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Monday 30th 41-45F, rather breezy but the sky is breaking up. Some sunny periods promised but they've had it wrong far too many times now. I'm suffering from frequent nose bleeds in both nostrils. I have run out of Christmas chocolates so that may well be the cure.
The sky was clearly divided into two layers. With a dark, lower layer moving fast and thinning. Blue skies above with only a little cloud looked promising. Until a new layer of low cloud arrived and completely obscured the blue. Lots more small birds moving about today. Three ducks too.
Late morning ride to the shops with a cold crosswind going both ways. Only brief glimpses of sunshine. Shops very busy after Christmas break. Only 7 miles.
Moscow has had its warmest December since records began in 1886. The council dumped lorry loads of snow in the city centre so that New Year celebrations would be more traditionally white. Meanwhile, Australia exceeds 40C in every state as mass evacuations are ordered and then cancelled due to the risk of more road closures leaving motorists exposed to wildfires. The columns of smoke were reaching 14km in height and causing dry lightning strikes which started even more fires.
Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C - BBC News
Tuesday 31st 2019, 41F, westerly breeze building, but clear skies? Does not compute! A few, small, fluffy clouds raced over as I strode to the lanes. I thought it must inevitably mean an overcast, before long, but the clouds disappeared. It stayed sunny until 13.00 by which time the cloud had thickened to solid.
Australians are taking to the beaches. To survive the radiant heat from the fires as they race unchecked towards the coasts. Another fireman was killed and others injured when a firestorm flipped their 10 ton fire engine over.
Meanwhile, in Denmark, there are new calls to follow the Swedes. By increasing the penalties for attacking emergency services staff. Whether this includes violence against medical staff I have no idea. They too are a frequent target for cowardly violence, along with firemen. Perhaps it is because most of the front line medical staff are women and an easy target for inbred misogynists?
It was a common headline to hear that young ghetto dwellers were starting fires in housing blocks. Then stoning the fire brigade who responded to the deliberately caused emergency. Welcome to Denmark! Where lifelong parasitism on your hosts is never enough. The latest trick is to attack the fire brigade and members of the public with fireworks. Handheld, fireworks can be made to shoot burning missiles at the innocent for personal amusement. With little chance of receiving a custodial sentence even if the culprits are ever caught.
The sky was clearly divided into two layers. With a dark, lower layer moving fast and thinning. Blue skies above with only a little cloud looked promising. Until a new layer of low cloud arrived and completely obscured the blue. Lots more small birds moving about today. Three ducks too.
Late morning ride to the shops with a cold crosswind going both ways. Only brief glimpses of sunshine. Shops very busy after Christmas break. Only 7 miles.
Moscow has had its warmest December since records began in 1886. The council dumped lorry loads of snow in the city centre so that New Year celebrations would be more traditionally white. Meanwhile, Australia exceeds 40C in every state as mass evacuations are ordered and then cancelled due to the risk of more road closures leaving motorists exposed to wildfires. The columns of smoke were reaching 14km in height and causing dry lightning strikes which started even more fires.
Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C - BBC News
Tuesday 31st 2019, 41F, westerly breeze building, but clear skies? Does not compute! A few, small, fluffy clouds raced over as I strode to the lanes. I thought it must inevitably mean an overcast, before long, but the clouds disappeared. It stayed sunny until 13.00 by which time the cloud had thickened to solid.
Australians are taking to the beaches. To survive the radiant heat from the fires as they race unchecked towards the coasts. Another fireman was killed and others injured when a firestorm flipped their 10 ton fire engine over.
Meanwhile, in Denmark, there are new calls to follow the Swedes. By increasing the penalties for attacking emergency services staff. Whether this includes violence against medical staff I have no idea. They too are a frequent target for cowardly violence, along with firemen. Perhaps it is because most of the front line medical staff are women and an easy target for inbred misogynists?
It was a common headline to hear that young ghetto dwellers were starting fires in housing blocks. Then stoning the fire brigade who responded to the deliberately caused emergency. Welcome to Denmark! Where lifelong parasitism on your hosts is never enough. The latest trick is to attack the fire brigade and members of the public with fireworks. Handheld, fireworks can be made to shoot burning missiles at the innocent for personal amusement. With little chance of receiving a custodial sentence even if the culprits are ever caught.
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