"I don't know what it was like at Amaroo this year... I hear that premies are still the same as ever - which gets ever more eerie..."

Even though you were referring to the climate, you inadvertently answered your own question!   

I often wonder what it's like to be enmeshed in a local premie community these days, carrying on with whatever repetitive "participation" is available... another introductory or PWK event here, another Knowledge Review there... an occasional conference call with Prem Lata or some other notable... taking comfort in the extraordinary good and the message of peace Prem Rawat is bringing to so many institutions and government officials all over the world... helping prisoners straighten out their lives... so much love and compassion... it's wonderful just to be a small part of it... 

"I don't get to see him very often, but he's dedicated his life to teaching me and he's given me everything, so it's really up to me to apply his Knowledge and make the most of it -- I can't blame him."

As I project my informed speculation onto premies as to how their phenomenal capacity to rationalize may be playing out, it is indeed eerie to conclude that (except for more sagging skin) not one single thing has evolved or changed since we were premies.