tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post6537700913562366715..comments2023-10-25T00:57:45.651+10:30Comments on Wombat's Waffles: Running on EmptyDavohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-66868488924977639292007-04-23T23:43:00.000+09:302007-04-23T23:43:00.000+09:30any time I see weather defeating humans, I assume ...any time I see weather defeating humans, I assume the weather has changed from its accustomed patterns...god knows the people never change theirs.<BR/><BR/>Do your Aussie meterologists have any accounting for the drought. Do the initials GW play into any of the accounting?<BR/><BR/>The way we screwed up our desert SW water situation was to base all plans [and a wildly opptimistic amount of new GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-25133595950028983322007-04-21T21:12:00.000+09:302007-04-21T21:12:00.000+09:30This is the kind of important news we often don't ...This is the kind of important news we often don't get in the U.S. (and elsehwere I'm sure). Keep us foreigners posted.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-42488910441896379122007-04-21T17:37:00.000+09:302007-04-21T17:37:00.000+09:30Yer, Petr, should have mentioned that the "main" m...Yer, Petr, should have mentioned that the "main" map came from your site (some time ago) but have pinched the Murray-Darling bit from another map and pasted it on, dunno how accurate it is.<BR/><BR/>You might have more rainfall than us over your way, BBC, and prettier scenery .. but seem to recall that you are sitting on top a bittuva fracture in the Earth's crust. Would prefer to wait for the Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-91935297844555839172007-04-21T15:56:00.000+09:302007-04-21T15:56:00.000+09:30Wow that puts my grouse in proportion. I was going...Wow that puts my grouse in proportion. I was going to complain that it takes a while to reach your site from here - perhaps an extra long wire under the sea from Australia to England carrying the binary digits and pixels, or perhaps there is some customs check to ensure that the data transmitted is free from any diseases which may affect Australian crops and wildlife. Or the department of Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-60189745324759293292007-04-21T12:39:00.000+09:302007-04-21T12:39:00.000+09:30Whatever, I don't have piped in water here. I have...Whatever, I don't have piped in water here. I have a rain barrel and pack a little water from the neighbors house if I need more. <BR/><BR/>If I would put up more rain gutters I would always have most of the water I can use being as I only use a few gallons a day. <BR/><BR/>Water the grass, to hell with that, then I have to mow it.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-44625511179156380082007-04-21T11:25:00.000+09:302007-04-21T11:25:00.000+09:30Well said Davo, I posted the map a while ago but w...Well said Davo, I posted the map a while ago but without the Murray Darling basin highlighted, might pinch it and re-post sometime.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835936655590583808noreply@blogger.com