So How About the Weather....
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nanoboy
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Snow seems so magical. I don't think it has snowed in Melbourne since Europeans arrived. Maybe it snowed during the ice age and the aborigines have stories about it, but with global warming it is fair to say that no one alive today will ever see snow in Federation Square in their lifetime.
zooboy28
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I was wondering if anyone would get that 
That video is blocked for me.
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zooboy28
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That video is blocked for me.
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Seriously? Dunno why. Just watch the whole movie.
We had Tornadoes near here yesterday. They traveled along the Murray river for about 80km and by the damage it looks like there were at least 2 down at a time. Almost wiped out Koonoomoo, then 2 passed through Barooga, then on to Mulwala where one went through a caravan park. The storm then moved to Rutherglen and did some more distruction.
Here is one videoed between Booroga and Mulwala.
Dramatic video: Up close with Victoria?s tornado - Yahoo!7 News
Here is one videoed between Booroga and Mulwala.
Dramatic video: Up close with Victoria?s tornado - Yahoo!7 News
Pootle
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Koonoomoo !! That's the best Aussie place name I have ever heard!
Here in the UK we have had a very unseasonal falling of snow across just about all of the UK bar a few places. Spring should have 'started' here, but as yet due to the particularly cold March we have had it’s still wintery.
Here in the UK we have had a very unseasonal falling of snow across just about all of the UK bar a few places. Spring should have 'started' here, but as yet due to the particularly cold March we have had it’s still wintery.
Koonoomoo is not very big and the only thing which survived unscathed was the giant strawberry.
We are leaving a glaciation still, its normal over earths history even post KT to be warmer than it is now.
March has been unseasonably cold so far, we have delayed all planting (not that we row crop just gardens and flowers)
March has been unseasonably cold so far, we have delayed all planting (not that we row crop just gardens and flowers)
It actually hit 2 caravan parks in Mulwala. Lake Mulwala is surrounded by caravan parks though. One on the northern edge of town was just clipped by the edge, but another 5km out of town was really thumped, and I can not believe nobody was killed.
The closest call I have heard was someone on a farm who ran from his ute into his shed as the storm hit. The shed was demolished around him and he ran back to his ute. The tornado then tipped his ute on its side and smashed it against a power pole. I believe he was not even seriously hurt.
The closest call I have heard was someone on a farm who ran from his ute into his shed as the storm hit. The shed was demolished around him and he ran back to his ute. The tornado then tipped his ute on its side and smashed it against a power pole. I believe he was not even seriously hurt.
It has snowed again here in the south east of the UK most unusual for the time of year we had about 6 cm + yesterday it is rather wet though and hopefully won't last long.
It isn't so unusual that the UK has snow at this time of year what makes this winter so different is it has been so wide spread and hung around for ages.
we are about 10degrees down on the average temps for March and so far it is the coldest March for 50 years. I enclose a photo of yesterday and todaty with the Newspapers headline saying it all.
It isn't so unusual that the UK has snow at this time of year what makes this winter so different is it has been so wide spread and hung around for ages.
we are about 10degrees down on the average temps for March and so far it is the coldest March for 50 years. I enclose a photo of yesterday and todaty with the Newspapers headline saying it all.
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Same thing Dean with us in Alabama. Alabama isn't Hawaii but we are subtropical and this long (though relatively mild while it was winter) won't go away stuff is killing me. Should not be 40s on spring break in Alabama. Thats why we have retreated south to the I75 corridor in Florida for the week.
Lucky you! Here in Switzerland, the winter has returned too and there is no escape of cold temperatures and snow (I hate it and I guess, I'm simply not made for this). And the most worst thing is: We have booked a hotel in Munich, Germany, for an extended Easter Weekend (Tierpark Munich and Zoo Augsburg) and the weather forecast says "rain and only 8 degrees Celsius" for more or less the hole trip.....
Pootle
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I like the cold, there is nothing better than an early morning walk in the frosty countryside for me. I was merrily chopping logs yesterday at 3 degrees Celsius in a tee-shirt in the back garden. However on the flip side, when the temp gets much above 22 Celsius I am not too keen as I find that hot. In the animal world, I think I would have made for a good polar bear.
Oh yes, the British! Everything above 15 degrees Celsius is "bl..dy" hot for you guys. And when there is no rain, you feel uncomfortable, isn't it?...
(I'm kidding).
Pootle
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Oh yes, the British! Everything above 15 degrees Celsius is "bl..dy" hot for you guys. And when there is no rain, you feel uncomfortable, isn't it?...
Pretty much nail on the head! 15 degrees Celsius is great for a BBQ
. It rained so much in NW England last year that many crops have failed with water logged fields and the water table is right up, so a few dry months won't go a miss.