Margot, your email reminded me why we selected not to move from our present suburb after all! We live in one of the no-quite-outer suburbs of Melbourne, in an area which is not quite hilly, but rather gently ondulated, and about 80m up from sea level. We discussed in the past moving to one of Melbourne south suburbs, which are on a plain, and close to the sea, as DH's children were always wanting to go to the beach at that time. Since it took us one hour each way, and a lot of hassle looking for a carpark together with another 2 million Melbournians or so, we didn't go to the beach very much. However, all our friends live down that way, so we always have to drive a long way to go see them, and vice-versa. We lost all interest in moving when talk about the Greenhouse effect started to be backed up by statistics, and it became evident that the regions near the beaches would be under water very quickly if the ice at the poles started to melt! In fact, the city centre will probably be under water very quickly too! So there we are, still on top of our little hill, and not likely to move soon. And we are very thankful we don't have to worry about hurricanes in Melbourne at present even though we do get some very bad storms, and many areas of Melbourne do get inundated. We are also fairly safe from bushfires, the other plague of Australian weather, since we are not close to any unconstucted area. We do have a few parks, and I guess our house could catch fire any time, since it a weatherboard one, but no bush.
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, counting her blessings and wishing all weather sufferers the best of luck. And hoping mankind will be smart enough to do something to correct past errors before it is too late!! Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada wrote: ...I live in a 10 storey building, across the street from the harbour. I wasn't concerned about the water reaching my flat, 10 stories up, but I wondered what would happen if the foundations of the building were pummeled by the water. So I looked out the window and tried to calculate how high the basement was above the high tide mark. I figured we'd be okay (and I was right) but I got dressed and packed an overnight bag just in case.... http://search.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
