Hi, I am fine we’re I am, but the Northern Rivers is being hit again. It’s supposed to be raining for the next week at least. Poor old Lismore had just about finished the cleanup from the past record breaking flood with some shops starting to open up and now they are going through it again. Don’t know when this La Niña will go away. Definitely worn out it’s welcome.
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Looks like this rain will be around until June.
The latest climate outlook for April to June shows that rainfall will be above the median for much of the north and east coast of Australia.
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At least the rain has done something good.
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@matildagirl Given a choice between too much rain and too little, I would almost always choose too much. In March we had over 12 inches of rain here (north FL) when the normal is 3.5 inches. There was some minor river flooding but no serious problems. (Also there was some cabin-fever when early in the month it absolutely poured for 3 days straight!)
This is not to minimize the difficulties caused by flooding, but all in all I'll take floods over drought. Rain replenishes aquifers, puts out wildfires, and allows life to flourish (as seen by what is happening to the Australian lake).
Hoping you and yours stay dry while you watch the rain out the window!
@ana 3 days straight would be a piece of cake, we are having weeks of straight rain. This morning the sun is out and will be around until Tuesday when rain then come back. So will make the most of it while it is here. It’s all that grey I hate, give me a blue sky any day. We apparently broke the record for anywhere in Oz since records began for the amount of rain we had in March.
we seem to go from one extreme to the other in Australia with only a year or two in 10 being just right.
I remember reading in 2011 when QLD was having flooding that the amount of rain that fell over Australia stopped sea level rise that year because so much water fell on the land.
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Enjoyed the the sunshine but it is gone again. Another rain bomb is kicking it out of the way.
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Hi, thought you may find this interesting regarding Australian politics. We are waiting for the Prime Minister to call the Federal Election, he is running out of time because it has to be held by the 21st May. Being a bit cynical it might be because he can use government monies for advertising up until the election is called.
The rain is just relentless, we have managed to have the wettest year ever and it’s only 3 months gone, another 9 months to go.
Are you thinking about drawing a crude illustration on your ballot paper because you don't like any of the candidates?
Haha, artists rule! Feeling like if we don't laugh we'll cry, so we'll plow through the best we can. Good luck in your elections.
Apparently they are sending up so many satellites for internet use etc that the light they are reflecting back and the amount of light we have at night in our cities etc are affecting the dark sky area. This is causing problems not only for astronomers, but animals and ourselves.
It also is affecting indigenous peoples connection to their ancient star knowledge. It’s an interesting read.
As with everything we are our own and natures worst enemy.
Research suggests artificial light has negative effects on human health, increasing risks for sleep disturbances, obesity, diabetes and certain cancers.
And it’s not just humans who suffer.
Animals that remain in our cities have disrupted sleep, increased stress and must change their behaviours to accommodate the loss of darkness.
We really need to change so many things about how we live, it’s quite daunting.
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