Boy, to say the least. I mean, shouldn't that be June? I do recall
some fairly heavy rain, & dark skies in Melbourne around then (but then
I've never been to Australia in its summer).
On the other hand, although we are returning to our regularly scheduled
weather today (about minus 12 with snow), weve just had nearly a week
of plus 10 or so, which is near record breaking high temperatures for
this time of year.
But not to worry, eh.
Doug
On 3-Feb-05, at 4:30 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> I meant to say that the peaceful, refreshing rain of the other day kept
> coming - and coming - and suddenly it turned into the biggest rainfall
> ever.
> We got three months worth of rain (five inches) in 24 hours...huge
> storm,
> trees blown over, blackouts everywhere, seas up over the foreshore,
> jellyfish and piles of seaweed dumped on the grass and all the
> protective
> rocks washed away, all trains cancelled because of flooding, and snow
> in the
> mountains where earlier in the week they were issuing bushfire
> warnings.
> All very bizarre, even for Melbourne!
>
> Best
>
> A
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
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>
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