we heard the aussies are having a horribly hot spell. hope the fires are not where you are.being here in kansas i have found out how spoiled i was about the weather. i was raised in san diego california. the temp was always nice except a few weeks of the santa ana winds that came from the dessert but even then it wasn't to bad cause we just went to the bay or beach which was just a couple of blocks away.and the southern california winters are great. kansas is either real hot and humid like you have now or to cold, as in 29 degrees right now. i'm always "CALIFORNIA DREAMING" these days. Hope the hot stuff passes soon for you. you'd be more than welcome to some of the cold from here if i could.