12C and HAIL

[RW]

That's insane Spec!  I love that your countrymen get to enjoy a bit of the white stuff.  If it comes your way, don't drive in it!!!!!

[Bricktop]

I tried to tell you...but would you LISTEN!!!



http://www.buzzfeed.com/deannye/snow-day-down-under?bffb&utm_term=4ldqphp#.vyqOY7o2Y">http://www.buzzfeed.com/deannye/snow-da ... .vyqOY7o2Y">http://www.buzzfeed.com/deannye/snow-day-down-under?bffb&utm_term=4ldqphp#.vyqOY7o2Y

Don't freeze you wallabies off old man. I'm off to Frankfurt in the morning. I think it's like 21℃ there right now.  ac_hithere

Oh, goody for you...don't you be concerned about us dying of exposure or anything. We'll make it.



Apparently, scientists have collected some of the snow and examined it through a microscope.



It has tiny little labels on it. "Made In Canada - Dry Clean Only".

[Frood]

You South Australians have such thin skins.  ac_biggrin

[Bricktop]

2C this morning!!!



2C!!!



Think of the children!!!

[Frood]

-2.8 last time I checked the thermometer just outside.

[RW]

I'd still be in a t-shirt.

[Frood]

I'd still be in a t-shirt.

High humidity with loads of rain too?

[RW]

Rain at -2.8C?

[Frood]

-2.8 in the mornings. Rain before and after it. The ground and foliage is saturated from many weeks of raining. It doesn't drop below freezing long enough to freeze the ground, so moisture is everywhere.

[RW]

That always makes it feel colder than it is because the dampness permeates everything.

[Frood]

yup

[Anonymous]

2C this morning!!!



2C!!!



Think of the children!!!

How are homes heated where you live Spectre..



Back in Taiwan it is usually hot and humid, especially in the South where my family is from..



In winter on rare occasions when it is cool at night houses can feel cold because they are not insulated in the way Canadian houses are.

[Bricktop]

Homes here are heated in a variety of ways.



Most only have a single heater in one living room, but others in the more expensive homes have ducted air conditioning and heating.



Some have heated floors, but these are not popular because they are too slow to bring a room up from cold.



Of course, we have our blistering summers to deal with as well. Not so much humidity, as the heat is blown from the Devil's Cauldron by northerly winds that are very, very hot but very, very dry. It makes the heat for more bearable than the tropics.



However, it means we have to contend with 2 seasons that are quite cold, then quite hot...

[cc]

Where are you located, mate?

[Frood]

Mate? I thought you said earlier that you left Oz as a child?