Before the ABC: When weather equals climate change

Earlier this month ABC reported on warmer than average August temperatures in South Australia and managed to drag the specter of global warming into the story.
Looking over a few past headlines from an era prior to the ABC at the National Library's newspaper archive, it seems they have confused the weather and the climate.

The Advertiser - 29 August 1928: A hot day, record August Temperatures.
Kalgoorlie Western Argus -15 August 1911: Hot Weather in Adelaide.
The Advertiser - 27 August 1914: Breaking Records, Exceptionally dry August

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC: Getting rid of the carbon tax

From a time before the ABC, when reference to carbon actually meant carbon, and not CO2, The Mail explains how to get rid of that taxing carbon.

ANNUAL CARBON TAX MONEY CAN BE SAVED

"The meaning of this to the motoring public is significant, according to engineers, for it shows an immediate way in which to get rid of one of the greatest taxes the motoring public has to bear, the tax imposed by carbon." 

BABC: SE Queensland floods

Our thoughts with Queenslanders as they face the current flood crisis.
The BOM has a summary of flooding in the Brisbane area under the title "KNOWN FLOODS IN THE BRISBANE & BREMER RIVER BASIN" that includes graphs of flood peaks for the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers (below) and a summary of observations dating back to the 1800s that might be of interest.
ABC report:
The Brisbane River is predicted to reach 3 metres tonight, 4.5 metres tomorrow, and by Thursday it is expected to rise above the 1974 peak of 5.45 metres.

The Bremer River at Ipswich is now expected to reach 22 metres tomorrow morning - 1.5 metres above the 1974 level.

UPDATE 12/1/2011-ABC now report: Ipswich is being swamped this morning - the Bremer River there is now expected to peak today at 20.5 metres, slightly lower than the devastating 1974 floods. In Brisbane...The waters are then expected to peak again at about 5.5 metres at about 4:00am AEST on Thursday morning and stay high until Saturday.

UPDATE 12/1/2011 7:30pm-ABC now report:The Bremer River is set to peak at 19.5 metres later this evening. Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale says earlier predictions suggested the river would reach 22 metres."That's three metres less and it's that three metres that would have caused a drastic situation," he said.
UPDATE 13/1/2011 6:00am-ABC now report: The (Brisbane) river is now expected to reach 4.6 metres, almost a metre lower than the historic flood of 1974.

The current floods are likely to be the second (or third) worst on record. The record floods of Feb 1893 resulted in the following headline in the Courier Mail:

The full article available HERE. The Queensland Government has launched an appeal to help those affected by the recent floods. To donate follow the links from the QLD government home page (www.qld.gov.au).

Update 11pm..ignoring the history outlined above by the BOM ABC News now describes the floods as "unprecedented".

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC: The Monsoon - an Indian Disaster

The Advertiser, Thursday 5 November 1908

Based upon: 65 dead as monsoon rains lash India

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC: New York Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 10 May 1895

Inspired by: Deadly Storm Batters New York

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

The Mercury, Wednesday 26 October 1910 Inspired by: Italy Mudslides

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC 

Before the ABC: Famine and Pestilence in Brazil

The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 16 May 1879
Inspired by: Fires rage across drought-ravaged Brazil
Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC 

Before the ABC: Victorian floods

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 August 1891, page 10

Inspired by: Hundreds evacuated in Victorian flood disaster

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC: Locust Plagues

The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 2 April 1890, page 8

The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 23 April 1890, page 8

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 10 May 1890, page 12

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 6 November 1890, page 5

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 20 November 1890, page 5

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 4 December 1890 Page 6

The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 12 December 1890, page 5

Inspired by: Locusts hatch near Nyngan; Locust plagues could cost Australia billions

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC:FLOOD TERROR

The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954), Thursday 31 July 1930, page 1

Inspired by: Colossal' Pakistan flood disaster worsens

see also "ICE-DAM COLLAPSE"

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC

Before the ABC: Ice islands

THE ARGUS Wednesday 8 February 1911

VILLAGE ON ICE FLOE STRANDED NEAR ISLAND
HELSINGFORS, Feb. 7.
The ice floe upon which an entire fishing village has been carried from the neighbourhood of Bjorko Sound has become stranded near the island of Seibkar.
There are 253 men and a number of horses on the floe. Despite the fact that the temperature is 18deg. below zero, the fishermen refuse to abandon their huts and horses and an extraordinary fine catch of fish which they had secured. Their position is not dangerous at the present time.

Inspired by: Giant ice island breaks away from Greenland

Before the ABC: an occasional snapshot of news in the days BABC