minimumoverkill t1_jbqrbdc wrote on March 10, 2023 at 11:56 PM

Last time Australia had a very hot and dry summer, the whole country caught fire (summer of 2019/2020).

We’ve now had three very wet summers in a row, probably great for plant & tree re growth.

So a very hot very summer next year could get a little problematic.

I personally love hot and dry weather though. So there’s that!

Sacktimus_Prime t1_jbr1mzp wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:16 AM

Yeah mate. The countryside was already burning up at Hill End, west of Sydney, the other day. Water makes the plants grow but when the water dries up so do the plants. Now we've got kindling fuckin everywhere and we've got a hot dry Summer in store..

HerniatedHernia t1_jbrcsjq wrote on March 11, 2023 at 2:47 AM

I much preferred the cooler and wetter summers personally.

Ripper33AU t1_jbs50jg wrote on March 11, 2023 at 7:40 AM

Yeah, I'm used to dry heat, I was not a fan of the humidity here in Melbourne, probably because I'm not used to it, but I do worry about a super dry Summer and bushfires. But yeah, goodbye hot and humid, lol.