Seriously, tho. I never love this, but at least in January I'm ready for it.

This is genuinely unpleasant.

Note: It may "feel like" 21.6º if you're in the shade with a breeze blowing and a bag of ice on your neck, but it sure as hell doesn't feel like that where I am.

#Climate

And then there's the wind.

My mum lives in a 17-storey apartment building, and it moves noticeably when there's wind like this.

So much so that her cat - who, like most cats, gets a little antsy in high wind - knows to stay away from windows and hide under the table.

#Climate #CatsOfCoSo

@InUnfunky

Hmm 🤔 Just like the highly qualified people who actually know about this stuff from studying, like, actual data have been telling us for decades, eh?

@Amaryllis

Yeah, and it's blowing your way too (although I imagine the Tasman will cool it down some 🤷‍♂️).

30ºC and I think it must be gusting way more now and then than the 37 km/h the radar's reading.

It's paper recycling bin day around here, and I can report that people are failing to follow the instructions to ensure that their bin lid is properly closed 😂

@DyDave yay for us… (Unenthusiastic) lol.

We also have people here who struggle with basic rubbish management. 🙄🤣

@Amaryllis

There were some people living next door for a while who couldn't quite make the connection between the mess on the street and their habit of overfilling the general waste bin. They were baffled for weeks!

The bloke across the street helped them out by taking a video of the crows calmly flipping the half-open lid fully open and feasting to their heart's content. Even a few ibises (aka 'bin chickens') would turn up 😂

@DyDave 😆 oh well at least they figured it out.

@DyDave i am dead.

i hate that kind of heat & we have had several 30+ days here this summer.

this is NOT usual. we would normally have a handful of days like this in the summer. now we have weeks of it.

i live in a temperate area of the fucking country b/c i am goldilocks -i don't like it too hot, i don't like it too cold.

climate change is pissing me off.

@singlemaltgirl