Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! As far as we can tell, there is no equivalent holiday here. No-one butchers up a bush turkey and serves it for dinner...it's probably just as well, these look none too tasty!
What no-one here is thankful for is the rain! It has rained almost 180mm in the last 24 hours...a tropical monsoon, and the wettest October on record. In a country/region that is normally fighting annual droughts, the entire place is inundated right now. There is enough water in the Brisbane reservoir right now to last for 5 years, even if they don't get another drop of rain! The rains here come in from the ocean so, unlike in Calgary where it can rain in and around the city and just flow along the Bow out of town (excpet 2005!), the rain stays here and does the damage here. There is some flooding, but it doesn't seem to devastating. What is causing more damage is the erosion of the shoreline. It seems bad now, but the surfers will be out in force as soon as the beaches reopen. At least they have something to be thankful for.
No comments:
Post a Comment