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Staircase Of Suburban Art Deco Unit Block Somehow Colder Than Anywhere Else In Sydney Today
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The people of Sydney and surrounding regions are today learning that the coolest place to be during a heatwave is in the lobby or staircase of a pre-war red brick unit block that doesn’t even have aircon, let alone fans.
This comes as a heatwave in NSW surpasses October records today, with the people of Newcastle, Sydney and the Blue Mountains lulled into a false sense of security with an initially cool morning that turned into sweltering heat after lunch.
In the Hunter region, temperatures rose 10C in just ten minutes early in the afternoon. Sydney airport saw the mercury shoot past the 38.1C record from October 2005.
Meanwhile, the westerly winds are doing very little to chill the state, with even more heat being blown into the Sydney CBD late into the afternoon.
With the most of the city dressed inappropriately for the day, the sharp spike in temperatures has seen millions of people regretting their decision to wear unnecessary layers in what can only be described as unpredictable ‘Melbourne Weather’.
With the hot winds drying any beads of sweat before they can even dampen the clothing, the gloomy heat is both inescapable and incapable of even resulting in a tan.
The people of Sydney are now rushing home through a hot, humid and muggy city – in desperate search for somewhere to escape the sun-less heat.
The only people finding reprieve from this bizarre and hot weather are those that live in the art deco unit blocks that pepper the suburban streets from Parramatta to Randwick.
Because for some reason, the entrance hallways, foyers and staircases of Sydney’s endangered red brick 6-packs stay cool all year round, regardless of whether it’s nearly 40 degrees outside.
These suburbs are also less likely to experience power outages as the double-bricked refrigerators use up far less energy than the legoland high-rises that are currently groaning with the strain of 200 air conditioning units at full bore.