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newsThe weather is changing in South West Australia
Here in Western Australia, in the lower South West portion of the
State, we have traditionally had long hot dry summers. However, they
have gradually been becoming wetter. Not over the entire year though,
averaged over the year, the weather has been becoming drier.
Today, December 8, 2020, is the first really hot day, 39 degC, here
in Perth. However, the heat has been very much delayed. Right through
November, it was mostly cold and wet.
I was wondering, are we going to skip summer this year? Wouldn't be
surprised, given other events of 2020. Vast bushfires early in 2020, the
pandemic, and on the political front being punished economically by
China, for what the Chinese see as insults from our Prime Minister.
Oh dear, I don't want to go that way... I generally try to avoid political and religious commentary, despite being very tempted sometimes. So, staying with the weather...
Yes, it turns out that November has been the wettest on record, since records started 140 years ago, and the coldest since 12 years ago:
So, is this part of a long-term natural cycle, or a symptom of our messing up the environment.
Oh, another thing. I have enjoyed the pristine beaches of the South
Coast of WA, very isolated, plenty of buffer zones of national forest,
only Antarctica to the south. However, it turns out not quite so
pristine as I thought:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-08/new-research-disturbing-truth-wa-south-coast-beaches/12958690
There was a ship near South Africa that lost its entire load of
nurdles, but apparently the ones found mostly on the South Coast are not
those.
Quite depressing, whenever I read this stuff. Perhaps Mother Nature
needs to come up with something better than Coronavirus to cull the
human population.
Tags: ethos