Saturday 9 August 2008

Do. Not. Want.

I'm in my office at home. My hands are cold, so I'm wearing fingerless gloves. My ears are cold, so I'm wearing a beanie. It's all a bit Dickensian. And now the Bureau of Meteorology tells me this:
Severe cold outbreak conditions will extend into western Victoria tonight and across remaining southern and mountain districts on Sunday.

Hazards include snowfalls down to 400 metres affecting roads that rarely experience snow. Black ice across roads. Dangerously cold conditions for both livestock and people in the bush or outdoors. Squally winds in the west of the State with gusts around 85 km/h.

Yes, I know it's winter but really ... snow down to 400m?

Takes GPS into back garden. Complains about time taken to acquire satellites. Reads screen: 41.2 m a.s.l.

Okay, so climate change might be a problem. Snow, not so much.

Carry on.