On 13/09/2009, at 2:27 PM, Ray Ludenia wrote:
The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go from ridiculous negative temperatures to extreme heat as for example in Colorado. It's gradually getting warmer now (the low 20s C) and it looks like we might be expecting another horror bushfire season. Melbourne's dams are still below 30% full after 12 years of drought.
I'm wondering how many more years it is before it gets through to people that it's looking like it's not just a deviation from the average, it's a climate shift to a hotter drier south-eastern Australia.
And yeah, another horror season ahead. :-( Hopefully people will be better prepared for catastrophic conditions this year, and more inclined to arrange to be elsewhere on Red Alert days.
Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
