The weather in your area today...

Critical alert here. Batemans Bay Evacuation Notices are current.. We have some bush t the back of our house,which is a worry.. We are staying for the time being but are packed and ready to go.. We have a shop in town, where we will go for a bloody good coffee and take it from there. Evacuation centres are open..
To take my watches or leave them in the fire proof box. Think I will be taking them..

Yikes stay safe out there ! If you do decide to leave them for some reason be sure to account for flood waters place them in a high and secure location.

Puerto Rico

-7° C in the middle of austria. To warm for the season

Very nice, what part of PR?

San Juan

Has been raining since last night. Just stopped a few moments ago...in the 30s F.

60 degrees here tonight. heck I busted out my mini pit to cook dinner

It's Mac PC 4K HD Wallpaper................we have not made it to Mars yet

Recently the weather has dished us 2 typhoons here in the Philippines, which is no worries, I always just go diving and hope the Island is still there when I get back, currently 34 Celsius humidity 84

I do stand corrected ! Didn’t realize it was a fire threat. That’s a whole other monster. If it’s a fire threat I’d say take those watches with you. Most fire proof safes are no where close to what their manufacturers claim to be. Sending you gents my best and hope everything works out for y’all , stay safe out there

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. Yes watches are out of the "Fire/Safe" and with me. This was taken at Noon New Years Eve. That is one NYE, Birthday and Anniversary, (all rolled into one) that I will never forget. Lost one house in our little street of 16 houses. So lucky, so far...

Noon Batemans Bay Dec 31 2019

That’s a lot to take in , wish everyone out there the best and hope everything is back to normal asap.

My thoughts are with you @yande and all in the fire affected areas.
Stay safe
Here in Springwood in the Blue Mountains its 43c and winds are picking up.

Here's a taste from a mate in Lake Conjola
Dear family & friends firstly let me say a big thank you for all your kindness and support. Some of you will follow more of what I write than those overseas but I am sending this out to all as we still don't have telecommunications and I get 1 bar on my phone maybe once or twice a day for a minute or two and receive a lot of messages from you. So I hope this message does reach you all. Can my model steam friends please pass this message on same as my photography friends to the boards, thanks. This is now day 7 with no power, land line phones, mobile phones, Internet. Sewers overflowing, rotten garbage left from the evacuations. Our only access to the outside world is an old 1970s transistor radio I dug out of my shed and had some batteries for it. Roads still closed and still cut off. Getting tough to live after a week without power. Radio says still possible a lot longer yet. But compared to all those that lost everything they own except the clothes on their backs its nothing. New year's eve was indescribable the fire storm even though we had prepared ourselves was nothing that can be put in words, the flames, the heat, the smoke, the embers, the incredible noise it made. The wild animals on fire screaming, birds falling out of the sky. Around 90 houses completely gone. Three people know deceased. People drove their cars into the Lake to escape the flames and heat. Hundreds of cars have been incinerated. Aluminium boats melted like wax. We would have lost our three family homes if we hadn't stayed and defended. But it's taken a toll on our health and lungs. Saturday was a repeat of new year's eve. 47 degrees 80klm winds and ember attacks from the West, then the nor'east, then the south. The forests are burnt beyond devastation, everywhere we look is traumatic. Roads still closed and

Roads still closed and still cut off. For my o'seas friend January Lake Conjola swells from 300 permanent residents to around 5000 - 6000 with camping holiday makers. All of these people had to be evacuated by police in 50 car convoys to Nowra 80 klms to our north over a few days and nights but hwy being closed repeatedly most of these people sat frightened in their cars for up to 24 hours or more. To finish we are OK, house is full of Ash. Police escorted some trucks in yesterday with fresh food and water and has been passed out to the few residents remaining. Thank you all for your kind thoughts sent through. So very much appreciated, will contact you all sometime in the future when things are better.