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Major blackouts in Melbourne up to 500,000 people effected. Power out here but people are out directing traffic. We're at home now with candles and a radio sitting under the back verandah, planning a BBQ for tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be back on soon.

• 07:31 Will be 43 degreesC /109 degrees F today. Free publ transport but nobody wants to use it in the heat. Spontaneous combustion a possibility. #
• 08:21 We're having a heatwave. A tropical heat wave... #
• 08:23 Ear worm de jour: Senza Fine. Dunno it? Play a sample on itunes maybe... #
• 12:18 @space_boots want to swap Winnipeg's temperature for Melbourne's? Half hour on, half hour off? ;-) #
• 12:20 41 degrees here, people, and it's only just gone noon. We may hit 45 C today. Even the straight people are flaming on a day like this. #
• 16:06 It is interesting being outdoors when your blood is the coldest thing around you by 15 degrees C #
• 19:52 Major blackout in Melbourne. Half a million homes without power. Under verandah chilling by the radio.m #
• 21:36 The power is back on. Sitting under the a/c, watching is.gd/hMXj "Monster Ark". Sal and I love bad sci fi channel movies. #

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