continues: At times last week it seemed as if that was happening already. Chaos ruled in Melbourne on Friday after an electricity substation exploded, shutting down the city's entire train service, trapping people in lifts, and blocking roads as traffic lights failed. Half a million homes and businesses were blacked out, and patients were turned away from hospitals.

More than 20 people have died from the heat, mainly in Adelaide. Trees in Melbourne's parks are dropping leaves to survive, and residents at one of the city's nursing homes have started putting their clothes in the freezer.

Yikes! I'm glad I'm as old as I am.

This sounds like a horror movie.

geesh, haven't you been paying attention. Atmospheric chemists (holders of many PhD's and nobel'ss in science) PKorn and Wilhelm have already declared that there is no such thing as GW. End of discussion. In case your not convinced, check the weather report in Kentucky. damn liberualruls