New colors to weather map of Australia

[XH29N0G]

Hey All, just saw this in a number of places online.  One is here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/08/australia-is-so-hot-they-had-to-add-new-colors-to-the-weather-map/

Does not look good.

Six months ago, I was there (OZ), hearing about the weather here (US)  Now it seems like the same thing all over again. 

Any of you experiencing this on Australia?

[Darkman]

Iused to live in the "purple" area. It does get really hot, but most of the time you can cope and get away from the heat (air conditioning, swimming pool etc).

We had 3 weeks straight of 43 plus (110 degrees) in 2012 and even got to 50 (122). It wears you down a bit after a while! I have moved back to Adelaide SA where it is quite a bit cooler, but my old place is currently suffering some big heat as I type 

[polywideblock]

41 c yesterday 34 c today expecting 40 c + sat very hot   phil

[JB400]

How big of a factor is humidity for you guys?  Here in the heartland US,  95* with high humidity could feel like 100*+.

[polywideblock]

where i am on the east coast it gets really sticky 75 % or better

[Darkman]

Luckily in the desert there isn't a lot of humidity, BUT, when there is, it is horrible as the air conditioners do nothing (evaporative air cons use evaporatind water to cool - high humidity means little evaporation)

[Bob T]

Looks pretty shocking over there at the moment, especially NSW and Tassie. I saw on the news NZ sent over 15 firefighters to assist, need plenty more than that by the look of it. Hopefully the weather will change and cool down a bit. There are bush fires here in the Canterbury region, temp is around 35'C down there at peak, nothing like Oz

[charger Downunder]

Hit 43 in the office on Tuesday, was cooler outside aircon is getting put in next week.

[Old Moparz]

Adding a color to the heat map? Isn't that like having an amplifier custom built that goes to 11 instead of 10?     

[polywideblock]

more like 13 or 14

[mrsskip68]

Anybody heard from Fred lately? I know hes from Australia. Sent him a PM the other day to see if they were ok and not in the fire paths, but havnt heard anything.   Hope their safe, and to our other aussie members keep us updated.  

[Ram07]

Way to hot for this Northern Redneck...can't stand it in the 30's here in the summer!! 

There's fires down there? Hope all are save!