Good news.
All lanes on the West Gate Freeway are back open after a crash inbound near South Wharf/Montague Street.
They cleared that one up quick.
It had caused some nasty delays but hopefully things don't bottle up too much.
Melbourne Express, Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Traffic alert
Train cancellation
Frankston passengers, your 7:09am train to the Flinders Street has been cancelled. 7:19 is the next service. I hope it's not too packed for you.
Traffic alert - inbound West Gate Fwy
Bad news.
There's been a crash on the West Gate Freeway, inbound, near Montague Street exit (South Wharf). The far right and left lane is closed.
Delays all the way back to the ring road. Traffic heavy. Expect delays, VicRoads say.
The crash spot is highlighted in yellow.
Photo: VicRoadsTrain delay
Frankston line passengers - there are outbound delays of up to 15 minutes because of an equipment fault in Aspendale.
This may delay some city-bound trains, according to Metro.
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On this day
By Craig Butt
On this day in 1986, Halley’s Comet was visible in the sky and reached the point of its orbit in which it passed closest to Earth.
The comet’s orbit means it passes by Earth about once every 75 years. Before 1986, it had last been seen in 1910. We won’t see it again until 2061.
The Age published a special liftout on the comet, which included an article about how the pass-by had allowed scientist to probe its composition.
“In 1910 scientists took the first photographs to Halley’s comet from Earth. In 1986 they took the first photos of the comet nucleus. In 2061 when Halley’s comet next returns… who knows - maybe they will land on it,” the article says.
An article on Halley\'s Comet that appeared in The Age in April 1986
Photo: MicrofilmFacebook faces the music
Facebook founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg is being grilled by Congress. He started by saying sorry:
Target word
By Craig Butt
It’s time for today’s nine-letter word.
The letters to rearrange are: L Y R A C I T A N.
Send me an email if you’ve solved it. The first with the answer gets the bragging rights. We’ll post the answer in tomorrow’s blog.
Yesterday’s word actually had two answers - RECRAFTED and REFRACTED. Maybe today’s one is the same.
Have you had a 'Thunderclap headache'?
By Craig Butt
You might have experienced some painful headaches in your time, but a ‘thunderclap headache’ sounds like something else entirely.
Neurologist Lawrence C. Newman told the New York Times that the pain from a thunderclap headache, "on a 1 to 10 scale, it's off the charts".
He was commenting on the case of a man who ate a California Reaper (the hottest chilli pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records) at a hot-pepper-eating competition, and ended up with lingering headaches so bad in the days that followed that he ended up in hospital.
Scans of his head and neck showed the kind of constriction in some arteries that can cause intense headaches.
Check out the full story here. And if you’ve got any spicy food misadventures you would care to share with Express readers, let me know.
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Three-day forecast
Quite a warm few days in Melbourne for this time of year, with a shower on Thursday the only blip on the radar. It'll be much warmer in other parts of the state, like Mildura (38 degrees), Bendigo (35 degrees), Shepperaton (36 degrees). Summer is hanging around:
Three-day weather forecast
Photo: BoMHottest April day in 30 years
By AAP
A northwest Victorian centre experienced its hottest April day in more than 30 years on Tuesday, as the region moved towards beating a heat record.
Mildura hit 38.6 degrees at 2pm on Tuesday beating its previous hottest April day of 37.8 degrees in 1986.
And if it reaches 37 degrees on Wednesday, the northwest of the state will "smash" its record for the number of hottest days in a row for April, Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Tom Delamotte says.