Wednesday, January 19, 2011

another earthquake

Marion, I woke this morning to the news of another earthquake (NOT an after-shock) near Christchurch. They said most of the Sth Island could feel it but there was minimal damage.....? Did you feel this one too?

In this part of Australia, on the edge of the desert and nowhere near any rivers, plus not getting any rain to speak of, we have missed out on what has been happening elsewhere. Over the past month all the states on the east coast plus parts of Western Aust have had flooding rains and rivers, and it's still going on.....Queensland last week (as you know), Victoria now! The biggest river flows through our state to the sea, but a different part, and they are expecting flooding as well in the weeks to come as many of the Qld rivers flow into it. Can't believe the scope of it all......at least 1/5 of the whole continent affected, probably!

Still, even with the tragic deaths which have happened, and some people still missing, we have not had the huge loss of life in the floods and mudslides in Brazil at the same time.

And then there's all this extra ice and snow and storms in the northern hemisphere. "Mother Nature" is certainly making herself known right now.

HUGS to all who need it, or who know those who do.
Fran

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