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December 30, 2005
Intense heat blanketed southern Australia today with temperatures around 43-47degrees in South Australia. It was still 42 degree at 7pm. As it was impossible to stay in the city apartment with a broken down airconditioner, we went shopping in airconditioned shops and then hung out in an airconditioned local pub in the late afternoon.
We had to hunt for the shops as many airconditioners just did not cope with the heat. At least we not due to experience a heat wave of 2-3 weeks of soaring temperatures (in the high 30s), which is a normal summer for Adelaide.
I tried to work in the upstairs office around 6pm in a wet sarong and t-shirt with an icepark around my neck and forehead. I lasted 30 minutes before the heat stress became too much.
Today was living through a searing heat storm as a strong hot north wind blew down from the desert. There will no cool winds blowing in this evening. It is deathly still. I can understand why heatwaves currently kill 1100 people over 65 in Australia each year.
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