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Spring has come this year, as welcome as always. But even as we get out and enjoy the sunshine, many Australians already have one eye on what looks to be a seriously hot summer.
We read the news about what happened during the northern summer. Watched the videos of evacuations off Greek islands, water bombers in Canada, intense heatwaves in tourist hotspots around the Mediterranean. And we knew our turn in the sun would come.
The drumbeat of climate change is beating faster. This year, the heat really is on.
And that, Victoria University researchers say, means it is time to prepare. La Nina’s rain is gone and swathes of Australia are drying. This summer is likely to see grassfires and scrub fires. And heatwaves are likely to be back.
Preparing for an angry summer means planning ahead. If there is a heatwave, is your house ready? Or do you plan to wait out the scorchers in a library or mall? What if there’s a fire nearby – do you know what you’d take? How you’d make sure all of your loved ones can get out safely? What if the main road is cut – what will you do then?
That old Australian adage of “she’ll be right” is, unfortunately, no longer fit for purpose. Plan, prepare, protect is less catchy. But far better suited to our times.
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Doug Hendrie
Deputy Environment + Energy Editor
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Celeste Young, Victoria University; Nima Izadyar, Victoria University; Roger Jones, Victoria University
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Adrian Barnett, Queensland University of Technology; Nicole White, Queensland University of Technology
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Nadhir Al-Ansari, Luleå University of Technology
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Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Health + Medicine
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Clare Collins, University of Newcastle; Tracy Burrows, University of Newcastle
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Environment + Energy
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Cameron Allen, Monash University; Shirin Malekpour, Monash University
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Education
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Christine Braid, Massey University
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Adam Gerace, CQUniversity Australia
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Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney
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Marguerite Johnson, The University of Queensland
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Tim Harcourt, University of Technology Sydney
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