Burning off
As I sit and listen to the storm outside and thunderous rain on the roof it brings back distant memories of my childhood. As a kid growing up in rural Australia the summers were hot, and I mean HOT! We got our weather from the far away Indian Ocean, with hot weather fronts moving in off the ocean, the wind would begin to gather speed as it made landfall in lower Western Australia, amassing additional heat and further wind speed as it leapt over the Great Australian Bight before careening into South Australia, after that it was just a matter of time before we copped it in Victoria. Weather map for this past Jan 14, 2014...told you it could get hot We'd have weeks in the high 30’s and up to mid 40’s Celsius (90 – 110 Fahrenheit) each summer, although for the most part it would build up and up until we had an almighty storm which was accompanied by a “cool change”, then the cycle would start all over again. As I reflect back on my childhood summers ...