{"id":1294,"date":"2020-01-13T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T05:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2020-01-13T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T05:09:25","slug":"heat-waves-08-feb-1929-scaremongers-declared-it-to-be-the-end-of-the-world-havent-i-heard-that-recently-the-heat-was-so-intense-that-birds-fell-dead-from-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"Heat Waves. 08 Feb 1929. “Scaremongers declared it to be the end of the world.” Haven’t I heard that recently? The heat was so Intense that birds fell dead from the trees.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heat Waves (1929, February 8). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 8 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved January 13, 2020, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/129219082?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Heat<\/span> Waves<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“A. :H.”Evandale:-The present burst of heat<\/span> recalls hot days of the past.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fifty years ago there were some very hot, dry summers. The thermometer hovered round the century frequently.<\/div>\n
An old diary states that it was 120 degrees in the shade in Adelaide. on January 2, 1867. In those summers children were often afflicted with sore eyes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A vivid description is given of Black Thursday, which occurred on February 6 1851.<\/div>\n
It states that the air was charged with smoke and thick black dust. It was so dark that drivers of vehicles had to lead their teams about the streets.<\/div>\n
All business places were closed, Scaremongers declared it to be the end of the world.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Australia had never seen anything like this before: nor has it since.<\/div>\n
The whole of the country was enveloped, and no one seemed to know at the time where the<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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black dust came from.<\/div>\n
But it had all cleared away before night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The heat<\/span> was so Intense that birds fell dead from the trees<\/strong> and many persons were sunstruck.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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