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Public life ground to a halt, many lost power, and scores of people died behind closed doors. What sounds like the start of a post-apocalyptic movie is in fact Melbourne in January 2009.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

From memory where I was in Brunswick East each weekday leading up to the weekend topped out at 46.5C at 6:30pm. I kept wondering when the evacuations would be ordered but they never came. Mum worked for a funeral home in Sydney. She turned up a week or two later with a truck full of coffins. I guess Victoria didn't have enough on hand.