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Yup. It's bad. My parents live in the country and they've been on Stage 4 water restrictions (no outside watering at all) for months. Coming to our city next month, I believe, unless it rains. I was surprised when I went to Sydney and saw green lawns. A > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: the drought in Oz > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:56:07 -0600 > > I know all the Australians on the list are all too aware of the depth of > the > crisis, but The Independent today certainly brings it home to the rest of > us > reading: > > http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2465960.ece > > It sounds terrible, & not helped by your government (as I understand all > too > well given ours here in Canada; now trying to make like they're going > green > without really doing anything that would actually count). > > I can only wish you some rain somehow soon.... > > Doug > Douglas Barbour > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > (780) 436 3320 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > > What dull barbarians are not proud of > their dullness and barbarism? > > Thackeray > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the millions of Australians using Live Search. Try live.com.au > > http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=740&referral=million&URL=http://live.com.au > -- Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com