December 2011
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Perspective
We’ve started our 2011 Christmas holidays a wee bit early this year, and starting off in an unseasonably warm Northern Hemisphere. The folks here in Finland are saying the amount of snow cover is not typical- none in Helsinki and about 10cm in Lahti, but us Aussies, we just don’t notice the slushy, dirty snow on the roads as we are too busy taking in the snowy landscape. The ghostly...
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This time last week, the magnitude of the rain that had fallen in Western Victoria over the previous four and a half days was just beginning to be understood. Who would have thought that a week later, that the effects of massive rains in victoria would be expected to linger for another week, or more. At the moment, in places like Horsham, according to my Dad, you can hardly tell that there was a...
Black humour relieves the situation a little bit
Including the bright spark who opined that ”the floods are the only significant event to have occurred in Horsham since Mark Twain…”(who visited in 1890’s) and the sign on the pub in a town inundated by water which said “waterbeds in every room”.
The irony of the floods in Victoria is that it’s not too long ago that many of the towns affected were being threatened by bushfires.
Checking on the wellbeing of relatives is a little...
When phones are out of order…and the list of rellies is a long one. Tried to call my Dad all day but phone engaged every time. But as they have probably only had 200mm of rain compared to the 300mm plus at Mt William in the Grampians and the house is elevated should be ok
Flooding in Victoria →
#vicfloods widespread flooding in Western Victoria.
Heavy rain in West of Victoria →
Beaufort, Great Western and Halls Gap facing flooding issues. Western Highway cut between Ararat and Horsham. Thankfully, not as much rain overnight as had been predicted.
