Look... Up In The Sky!!
Jan. 16th, 2020 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanIt's dark, it's grey... it's wet!!
It's raining!!
Of course, it rained on me catching public transport to work, but I'm quite happy regardless. I just hope it's raining in our depleted & fire-affected catchment areas & not just here on the coast, where I live & work. Sure, my garden will be grateful, but there are bigger issues at hand...
This being Australia, it can't be simple, good news. Heavy rain after severe bushfires brings a few problems with it - namely landslides & flooding, as there's now no vegetation in a lot of areas to anchor the soil & absorb the water, so what little topsoil there is, can easily be washed away &/or turn into mud that will travel unimpeded downhill towards whatever's in the way. And, come to think of it... a whole lot of ash & burned dirt winding up in our river system & dam catchments, doesn't make for a cool, refreshing drink... for human or animal alike
Still... it's raining & we can at least be grateful it will put a literal dampener on a few of the fires that have been burning since Winter... Can we have another 3-4 days of it, please?
It's raining!!
Of course, it rained on me catching public transport to work, but I'm quite happy regardless. I just hope it's raining in our depleted & fire-affected catchment areas & not just here on the coast, where I live & work. Sure, my garden will be grateful, but there are bigger issues at hand...
This being Australia, it can't be simple, good news. Heavy rain after severe bushfires brings a few problems with it - namely landslides & flooding, as there's now no vegetation in a lot of areas to anchor the soil & absorb the water, so what little topsoil there is, can easily be washed away &/or turn into mud that will travel unimpeded downhill towards whatever's in the way. And, come to think of it... a whole lot of ash & burned dirt winding up in our river system & dam catchments, doesn't make for a cool, refreshing drink... for human or animal alike
Still... it's raining & we can at least be grateful it will put a literal dampener on a few of the fires that have been burning since Winter... Can we have another 3-4 days of it, please?
