The Drought

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:20 pm

gkaytaz wrote:
jacfan wrote:Are you shivering???
You people feeling cold? I will have them install heaters too. Not to mention a good A/C system for the summer heat.

Hey wait, you guys have summer there now don't you. Can't ever get used to it...

Still spring but has been hot and extremely dry. We are not allowed to water our lawns, wash cars or windows. Can only water with hand held hose with trigger release on certain days and between 6 am and 8 am and then between 8 pm and 10 pm. On the 9th December the water restrictions will be even tighter. No watering outside at all and numerous other restrictions.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:22 pm

jacfan wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:
jacfan wrote:Are you shivering???
You people feeling cold? I will have them install heaters too. Not to mention a good A/C system for the summer heat.

Hey wait, you guys have summer there now don't you. Can't ever get used to it...
Still spring but has been hot and extremely dry. We are not allowed to water our lawns, wash cars or windows. Can only water with hand held hose with trigger release on certain days and between 6 am and 8 am and then between 8 pm and 10 pm. On the 9th December the water restrictions will be even tighter. No watering outside at all and numerous other restrictions.

We're lucky in that aspect. The winter has not settled in yet but we have occasional cold fall days.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:24 pm

We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:26 pm

jacfan wrote:We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.

Hope you'll get some rain soon.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:27 pm

That would be good.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:28 pm

jacfan wrote:That would be good.

Do they try to "seed" the clouds to induce rain?

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:31 pm

There was some talk of it but no.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:47 pm

jacfan wrote:There was some talk of it but no.

In that case it's high time to get the tribal clothes out of the closet and do a rain dance

Joke aside, I really hope that that the drought will end soon.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:06 pm

gkaytaz wrote:
jacfan wrote:There was some talk of it but no.
In that case it's high time to get the tribal clothes out of the closet and do a rain dance

Joke aside, I really hope that that the drought will end soon.

Thanks.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:01 am

jacfan wrote:We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.

Up here we cannot have hoses attached to taps , can use a bucket of water to wash car windows only, no watering of anything,

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:24 am

Julian Mayo wrote:
jacfan wrote:We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.
Up here we cannot have hoses attached to taps , can use a bucket of water to wash car windows only, no watering of anything,

That is probably what we will get next week.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:29 am

Julian Mayo wrote:
jacfan wrote:We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.
Up here we cannot have hoses attached to taps , can use a bucket of water to wash car windows only, no watering of anything,

Wow, that is bad. Dunno if it means anything but you folks have my sympathy. The drought will pass soon.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:03 am

gkaytaz wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:
jacfan wrote:We are going through an extreme drought here. Water catchment areas are at an all time low.
Up here we cannot have hoses attached to taps , can use a bucket of water to wash car windows only, no watering of anything,
Wow, that is bad. Dunno if it means anything but you folks have my sympathy. The drought will pass soon.

Been 6 years so far.........if they tell us we have to shower with the neighbours I am movin again

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:45 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:
gkaytaz wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:
Up here we cannot have hoses attached to taps , can use a bucket of water to wash car windows only, no watering of anything,
Wow, that is bad. Dunno if it means anything but you folks have my sympathy. The drought will pass soon.
Been 6 years so far.........if they tell us we have to shower with the neighbours I am movin again

Strongly depends on the neighbor I'd say

But yeah, I understand what you mean. Thinking of the US or moving to another part of Australia?

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:42 pm

The South/North pole perhaps?