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Post by lizgundog on Dec 9, 2006 10:57:02 GMT 1
Just thought you might like to know that the temperatures in Australia have been well over the 100 degrees in the last 24 hours. Everything is so dry that nearly every state is on bush fire alert. We have severe bushfires in Victoria at present and our capitol city has been clouded all day with smoke, when the sun finally came through it was like fire. There is no relief in siight for the moment. Some of the people who you know who live here are Suzanne - Bromhund and Carol - Grauhund, Marg - Fyreside and myself. I have just had a call from Lois - Waldwiese who lives in South Australia and they have had similar weather to us and are also on bushfire alert. This is not normal weather for this time of year, this is the weather we would get in February/March. We are in a big drought now and are on restricted water rationing. Not many people show at present when the weather is so hot. Hope you guys enjoy the cool weather, can you send some our way.
P.S. Rain would be really good!
Regards,
Liz - Silvahunter Kennels.
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Post by Lois on Dec 9, 2006 11:20:05 GMT 1
We have had 42 degrees heat here today (that is 107 deg F) and the dogs and I didn't move far from the air conditioning. There was a dog show scheduled today but I wouldn't take myself or more importantly the dogs, to show in that sort of heat so we stayed home.
There is a cool change coming in tonight so will probably go to the show tomorrow if it is a lot cooler. Hopefully those affected by the huge bushfires will get the weather change too.
Last night I was watering the garden and could see Sabi chewing on something that looked like a shoe. When I checked it out it was a turtle!! We are a long way from any water holes so the poor thing must have travelled a long way. Luckily it was still alive and only had some teeth marks on its shell so I took it to some wetlands about a 5 minute drive from my house. Poor Sabi couldn't understand why I took her new toy away from her. Does this make her "Sabi RTD' (Retrieving Turtle Dog) ??
Lois
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Post by indy on Dec 9, 2006 11:57:05 GMT 1
You can have some of our rain..It has been raining here fore 2 moths now... i feel likes 2 months anyway. Windy, cold and wet.
We can trade homes fore a while :-) I would love some heat and sun ;-)
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Post by Alkemist on Dec 9, 2006 12:17:26 GMT 1
Hope you get some relief soon......
Nina
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Post by greyflyte on Dec 10, 2006 22:21:00 GMT 1
It sounds horrendous, every time I see reports on the news I think about the Wei people in Australia, hope things improve.
Cyd
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Post by marjolein on Dec 11, 2006 10:30:29 GMT 1
Fingers crossed for some better weather conditions for you down under!! Although I'm sick and tired from the rain (and trying to get the dogs clean again after each walk), I'm not jealous with you. Thinking of you!
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Post by Jurate on Dec 11, 2006 14:32:56 GMT 1
Wile reading this post I thought that we live in a very grateful place, we have no earthquakes, tsunami or tornado here, we have very nice 4 season year, not too cold in winter and not to hot at sumer time...
And this year we have a very good weather, there were only little rain this autumn, it was warm and on December we still have a green grass...
There is only one thing that is not good, some plans started to blossom...
;D I think it really does!!!
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Post by szarasfora on Dec 11, 2006 15:28:09 GMT 1
I understand that you suffer really hot days at the moment and nothing can be compared to it. But here in Poland we have the warmest December in our whole history. +18 °C at the south of Poland is unbelievable! We should have snow now. Flowers start to blossom, animals behave like in Spring. Terrible. At least sun sets at the time it should set. So when I finish my job at 4 pm, we go for a walk in a complete darkness.
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Post by daniela on Dec 11, 2006 20:39:34 GMT 1
It is really quite scary what mother nature can do.
We actually had a tornado hit North London on Thursday.
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Post by syrinx on Dec 13, 2006 9:44:26 GMT 1
Here in Canberra we had 36C on Monday, 10C on Tuesday, 28C Wednesday. This is where all the Politicians are, so nothing is normal!!!
