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Weather thread for November heatwave

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bellenuit said:
I think there are at least two with retractable roofs there. From what I understand, the reason they are kept open is that the Australian Open is classified as a open air tournament which some players are better suited to, so they want to maintain their advantage. They are only closed on very hot days when it is deemed to be to unsafe, something that has not yet been reached in the opinion of officials.
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I'm thinking the officials should have to do 20 minute exercise sessions in the heat. If any pass out / die then that could be the criteria that it's unsafe to play.

Could give them a new perspective on forcing players to run around in 40+ heat. Ridiculous. Just walking in that heat is bad enough. I'd even be reluctant to laze around on the beach in those temperatures.

If they keep this up I can see many of the top players boycotting the tournament.
 
I'd think that it's commonsense that 44 degrees is rather hot and is extreme by most measures.

I suspect that, if asked, the tennis players themselves would be more than happy to have the roof closed and the air-conditioning turned on. Whilst it might help their opponent, it would also help them too. And I'd think that those sitting there watching them play would also be glad to not be passing out etc.

I see it as an issue of safety. You have a major sporting event open for the public to come and watch. A very large number of specators and some players have had medical issues due to the heat. To me, that's more than sufficient evidence that they ought to do something to avoid this problem. And since they have a roof and a means of cooling the place already there, it seems crazy to not be using them.

Anyway, off the subject of tennis it seems that the power supply has coped with the heatwave. It came very close to blackouts on Wednesday but, with the exception of a few isolated transmission problems cutting off individual towns etc, the system as a whole worked better than anyone really expected it to on Thursday and Friday.

It seems that the trains in Melbourne had a lot of problems however, at least they did judging by media reports. Without being too critical, I really don't see why they can't get them to run reliably. Trains aren't exactly a new technology, and the need for expansion joints has been understood for a very long time.

Fires - It's mostly cloudy but what sun there is has turned orange in Hobart at the moment. Not sure where the smoke is coming from, but something's obviously on fire.:2twocents
 
Smurf1976 said:
It seems that the trains in Melbourne had a lot of problems however, at least they did judging by media reports. Without being too critical, I really don't see why they can't get them to run reliably. Trains aren't exactly a new technology, and the need for expansion joints has been understood for a very long time.
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I do wonder what's wrong with state Governments and reliable transport. I nearly sipped my coffee the wrong way when I read the Japanese Shinkansen had an average delay of 36 seconds in 2012, which they were quite sorry for. Massive increase from 1997 when the average was only 18 seconds. This included any delays due to natural disasters. Maybe we need to get some JR or SMRT straff over for a while to help sort out our problems :D

Good to see the electricity network has been doing it's job. How many more new aircon installs can it cope with before that's no longer the case?
 
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