Don’t these schools have safety plans for this. But then again 2 years ago - I was standing under a METAL ROOF. Lights flickering, Lightning on an odd occasion. Dropped about pea - marble sized Hail round noon. Was in Science when it happened. Oh was I invested. Got a look at the radar, She was black rolling on top of us.
It really is concerning how schools don’t have safety plans for storms. Legit was in assembly back in Year 2 in 2018, look behind me.. see this big bloody bolt. Yeah - Grafton aint chill these days
They would have generalised emergency plans for pretty much anything happening in the school grounds. Depending on the circumstances, they would direct students inside in the case of hail storms, or lightning.
It should be specific but generally the biggest emergency is a kid going off their chops or someone calling in a bomb threat. We all hope the senior executive have some common sense to follow the emergency procedures.
Takes off teacher’s hat, puts on cranky arsehole’s hat
Dear heavy rain…
Fuck off. I’m not dealing with another frigging flood situation.
Commuters were gridlocked in traffic for hours as a “very dangerous” thunderstorm bore down on Sydney, unleashing flash floods that shut roads and wreaked havoc for evening travellers.
Slightly more than 100 millimetres of rain lashed Lidcombe in the three hours leading up to 8.15pm. Trains were cancelled for the night between Lidcombe and Bankstown due to flooding on the tracks at Regents Park. Commuters were stuck on the Anzac Bridge for up to two hours after rising waters closed parts of the City West Link and Parramatta Road. Raw Square at Strathfield was also closed by flash flooding.
The rain system described as a “very dangerous thunderstorm” by the Bureau had passed over parts of the northern beaches, the Hills district and the north-western suburbs by about 8.45pm.
Disgustingly humid and cloudy here last night so no loony eclipse. We are getting the remnants of that Simpson Desert low; thankfully we actually have some rain to show for it. Incredibly humid the moment, DP must be near 20. You can’t escape the humidity this time of year even west of the ranges.
Yep, I was referring to tamago’s alternative ‘Billy Lids’ which I’ve not heard before. However, it took me forever to realise that ‘Tin Lids’ was indeed Cockney for ‘kids’ and a great choice for the progeny of Australia’s favourite Scottish bogan.
Billy lids just puts a nice Aussie slant on it. To be fair though, I’d probably never use either expression in real life, so not sure why I wrote it. Rhetorical flourish reserved for everyone here I guess?
Getting back to the weather, I just reviewed today’s temps. 18 to 27 but the dewpoint hit 22C at one point this afternoon, no wonder I was struggling. A feral day despite the temps being nothing special. No sign of autumn here in Bungendore, in fact today was up there with the worst of January’s heat in terms of discomfort.
DPs of 22C are common on the coast but they shouldn’t naturally occur at 700 m ASL and 35 degrees south. Sadly, there is no escape these days- even northern TAS gets the odd DP above 20. Hobart really is the only place left without tropical humidity.
All this humidity won’t be going away any time soon due to how moist the inland is at the moment. I reckon it will be after Easter before we see any relief; in the likes of Sydney it may well be hot and humid until May.
Yes, hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Last autumn we had summer like temps persisting almost to Anzac Day; it was over 30C in Melbourne over the Easter school holidays when I was down there. Was even in short sleeves on the top of Mount Macedon.
Without cooler air from the south, the NSW coast will stay muggy as the sea is extremely warm, above 25C off Sydney at present. That also guarantees rainfall whenever a cooler change or trough interacts with the hot water; it’s the main culprit behind the severe downpours and flooding that Sydney receives at this time of year.
Funny you have that, I was just remarking how not-quite-so-humid it had been here over the last couple of days. Though I believe with the rain forecast that is not to last.
Meanwhile, I have tickets to watch my beloved pussies in action on the Gold Coast on Friday evening. Seeming like the odds of me getting somewhat drenched are pretty strong.
The spike in humidity is due to the remnants of that tropical low. We won’t see any relief until Saturday afternoon. Nights have been putrid for this elevation, no wind and about 18C.
