The sickly yellow hue over everything today is a new, rough addition to what has been an atrocious week of smoke haze.
Welcome to what has generally been what weâve been going through for the best part of 3 months now. Not a single week has gone by without the town being shrouded in smoke. More often than not more days are smoke affected than clear.
Itâs only over the last week or so that air quality monitors have been installed in Lismore though so, you know, Sydneyâs got it worse. Donât get me wrong, I feel sorry for everyone going through the poor air quality but considering there hasnât been a week go by for months now without people losing property or stock up here due to the fires and kids not being able to play outside at school due to the air quality, itâs hard to have sympathy for a city where pollution alone makes the air dangerous to breathe at times at this time of year.
By the way we had a couple of storms over the weekend. The first couple, when it finally rained instead of just blowing a gale and throwing lightning, smelled just like throwing water on a campfire. The air was almost choking to breathe and to make matters worse there is a serious concern that the water supply has been contaminated from fire ground run-off.
But yeah, smokey in SydneyâŚ
Iâm sure everyone has discussed it to death with someone else, but far out today really is something else.
Looks like a triple dose of thoughts and prayers may be required today.
Oh yeah, I work in North Sydney on the 17th floor and I canât even see Goat Island.
Our work Christmas do which was a barefoot bowls thing has been cancelled due to the weather.
Small mercies and all that.
When I went across the harbour bridge this morning I couldnât even make out the Opera House. Crazy
Thereâs an island in Brosqueâs honor?
Yeah, you can normally see it from the Carle Expressway.
Scott Morrison needs to resign today. Heâs not up to it, we donât have time for him.
Discussing the religious discrimination bill rather than some drastic plan to address our climate emergency. 11x Hazardous air quality levels.
11x hazardous levels was due to the low visibility not the actual quality of the air.
The air particulate quality, while poor, was âonlyâ a couple of times above standard.
You can catch Ferry McFlynn there from below said expressway.
Thanks, I will breath easier now.
Everything is horrible.
canât believe how hot and humid it is, even though itâs been raining all night.
I am now cold.