bill yes it's a wonderful city..great harbour ..you were in a good spot.....merle
Merle, I was there the last half of 2004. I lived in an apartment just a block from the Sydney Opera House on Circular Quay. My wife visited there several times staying a couple weeks each time. We both really liked Sydney. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  what year was that bill?...and where did you live in sydney?..merle > > >  > Merle, > > I worked in Sydney for CBA for about 6 months. During that time my wife and > I took a train trip up into the mountains to a town called Katoomba. Do you > live near there? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > >  here in my neck of the woods..the greatest fear is bush fires...merle > >  > > Suresh, > > > > I don't know if it's an explanation, but I understand that Climate Change > > is having effects upon the annual Monsoon, and the general atmospheric > > circulation over the Himalaya. > > > > Many have been viewing with alarm the accelerating increase of > > concentration in greenhouse gases. Keeling has observed the concentration > > of Tropospheric CO2 from Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai'i since 1958. > > The tiny amplitude annual cycle is due to changes in photosynthesis on a > > seasonal basis, and the upward climb is due to burning of fossil fuels. > > Detection of the annual cycle shows the fine sensitivity of the method. > > > > Disruptions in the regularity (as to Date) and other behavior of the > > Monsoon may have to do with climate changes wrought by general (global) > > tropospheric warming. > > > > The "Keeling Curve" graph is a beautiful piece of work, and is powerful > > document. A copy of the graph, almost up to date, and an article about it, > > is at Wikipedia: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mauna_Loa_Carbon_Dioxide_Apr2013.svg > > > > Data that is more up to date can be had from the Carbon Dioxide Information > > Analysis Center, in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. I think that the CO2 > > concentration is now above 400 parts per million. > > > > Many hectares of forest land in the western USA is burning now, due to > > unusually warm and dry conditions. In Colorado, the year 2012 was the > > worst year on record for wildfire damages. The Spring of 2013 has already > > exceeded that record. > > > > We in Arizona are taking extreme measures to avoid fires, now. Our > > thunderstorm monsoon begins about July 4 every year, and the rains are > > usually preceded by several weeks of "dry" storms with lots of lightning. > > Warming and climate change seem to have made our desert even drier, lately. > > We are not likely to have flooding here, but fires, instead, on our wooded > > mountains. > > > > --Joe > > > > > SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@> wrote: > > > > > > Shocking News > > > ========================================================== > > > Rain toll rises to 131, over 73,000 stranded in north > > > Casualties In Thousands, > > > Dehradun/Shimla: Torrential rains continued to pour [snip] > > >
