Hi Dantheman62,
Records were made to be broken. Next year I'm sure that the Australians will think it's a lot cooler than last year (if you understand my drift).
It's like the athlete that breaks the 100 meter record in the Olympics. Is he a superhuman, or merely a human that has trained to run fast?
Will he be the fastest man for ever? Probably not.
Will there be hotter days in Australia in the future? Probably.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by Dantheman62
MELBOURNE, Australia – Southern Australia suffered Friday from a record-breaking heat wave that has threatened rural towns with wildfires and sent ambulance crews after heat-stressed patients.
Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city recorded its third consecutive day of temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius (109 F) for the first time since 1855, when record-keeping began, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
The temperature in Melbourne topped 45.1 C (113 F) on Friday ahead of a cooler change that might even bring some thunder showers, the bureau said.
Adelaide, the other major city on the south coast, is expected to match its longest heat wave in a century by Monday, with six consecutive days exceeding 40 C (104 F). The heat there buckled train and tram lines.
The high temperatures have afflicted tennis players and spectators alike this week at the Australian Open in Melbourne, where men's No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic retired ill from a game Tuesday after heat-related complaints.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/...alia_heat_wave
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