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I got Sydney, even though I opted for lower humidity. Sydney is more humid than everywhere else except Brisbane.

2395

I got Sydney. The Guardian can rack off back to Manchester.

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2396

Iā€™m moving to Brisbane. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

2397

At least it doesnā€™t snow in Brisbane

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2398

This could be a taste of what is in store for Australia this summer.

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-7.9 here this morning. And for the record, I got Canberra in the survey above :slight_smile:

(I would prefer Nimmitabel if that was an option).

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Fuckā€¦ did Melbourne just have an earthquake??

I just woke right up and the house was swaying.

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2401

Yep, definitely an earthquake.

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2402

Didnā€™t seem as bad as the one in 2021. This felt quick, I was almost asleep!

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2403

Big oneā€¦ It felt like the house was coming down. Iā€™m on the second story so it may have felt worse.

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2404

Apparently it was a 4.7

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from here it felt quicker/stronger than the 2021 one. The 2021 one felt like it went for about 20 seconds, like just a rumbling, this one was like only a couple of seconds, felt like a truck hitting the house.

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Apparently the epicentre was just outside Sunbury. Twitter is showing some homes to have small cracks in them.

It definitely felt different to the 2021 one but I was in two different locations. Strange feeling afterwards with all the birds waking up and flying away.

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So many cracks in this house, whatā€™s a few more :anguished:

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I generally do a bathroom run at like 2 or 3am, but strangely the body woke me up at 11.43pm last night. Makes sense now lol.

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2410

I went to bed at 11.10pm last night and didnā€™t feel the earthquake at all.

I only found out via radio news this morning.

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2411

Meanwhile in Brisbane a burn off has left a thick blanket of smoke over the south east

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I can see it from down here on the Gold Coast

Normally i can just see the Brisbane skyline, but not today, too much smoke

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I really question the value of the ā€˜scorched earthā€™ approach to HR burns. Pleasingly there are more traditional/cultural burns down this way nowadays. HR needs to be done but a more nuanced approach is needed.

No amount of HR will stop the worst bushfires anyway. Frequent HR burns have been a feature on the NSW South Coast for decades now and they made no difference to the outcome in 2019/20. The smoke pollution from the burns and their health effects are- on the other hand- known and certain. Weā€™ll be getting enough smoke pollution from the next bad fire season so we donā€™t want to add to it voluntarily.

Itā€™s been a chilly May but it will be an unusually warm start to June and winter here. Not looking good for the start of the snow season.