Quoting Joseph Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Peter,
You back in civilization ;-)? How did the trip go?
Joeph
Not at all - just keeping an eye on you all via webmail! LOL. Not due
back until end Jan - but by then there may be nothing left here! We've
been here before during "Fire Season" but never anything like this.
An area roughly the size of Ireland has been destroyed in Victoria so
far in the past ten days and the fires are expected to burn for up to
six months they are so huge! Over 4000 firefighters involved in
fighting them with some coming from New Zealand and USA to help. In
Tasmania 23 homes were destroyed the night before last and in Perth
suburbs two homes lost yesterday. About ten miles north of here (we're
staying with our son in South of Canberra City) on Sunday afternoon a
fire started that destroyed 100 hectares in two hours!
We think we've got water problems in parts or all of UK - here in
Australia they are experiencing their sixth year of drought
conditions, hence the serious fires. There's a weather channel on TV
here (weather details all day 24/7) that shows the rainfall figures.
Examples - Darwin usually has average 248 mm in December, mostly in
the early part of the month - it's the 14th as I write this and
they've had less than 15 mmm this month so far and none forecast for
at least another week! Alice Springs less than half, Canberra less
than 10% and so it goes on all round the country - anywhere that has
had above 20% thinks itself very lucky. Dams (reservoirs) are
typically only 25 - 35% full. All watering of gardens is restricted to
two hours morning and evening on alternate days in Canberra - no
washing of cars, filling swimming pools etc. Temperatures since we
arrived on 26th November have hovered in the high twenties to low
thirties starting around 27 the day we arrived - but with a steady
daily climb - forecast is for 35/36 today! Forecasters are saying
Christmas here will probably be 40 degrees or more - our son tells us
that a couple of years back it was 44 in Canberra on Christmas Day!
Take care everyone and have a good and safe Christmas (or other
holiday season) wherever you are. If anyone wants to send me a
Christmas pressie, then a fully loaded water tanker - about 300,000
tonnes would be very welcome - I could become a very rich man by
auctioning it off!! LOL
Regards,
Peter MacGregor
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