Wilting agapanthus

Obviously we all felt the effects of the hot weather in Melbourne over the past few days.   The usual issues arose, such as fires, air-conditioning units on trains failing (but so long as the fans still work, isn't it better to run a train that's not cooled rather than no train at all?), fears of power outages....and so on.

[Edit - updated image]

I was scheduled to attend a meeting in the city late one morning during the hot spell, but it was cancelled due to the heat.    Initially I thought this was a bit of an over-reaction, as the temperature mid-morning, when I would have been travelling in to the city, wasn't too extreme.  But by mid-day, things had heated up, so I decided the decision was probably for the best, after all.

Instead, I walked up to the local library.   It was full!    Clearly, the locals were taking full advantage of the  air-conditioned atmosphere!  I heard that the local shopping centre was also quite busy!

Stressed street tree - doesn't look good!

There's been a bit of an effect on some of the younger street trees, but hopefully most will recover (EDIT - although some, such as those in the image, look to be in a bad way).  Even the agapanthus in the street - not my favourite plant  - are showing signs of heat stress.  No doubt they'll survive.