Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 at 23:54
Wow, 40°C in September in the
Pilbara is a bit unlucky Tim. I'd have thought you'd be pretty safe then.
My point in raising the matter again was that I worried about these people right through Christmas when I knew it was so unmitigatingly hot inland and wanted to know how they'd gotten on, or whether they did something else instead.
As someone who lives and has travelled and worked extensively in inland/remote Australia I just hate to see people lulled into a false sense of security that everything will be alright when it's 38 or 40°+ and help is a long way off.
We thankfully live in a world somewhat cossetted from danger these days, but that doesn't mean we should either ignore it or, worse, not want to know about it, which was where the tread seemed to go.
I'll leave others to judge how harsh the advice was, as a participant in the thread.
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