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TAGGED: chaos, death, heat, hot, weatherYesterday marked the first cool day following the single worst heat wave in my memory. I’ve been through a few bad ones, many without the gracious gift of air-conditioning, but nothing felt as bad as this one.
It broke so many records that it’s not really worth talking about. It broke our people, across the country it broke our lifelines and our transport. For me, the sight of a buckled trainline is as good a sign as any that we’re in a heat wave.
Sometimes, I try to explain why a heatwave isn’t just a few hot days. I’ve given up trying. It’s a heat storm. It’s chaotic and it’s dangerous. It’s disruptive and it can be deadly. It can too often end in devastating bushfires. And for huge parts of the country it has.
In SA, so far we’ve been relatively lucky. There have been deaths from the heat and a few minor fires, but for those in the East, the bushfires still rage and cause havoc and unbearable losses of life. This country is large and crazy, as while many of us burn, some of the rest are coping with horrendous floods. It isn’t over and I can’t imagine what those in Victoria are going through.
Sometimes when I write these things, I try to finish on a positive note and show the good in even the worst of times. But considering the state of the rest of our country, I’ll leave that for another day.
To an end to all of this. My thoughts are with you.