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Buffalo, too hot to handle?? 8-Feb-2009 At 1:00:26 PM lacto

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>...Probably can't expect anything less from a week over 40 degrees, with
>46 today and wind gusts to 50 kph.
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we are near shepparton and i have never seen such oppressive heat and danger . 4.00pm was 46 when i went to get the cows who were all heat stressed the wind was probably 50 to 60 kmph with gusts to 70 or 80 . Even though we have little grass cover i cant see how anyone could stop a fire if one got going here let alone in timber or steep terrain. Interesting how the really heat stressed bird around the water troughs were the starlings and indian mynahs whereas the red rump parrots seemed quite chirpy and their normal energetic selves. Just heard weregoing to power shed by powercorp by rptation for an hour or so during to problems with the snowy melbourne line wtih fires