On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 12:24 -0800, Brian Hawkins wrote:
> it doesn't often get as hot here as it does in Melbourne or Narrabri.
I have been thinking about this, the way it can get to 50 degrees C in
the Mid East or the USA dessert regions and people don't see that
bothered. Whereas here, this morning the thermometer only said a mild 30
degrees C and I had to retreat indoors away from the sun.
My younger brother, having sold up the farm and doing the grey nomad
motor-home trip around Aust is currently in Tasmania and said that the
sun is so violent you can't go out into it that far south... and this is
Tasmania, like snow and cold.
It is to do with the hole in the ozone layer over the south pole. The
heatwave here in late spring burnt leaves off hardy drought tolerant
scrubs in my garden. Even my marijuana plant keeled over and died. So
basically, I am far enough south to be exposed to life threatening
sunlight, whereas this is not the case in the Mid East or USA.
Does this sound right? Chris Jones.
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