Heat Wave

Seven days ago we knew a very hot weekend was approaching. 

At first the weather report suggested it would be 40°C on both Saturday and Sunday, but just a few days ago it was amended to 44°C, which is 111°F!
Preparation was needed for today's activities and my thoughts were in full swing!  
While shopping with Mel on Thursday we bought 3D movie tickets for today's session of the Hobbit at 12:10pm.  We haven't seen The Hobbit as yet and it was perfect, it being the longest  screening movie at almost three hours duration. No queuing for tickets in the heat today.  Perth has not experienced such heat for well over six years.  What can you do when it's so hot?  Not much at all, except to stay inside and keep the air conditioning on.  I remember when we were just married one of our friend's parents had a reverse cycle air conditioner in their lounge and surprisingly we visited them on very hot days! Here we are  today, more than thirty seven years later and we are doing the same, except we are spoilt with evaporative air con throughout our house which works well, except on these very hot or humid days, when we switch over to the recycle air con to stay cool.
The maximum didn't quite get to 44°C,  it was just a tad under at 43.3°C, with an overnight minimum of 28°C.  Needless to say the air con will stay on all night to ensure we get some sleep.  Every night I place a water bottle with inbuilt straw next to Merv's bed.  He is able to have a drink during the night when he wakes.  It's important he stays hydrated.  Tomorrow's prediction is 41°C, almost as hot.  We will stay at home and sit it out, in front of the air conditioner of course!

 

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