Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely, but that much fell in a few of hours in Houston when I was there a few weeks ago and didn't cause a flood, or surprise anyone. If you live in Southern Australia and you rely on rain (farmers etc) while there is cause for cautious optimism at the moment, even this year is down on the long term rainfall average in most areas. Marty On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Indeed. Except that right now I am there (dinner with Marty tonight) and > heading north into the outback part where Alastair recently was. 3 inches > of > rain in that particular spot this month so far. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 24 September 2010 12:12, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's always dry here - we have a semi-arid climate, but Southern >> Australia has been in serious drought since the late 1990s and rain >> fall is still below the long-term average: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought_in_Australia#Drought_in_the_21st_century >> >> Marty >> >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> wrote: >> > Actually, isn't South Australia in some sort of big drought period? >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Ted, >> >> >> >> Okay, I'll keep the dust if you'll keep those british Columbia winter >> >> skies and incessant rain (though in such an arid place we find >> >> ourselves wishing for rain often). >> >> >> >> Marty >> >> >> >> >> > -- >> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> > replies in your msgs. ] >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >