This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Batson to my mate, Jeremy Zakis in New South Wales,

who's going to report on the climate. The conditions in New England, southern New England, are

unusual. We had a snow shower two days ago. It was gone by noontime. We've had a very dry fall,

so much so my pond is down six feet. It was down by noontime. We've had a very dry fall. So much so, my pond is down six feet.

It was down eight feet.

The stream was dry, which is extremely unusual this laid into fall.

It's filling up a little bit with the melting snow, but not much.

And we need lots of rain, lots of rain, a month till winter, but that's

southern New England in the northern hemisphere. Jeremy's in the springtime with a month to

summertime, and things are acting oddly, but it is a continent. So I don't hold it to the same

conditions that I do in the region of New England. And in any event, Jeremy, a good day to you.

Right now in New South Wales, what are the conditions?

Good day, John, I can report right now as we we speak the conditions are hot, they are dry,

they are windy and it feels exactly like we're in the middle of summer. And when I say hot,

I don't just mean a little bit of heat. I'm talking temperatures that are around 35 degrees

Celsius. So we're nearing the 100 degrees Fahrenheit and we're expecting down in even Victoria,

which is a lot further south

than us, some areas are going to hit 40 degrees. So that's around about 110, 115 degrees

Fahrenheit. So honestly, John, everything you've described there about the dryness there in New

England and I guess the fact that you don't have water kind of applies to us right now,

except the only thing is the reverse,

and we are in very, very warm conditions right now.

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