditions it would be
>totally catastrophic.
>
A number of Americans (about half) would like to see "Bush  Fired" and 
expect a change in about nine months!  Hopefully the last of (too much) 
snow will melt before then.   A temperature of 43 degrees (6 degrees 
Celsius) in central Iowa, and our snow pack continues to melt.

73,    Todd     N0NCL     SOC  # 533
Urbandale, Iowa USA