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Summer of severe heatwaves predicted for Australia as Bureau of Meteorology declares El Niño
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- Title
- BOM officially declares El Niño, bringing high chance of hot, dry end to year
- Published
- Sep 19 2023
- Word count
- 986 words
BoM sure took their time! Pretty frightening really, but as a country we’re still not serious about action on climate change so in a way we deserve some of what’s to come.
My father in law is part of the RFS as a volunteer. He's got some serious trauma rattling around in his head from the big fires a few years ago, and it's really quite scary to see how unprepared Aus feels from his perspective at least.
I’ve donated to the RFS yearly since those big fires. If anyone deserves it it’s them. RFS are heroes and I’m not using that lightly. I read that recruitment is down lately. Understandable but will no doubt will be a problem.
You're absolutely right, they are heroes. I love talking to my father-in-law about some of his exploits. He's an proper Aussie, so naturally a windup of a storyteller but he's such a good dude that you can't help but believe the madness those boys and girls do.
Sounds like a top bloke, give him a sincere thanks from me
If the summer in the northern hemisphere is any indication it's going to be a pretty bad el nino