The old man is snoring…

Posted on August 7, 2007
Filed Under Australia - The land down under |

Perth over the past few weeks has been reminiscent of a Montreal spring…rain, rain and more rain. The problem is, it never rains for very long.

“What?!?” You may ask.

When it rains here it usually BUCKETS down with gale force winds to boot. For a short period of time. Then the sun comes out and this happens…

Perth certainly is the city of rainbows. I see them all the time. This one was on the way to work the other morning. I had seen it while driving on the freeway in a clear blue sky but was only able to stop at the light on Wellington to take the photo. Unfortunately, more clouds became visible then but you get the idea.

The problem is the accumulation. It’s very little in a country that is experiencing some pretty serious drought conditions. So bad, in fact, that we are considering recycling waste water as a solution. Here in Perth we have a desalination plant to help us with our most precious resource. They say that the plant will eventually provide about 17% of Perth’s drinking water - directly from the Indian Ocean. A better option than recycled waste water I suppose but very, very costly.

The past two weeks however have been drizzly, misty, overcast and doing precious little to fill our dams, not to mention the effect it has on your mood. I don’t think it matters where you are in the world, a few weeks of overcast skies is enough to send anyone spiralling into depression…even if it is 20 degrees. It just makes me want to ….

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One Response to “The old man is snoring…”

  1. debambam on August 11th, 2007 7:08 pm

    I used to find it hilarious driving into Freo when a storm hit…one minute it’s sunny, next everyone is driving at 20kms/hour and windscreen wipers on full, and suddenly your back in brilliant sunshine feeling like a dickhead cos your driving at 20kms/hour with your wipers going full tilt…gotta laugh don’t you?
    Kelly

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