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Jan. 9th, 2020 06:18 amThe air quality in Canberra has reached levels considered good and healthy for the first time this year. Everyone has breathed a huge sigh of relief. This morning I was able to open up the house and take the dogs for a decent walk.
It comes on a day when we're expecting temperatures of 39C/102F, so we're not out of the woods yet. The small fires burning 35km away in the state park were extinguished within the last couple of days, but larger, more established fires are expected to sweep in from the parks across the state border. Once again, these fires will have a fair bit to get through before they reach me, but I shall be keeping an eye on the situation. Fortunately, the weekend is expected to be at least 10C cooler.
Canberra has a lot of green corridors running through it. In dry seasons (and lately they've all been dry), kangaroos come out of the hills and follow these green corridors into the suburbs, looking for water. On my walk with the dogs today, I noticed that people had been leaving out containers of water along some of the nearby corridors--some massive tubs, some smaller buckets, many with sturdy sticks resting inside so that birds could perch to drink.
It comes on a day when we're expecting temperatures of 39C/102F, so we're not out of the woods yet. The small fires burning 35km away in the state park were extinguished within the last couple of days, but larger, more established fires are expected to sweep in from the parks across the state border. Once again, these fires will have a fair bit to get through before they reach me, but I shall be keeping an eye on the situation. Fortunately, the weekend is expected to be at least 10C cooler.
Canberra has a lot of green corridors running through it. In dry seasons (and lately they've all been dry), kangaroos come out of the hills and follow these green corridors into the suburbs, looking for water. On my walk with the dogs today, I noticed that people had been leaving out containers of water along some of the nearby corridors--some massive tubs, some smaller buckets, many with sturdy sticks resting inside so that birds could perch to drink.
