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effects of your flood on drought areas
With the widespread flooding along your east coast, are you seeing signs of
the water flowing down into some of the drought ravaged areas? River systems starting to come alive, dams filling, springs bursting back to life? rob |
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effects of your flood on drought areas
"George.com" wrote in message ... With the widespread flooding along your east coast, are you seeing signs of the water flowing down into some of the drought ravaged areas? River systems starting to come alive, dams filling, springs bursting back to life? rob Yes, there have been good falls of rain in some areas over the last two months or so which are now starting to look really good. The most recent falls causing flooding in QLD will produce benefits in a while. Some land has to emerge before crops will grow! I expect there will be some inflow to the Murray-Darling but probably not enough unless the rain continues and moves west. While (for example) a year ago NSW was over 90% in drought it is now about 50% but the far west is still very dry. There are still parts that have been drought declared for seven years. This may sound like biblical stuff but the last el nino was the worst in 100 years. The present la nina will need to continue and intensify to get to those areas. Some of the climate models suggest that if global warming isn't curbed eastern Oz will go into a permanent el nino. So instead of a land of droughts and flooding rains it will just be drought. Let's hope the USA sees the light on the departure of Bush and the rest of the world ex-digitates too. Although my vege garden is suffering from fungus and rust (sigh), I have 10 horses on 8 acres and they are knee deep in grass and fat. Looking around I feel very fortunate. David |
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