Mark might like a ducky...I got an alien haha
Yeah the weather is Australia.
The fires are still burning and will be for quite some time. The rain has helped get most to "watch and act" or "under control". From what I know, there are no fires at "emergency" level ATM. But, tomorrow has warnings for Victoria and Kangaroo Island is on alert for flare ups on Thurs.
The death toll is now at 29 with NSW having the most deaths at 21.
The fires are natural...Be careful with what you read in news media !! Sure, this year is very bad. Worst I have ever seen. But being such a young fella I just haven't lived long enough to see it all yet
The storms are natural...Every 5 or 7 years or whatever it is, we get these summer storms. I lived at Moss Vale for a while. Every 7th year Moss Vale has a white Christmas. My last Christmas there, the high temp of the day was 2C and I had an open fire, wearing Ugg boots, beanie and mittens....and I kid you not !!
Again the dust storms...Broken Hill is almost famous for its' dust storms...Mate, what you have seen on the news is media hype. We have dust storms every year.
Having said that, the situation is very serious. What we have gone through and are still going through is devastating. The loss of life, the loss of animals, the loss of crops and plantations. It is devastating.
These storms could have come last year or next year, but they came this year...It will be a long time before we know the full extent. At this stage confirmed mass fish kills have happened on the mid north coast (NSW). The ash gets washed into the streams and rivers and kills the fish, which of course upsets the whole food chain.
We will get through this
itsaboat mate...Life is just a boat and then ya marry one !