Where there's smoke...
Oct. 20th, 2013 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calissaThe last 36 hours have been somewhat brutal. The last time I checked, most of the east coast of Australia was on fire. I'm fortunate enough not to be at risk (this time around, at any rate). However, the smoke has travelled south and is lingering. It makes for some awesome sunsets and even more awesome headaches for me. Nothing sets my hay fever off quite as badly as the smoke from bushfires (not even wood fires, somewhat amusingly).
Ah, summer.
Except there's another month and a half until summer officially starts.
*sigh*
Yesterday was the worst. The smoke was so thick here that the State Emergency Services had to put out an announcement to say that there were no fires in the local area. I spent four hours playing Robin Hood (more on that at some stage) in a house with all the doors and windows open. I was told I looked quite pale by the end of it. Quite frankly, I'm amazed I managed to drive myself home.
Today, I kept inside and kept the house shut up tight. I spent the afternoon visiting a friend who had her house likewise shut up tight (for similar reasons). The smoke has eased a little this evening but not enough. I'll likely be confined to home until a weather change finally comes through.
Ah, summer.
Except there's another month and a half until summer officially starts.
*sigh*
Yesterday was the worst. The smoke was so thick here that the State Emergency Services had to put out an announcement to say that there were no fires in the local area. I spent four hours playing Robin Hood (more on that at some stage) in a house with all the doors and windows open. I was told I looked quite pale by the end of it. Quite frankly, I'm amazed I managed to drive myself home.
Today, I kept inside and kept the house shut up tight. I spent the afternoon visiting a friend who had her house likewise shut up tight (for similar reasons). The smoke has eased a little this evening but not enough. I'll likely be confined to home until a weather change finally comes through.
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Date: 2013-10-20 09:15 pm (UTC)The smoke cover is looking rather better today. I guess I shall have to wait and see what happens.