{"id":6529,"date":"2025-02-08T03:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2025-02-08T03:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:47:55","slug":"heat-waves-08-feb-1929-scaremongers-declared-it-to-be-the-end-of-the-world-120-deg-f-48-8-celsius-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6529","title":{"rendered":"Heat Waves. 08 Feb 1929. \u201cScaremongers declared it to be the end of the world.\u201d 120 deg F = 48.8 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

Heat Waves (1929, February 8).\u00a0News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 \u2013 1954)<\/i>, p. 8 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved February 8, 2025, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/129219082?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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Heat<\/span>\u00a0Waves<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cA. :H.\u201dEvandale:-The present burst of\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0recalls 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,\u00a0Scaremongers 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\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0was so intense that birds fell dead from the trees and many persons were sunstruck.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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