What's more current than the weather? - Page 27

DanaC · 01-19-2013, 08:48 AM

They reckon itll thaw in a week or so.

Pico and ME · 01-19-2013, 06:13 PM

So, I know you are unhappy with the snow, but this Brit loves it....

DanaC · 01-22-2013, 06:02 AM

This was in the local paper: alas it's only an ikkle pic

Aliantha · 01-23-2013, 05:43 PM

In my part of the country we're expecting up to 400mm of rain over the next few days. some areas have already had over 600mm (that's a foot and a half of rain for those of you metrically challenged).

Anyway, I hope we get a lot of rain. It's very dry here. The wet season has not even started, and we it should have started almost 2 months ago at the latest.

ZenGum · 01-24-2013, 06:23 PM

Good news, the drought has broken*!

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Rescue was completed successfully.

More at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-2...-coast/4481494

*Coastal Queensland and Gulf of Carpentaria regions only, rest of the country still hot, dry and probably on fire.

Aliantha · 01-24-2013, 09:10 PM

Not much rain here so far, but it's on the way. Very slow moving system, which is good in a way, but probably would be better if it'd do its thing then bugger off a bit sooner.

ZenGum · 01-24-2013, 10:27 PM

You reckon they've opened the gate on Wivenhoe dam yet? :p

Aliantha · 01-25-2013, 05:08 AM

Apparently so. Not so sure that was a good move though. The higher tides coming up could wreak a bit of havoc trying to cope with that and a storm surge.

Trilby · 01-25-2013, 06:53 AM

saw a bit this morning on TV about northern Oz being flooded while southern Oz is burning up hot and dry.

they showed some kid clinging to a tree in the middle of a flash flood---he was saved but the guy who saved him was almost killed himself while doing it.

Kids just lucky a dropbear didn't get him first.

follow up Oz question: how come you guys celebrate things (like, oh, I dunno, a bank holiday or something) but NSW never does it the day you guys do it? On my calendar it'll say such and such celebrated except for NSW. What's with NSW? Too good for the rest of the continent?

Sundae · 01-25-2013, 03:47 PM

NSW is New South Wales.
The clue is in the title.

The Welsh never did anything to suit the rest of the country

DanaC · 01-25-2013, 05:56 PM

What's more current than the weather outside my house rfn?

Just got back from carrot's last walk. About 4 hours ago as I was getting home, though a small amount of snow was falling it didn't seem very much. There was already some compacted snow on the ground from earlier in the week, but the roads were all clear and so were the paths in the main.

Anyhoo, here are a few pics from our walk around the village. Apols for the picture quality, the snow was blowing about a bit.

DanaC · 01-25-2013, 05:57 PM

Ahhh....back home again. This is my little street. Note that the snow is getting heavier ;P

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2013, 09:05 PM

We've got a near full moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow.

OMG Dana, I thought Australia was bad, but look at that cobweb.

Griff · 01-25-2013, 09:38 PM

C'mon now, it's an old country.

DanaC · 01-26-2013, 05:01 AM

Took Carrotchops for a walk and the snow is sooo deep! Bad enough on the pavements, but over on the field he all but vanished lol. Let him off the lead to go play with one of his friends he looked like a dolphin leaping through the snow. Vanishing and surfacing, vanishing and surfacing :P

01-19-2013, 06:13 PM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	So, I know you are unhappy with the snow, but this Brit loves it.... __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

01-23-2013, 05:43 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	In my part of the country we're expecting up to 400mm of rain over the next few days. some areas have already had over 600mm (that's a foot and a half of rain for those of you metrically challenged). Anyway, I hope we get a lot of rain. It's very dry here. The wet season has not even started, and we it should have started almost 2 months ago at the latest. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-24-2013, 06:23 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Good news, the drought has broken! Rescue was completed successfully. More at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-2...-coast/4481494 Coastal Queensland and Gulf of Carpentaria regions only, rest of the country still hot, dry and probably on fire. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-24-2013, 09:10 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Not much rain here so far, but it's on the way. Very slow moving system, which is good in a way, but probably would be better if it'd do its thing then bugger off a bit sooner. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-24-2013, 10:27 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	You reckon they've opened the gate on Wivenhoe dam yet? :p __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-25-2013, 05:08 AM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Apparently so. Not so sure that was a good move though. The higher tides coming up could wreak a bit of havoc trying to cope with that and a storm surge. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-25-2013, 06:53 AM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	saw a bit this morning on TV about northern Oz being flooded while southern Oz is burning up hot and dry. they showed some kid clinging to a tree in the middle of a flash flood---he was saved but the guy who saved him was almost killed himself while doing it. Kids just lucky a dropbear didn't get him first. follow up Oz question: how come you guys celebrate things (like, oh, I dunno, a bank holiday or something) but NSW never does it the day you guys do it? On my calendar it'll say such and such celebrated except for NSW. What's with NSW? Too good for the rest of the continent? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-25-2013, 03:47 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	NSW is New South Wales. The clue is in the title. The Welsh never did anything to suit the rest of the country __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-25-2013, 09:05 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We've got a near full moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow. OMG Dana, I thought Australia was bad, but look at that cobweb. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2013, 09:38 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	C'mon now, it's an old country. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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