Today's lead news item in Melbourne: it's raining

[bluecuracao]

I hope the rain continues there!

My home state of New Mexico has been experiencing drought for the past several years. Thank goodness they've had wetter weather for several months now, but it still hasn't made much of an improvement in the reservoir levels.

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

I hope the rain continues there!

My home state of New Mexico has been experiencing drought for the past several years. Thank goodness they've had wetter weather for several months now, but it still hasn't made much of an improvement in the reservoir levels.

The same thing is happening here. We had a decent dump of rain in the middle of March and the end of April and again in the last 24 hours. As yet the reservoirs aren't getting the runoff because the water is just soaking into the parched ground. A few more dumps like this and the ground will be full of moisture and the stream runoffs will start increasing.

Next week, more rain is forecast and the first snowfalls of the year are also expected. (the last snows in many places were on Christmas day, last summer)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Kingswood

(the last snows in many places were on Christmas day, last summer)

Do you realize how strange that sounds to us?

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Do you realize how strange that sounds to us?

The cold snap in the middle of summer was rather strange to us as well, I assure you.

Christmas is more usually associated with hot weather, with cold meats and the like as common fare (such as chicken and champagne). It was a rather novel experience for many of us to have some of the traditional hot Christmas fare actually be suitable due to the weather.