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 agree of course. I lived in Adelaide for 10 years. Still I'm thinking green desert and flowers. Sound good to me! see you at the pub Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman NO ARCHIVE On 24 September 2010 17:11, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >