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Daily Discussion Thread: 🗿🗽🗼 Saturday, 21 December, 2024

Today's weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 16°C, max - 21°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm rain

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RIP to anyone who had hoped to go to the Grampians over xmas/NY. It's not looking great especially with the scorcher predicted on Boxing Day.

Today I need to go water two friends' plants and sort out the crap I've left at one place. I'm loathe to face the small pile but I WILL do it! And then plan my cooking for Xmas lunch as I'm working Monday and Tuesday.

I'm almost wondering if it might be worth it to work from home on Sunday instead and cut short Tuesday so it's less of a rush. Might just do that...
- Hall's gap is under an evacuation now as well :/
  
  I wonder what happens to all the animals in the zoo they have there. Poor babies
  
  Oh no. ☹️ Fire related?
  
  Yep
  
  Halls Gap residents told to leave immediately, holiday-makers urged to stay away as Grampians fire more than triples in size
  
  That area is somewhat fire prone, so I imagine they must have some kind of procedure in place at the zoo. Maybe emergency transfers to the Melbourne Zoo? On the one hand, I can't imagine them just leaving the poor babies there, but on the other, I can't imagine anyone loading some rhinos and parrots into the back of a ute and driving 4ish hours into melbourne
  
  E: actually according to the article:
  
  At Halls Gap Zoo, owner Mark Treweek has taken some of the animals — including a python — to his house to keep them safe.
  
  Birds, other reptiles and mammals are among the precious cargo, while some of the bigger animals, or those that don't want to be shifted, remain at the zoo with the sprinklers on.

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