The Climate Commission has gone one better and described the current weather as the "Angry Summer" due to "Climate on Steroids". In response to Sarah's piece we put together a list of Weather events for 1953 to compare. Here's a recap for those who think the Commission has jumped the shark (again).
Let's compare the portents of climate doom of 2010 with another random year, lets take 1953, before modern warming-surely things were much calmer back then.
"The blast, accompanied by hail, was brief but devastating and was followed by heavy rain"
"THE fiercest hailstorm in Melbourne's history yesterday damaged more than half the homes, Shops and buildings in the metropolitan area. Destruction is estimated at£1,500,000."
"Flooding rivers and creeks marooned at least, 175 motorists during the week-end."
"A heavy blanket of fog yesterday prevented the temperature in Canberra rising above 40.3 degrees, thus equalling the coldest July day on record."
"BRISBANE, Tuesday. A tornado caused more than £3,000 damage in less than two square miles in the Milchclton-Gaylhorne area near Brisbane to-day."
"MELBOURNE, Monday.-Snow was falling on the loftier peaks of the Victorian Alps to-night when a burst of wintry weather swept through the State."
"Betty McNamara, of Ultimo, and Len Williams, of Redfern, took their cocker spaniel for a swim at Bondi last night. They were cooling off after Sydney's record day of heat."
A pretty close match (to the seven). But wait there's more...
farmer dies in storm
lightning rocks suburbs
worst ever known
cyclones bring flood danger to east australian coast
worst fog in years "stopped" city for a night
You want steak knives with that?...
heavy flood damage in victoria
four injured by huge hailstones
hail havoc in north
grasshopper plague may be one of worst
but wait there's more...
threat of "worst potato famine for years"
gales lash tasmania seasickness — on hobarts ferry!
richmond river floods make many homeless in lismore
storm lashes w.a. coastal areas
five tons of dead mice
hail havoc in north
rain damage at nubeena
we'll even throw in the table!
the 'cool change' made a mess of melbourne's summer frocks
corangamite flood areas "becoming worse"
dust storms ruin wheat
year of crazy weather
violent hail storm at st. marys
flood kills 10,000 qld. sheep
bushfire on mountains
and the chairs...
bushfire peril in q'land
storm damage £50,000
sudden storm in city
storm disrupts strait shipping
storm lashes w.a. coastal areas
farmer dies in storm
drought warning
Hey take the whole dining room!
farmers facing drought ruin
drought hits coastal farms
drought plight in tablelands
drought decimates cattle
drought in the suburbs
drought hits north coast farms
wheat men fear drought
These are but a handful of the weird weather calamities to make the news in 1953. It seems like the swallows fly every year if you take the time to look out of the fishbowl.
More local, regional and international weather calamities from 1953 or other years can be found at the National Library's collection of Australian Newspapers http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please keep to the topic. Abusive comments and bad language are simply not tolerated. Note that your comment may take a little while to appear.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.