Really interesting story about the 2003 Canberra bushfires and the reasons behind why they were so devastating. Including the first scientific documentation and video of a fire tornado. Video and transcript of the story from Catalyst here or watch on the Youtube video below.

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Those of you from colder climes, don't laugh! This is bloody cold for us!

Sydney's week of cold weather continues, with the city recording its coldest June morning since 1949 when temperatures dived to 4.3 degrees [39.7F ( Read more... )

Atrocious weather yesterday. From around 4pm to about 4am this morning, we had bands of torrential rain. Each would last about 1/2 an hour, with almost continuous heavy rain between 1 and 3am. Mum and I were dealing with leaks at 3am ( Read more... )

Last Saturday was the coldest September day in 30-odd years - 13C (55F ( Read more... )

To lifeasanamazon, who is incredibly naughty and gorgeous and a total sweetheart. There were tears.

To mandysbitch, for the love meme, and to rinkle and sangerin for adding to my smiles. I was really touched ( Read more... )

Bloody big storm in SW Sydney mid afternoon. I heard on the radio that it had hit around Campbelltown and called home, as that's my brother's area and he's had a leaky roof since the last big downpour 2 weeks ago (the bloke's coming to fix it tomorrow). Sure enough, it was leaking into the garage again and he was running around with containers ( ( Read more... )

Finished my season 3 The Pretender dvds tonight. I'd forgotten how good the finale, "Donoterase", was ( Read more... )

Rain that fell over Sydney's water catchment areas early this week has increased dam levels by more than three per cent, the Sydney Catchment Authority says ( Read more... )

Mostly dry today. In the 24 hours up to 9am this morning, we received somewhere around/between 51 (~2 inches) and 72mm (~3 inches) (two closest rainfall readings to us). Which over the 3 days amounts to 4-5 inches. The grass already looks greener ( Read more... )

But the heavy coastal falls brought surprises for some. A caller from the Hunter Valley told ABC radio yesterday that his ducks had never seen rain before, and ran for cover when the heavens opened. - hahaha! Poor duckies ( Read more... )