A big problem for us is water. We have been in drought for about 5 years, and we have only tank and dam water. The dam is very nearly empty, with the Christmas rush in our Boarding Kennels just about to happen. I kept thinking how wonderful it would be to have one of those icebergs off New Zealand dropped into the dam (or the big hole that we call the dam). There is also a large bush fire about 40kms from here. Let's hope it stays there.
Wendy in Oz
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Post by Cheryl on Dec 15, 2006 6:38:41 GMT 1
For Australians, sharing some of our cold... VOLUME CIV NO. 47 - Dec 07, 2006 Nome Weather: -1°F nomenugget.net (for picture) SOUTHERN SUNSET — On Sunday afternoon, the sun sinks slowly over the horizon into the Bering Sea. Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom |
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Post by Wetdog on Dec 15, 2006 19:44:35 GMT 1
The temperatures here in Latvia have been hovering between 0 and 10 C, with rain, mist, fog or all three for the last month. Luckily, the soil here is very sandy so we aren't up to our ears in mud like we would be if we were still in Missouri.
I'd be happy to send you some of this for a few dry sunny days.
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Post by tasha on Dec 26, 2006 15:20:19 GMT 1
I'd love little snow... its too much like spring here most of the plants are confused and some of the animals that should have been hybernating are still running around losing their summer fat. We even have roses in bloom which is unheard of. If the weather turns its going to cause alot of problems for next year.
I do have one question how do you keep your dogs cool in your cars when they are stationary???
Over here each year we have a warning go out about not leaving dogs in cars because of the heat (several die each year) but with temperatures like yours I wonder how you deal with the heat?
I have a little idea but if something is already out there and available then I'd be interested to see what it is. Some of our cars have air conditioning but it goes off as soon as the car is switched off.
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Post by Lois on Dec 26, 2006 23:43:43 GMT 1
I try to avoid taking the dogs in the car when it is really hot. I NEVER leave them in a stationary car even for a short period of time on warm days. If I go to a dog show (although we have very few here in our state in the hotter weather and I rarely show at them if it is going to be too hot) I transport the dogs in my dog trailer. The trailer is fully insulated and has air spinners on top to keep the air moving. The dogs stay cooler in the trailer at the show if you park it under the trees, than if the dogs are ringside in the heat. There are coats available that you can put on your dogs on hot days that when wet will keep them really cool. (My daughter just bought her husband a vest made out of the same material as he works outside in the heat).
Some people take portable generators to shows so that they can have fans on the dogs on really hot days.
I hate the heat so I usually keep the dogs home in the air conditioning on the really hot days.
We have had a few cool days for Christmas and would you believe SNOW in the areas that last week had bush fires! Crazy weather.
Lois
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Post by fyreside on Dec 27, 2006 3:32:13 GMT 1
Tasha, like Lois stated, most of us here in Australia transport our weims in an insulated dog trailer and it is usually at least 10 degrees cooler in there. I have used special cooling coats on my dogs for the last couple of years called K-9 Cooling Vests. You can purchase them on line from www.CoolingApparel.com.au. I bought the large size for my weims. I also have one of their vests for me as I don't cope with the heat as well as I used to. I was really surprised at how good they were and never leave home with out mine or the dogs vests. The coats are really easy to use. You just soak them in a bucket of water for about five minutes and the wring them out. Dry the inside with a towel (so that it does wet the dogs coat) and place on the dog. It keeps them cool for many hours and all you have to do it to either re soak them or I actually just spray them with my spray bottle. They were expensive but well worth it. All my friends have bought them now as they saw how refreshed my dogs looked in the ring after wearing these coats. ( I guess the secret is out LOL - but it is better for the dogs) Marg Fyreside Weimaraners |
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Post by tasha on Dec 27, 2006 15:11:46 GMT 1
they are pretty good the large one works out around £45 which is less than I would pay for a normal coat here. I love buying stuff from australia the exchange rate is excellent.
I'm playing with my idea at the moment if it works it will be portable enough to take anywhere seems a little obvious but I can't find any anywhere or a similar thing so maybe its just that no one else has thought of it...
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