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NSW extreme weather - power out:
Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 9:49am

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-02/nsw-severe-weather-rain-wind-coast-live-u...

NSW weather live updates:

More than 35,000 without power as bomb cyclone lashes Hunter region, Sydney and South Coast

Topic: Extreme Weather Events

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Parts of the New South Wales Central and South coasts are being lashed by a coastal low weather system, described by meteorologists as a bomb cyclone, that is causing damaging winds and heavy rainfall.

Emergency warnings remain in place for multiple regions due to a continued risk of flash flooding, with some suburbs receiving up to 130 millimetres of rain through the night. More than 35,000 homes and businesses remain without power.

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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21127 Gordon Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #1 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am Pfft it's just weather
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111389 Melbourne Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #2 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:37am Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am: Pfft it's just weather It's serious. How would you like having no power?
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111389 Melbourne Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #3 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:46am The question is - is it a result of extreme weather cause by climate change?
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Re: NSW extreme weather - power out:
Reply #4 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:42am

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:46am:

The question is -

is it a result of extreme weather cause by climate change?

Hi bobby,

Just my opinion......

The environment and the climate of this planet is constantly changing.
......and this constant change [this variation], has been going on
......even historically so, for thousands of years, ......imo.

Climate change ? Yes......it does.

Extreme weather ? Yes, it happens.

And imo, the biggest factor having an effect upon the climate [change] of this planet,
is that nearby star.
.....it is the same star, that 'illuminates' the surface of this planet, during 'daylight hours'.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21127 Gordon Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #5 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:44am Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:37am: Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am: Pfft it's just weather It's serious. How would you like having no power? Remember when we were kids, the power went off all the time.
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Re: NSW extreme weather - power out:
Reply #6 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:46am

Yadda wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:42am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:46am:

The question is -

is it a result of extreme weather cause by climate change?

Hi bobby,

Just my opinion......

The environment and the climate of this planet is constantly changing.
......and this constant change [this variation], has been going on
......even historically so, for thousands of years, ......imo.

Climate change ? Yes......it does.

Extreme weather ? Yes, it happens.

And imo, the biggest factor having an effect upon the climate [change] of this planet,
is that nearby star.
.....it is the same star, that 'illuminates' the surface of this planet, during 'daylight hours'.

Tongue

Maybe -

Google AI:

Past CO2 levels have been much higher than current levels.
Specifically, about 50 million years ago, during the Eocene epoch,
CO2 levels were around 1500 parts per million (ppm).
At that time, the Earth was much warmer,
with no polar ice caps and temperatures significantly higher than today.

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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 111389 Melbourne Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #7 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:46am Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:44am: Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:37am: Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am: Pfft it's just weather It's serious. How would you like having no power? Remember when we were kids, the power went off all the time. Usually when you didn't pay the power bill.
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Re: NSW extreme weather - power out:
Reply #8 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 12:02pm

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:46am:

Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:44am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:37am:

Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am:

Pfft it's just weather

It's serious.

How would you like having no power?

Remember when we were kids, the power went off all the time.

Usually when you didn't pay the power bill. Embarrassed

Nah, the power used to just go out randomly, for many hours at a time.

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Re: NSW extreme weather - power out:
Reply #9 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 12:17pm

Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 12:02pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:46am:

Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 11:44am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:37am:

Gordon wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 10:31am:

Pfft it's just weather

It's serious.

How would you like having no power?

Remember when we were kids, the power went off all the time.

Usually when you didn't pay the power bill. Embarrassed

Nah, the power used to just go out randomly, for many hours at a time.

Not in SE Melbourne.
I never remember it going off.

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Jasin Gold Member Online Posts: 52524 Gender:	Re: NSW extreme weather - power out: Reply #10 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 4:13pm Bobby, you need a New Age woman in your home. They use candles for aromatherapy. It will do you good in such dark times.
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Re: NSW extreme weather - power out:
Reply #11 - Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 4:20pm

Jasin wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2025 at 4:13pm:

Bobby, you need a New Age woman in your home.
They use candles for aromatherapy.
It will do you good in such dark times.

I have a small 12 Volt lead acid battery -
I can run: my desktop lamp, a mobile phone charger, a little radio etc from it
using a 12V invertor.
I had to use it 3 times in the last 18 months -
every time there is a storm the power goes out as
trees fall on the power lines.

Then I can still cook or make a cup of tea with the gas stove.

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