So this year has been a series of extremes in terms of the weather.
At Christmas we went west to outback NSW … where children as old as three and four had never seen rain. Everything was parched, not a drop of water to be seen in the many creeks and dams we passed on the roadway. Lagoons bone dry. And the wildlife suffering because of it. All very sad sights.
But then June 8 rolls around and with it does a 1 in 30 year storm event that left us in quite a state, our home damaged, my husband stranded, me stoopidly driving out at the height of the storm to rescue said stranded husband, and then we were 8 weeks on partial power and being forced to have our home re-wired and part of our roof replaced.
We were lucky. We could have had it a lot worse. People died in this storm. A huge ore carrier was beached and for a while it was touch and go whether or not there’d be environmental strife as a result. But we weren’t injured. Ok, we were inconvenienced, but we discovered that our friends really cared for us and they helped us through, we are no longer at threat of having our house burn down, we have new wiring and a brand new pretty power pole in our front yard. I want to paint it purple.
All very much an experience and definitely from one extreme to another. Mother Nature truly at her most awesome.
Our thoughts and prayers though to others who suffered loss, damage, and loss of loved ones during the storms. Also our thoughts to those who have struggled on for years through a harsh drought. Let’s hope we get some respite from the extremes of the weather… and soon.
