Subj : Re: Big Rain
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Avon
Date : Sat Feb 08 2025 08:36 am

On 07 Feb 2025 at 07:49a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> Howling wind, pouring rain for most of yesterday. Temperatures 10
 pF> degrees colder than the day before. Wind so strong it picked up a patio
 pF> umbrella that was retracted and bound, and deposited it on my roof!
 pF> 
 pF> I'm going to wait until the ground dries before I go up there to
 pF> retrieve it.
 pF> 
 pF> This weekend promises to be back to normal, with higher temperatures and
 pF> sunny skies.

Folks in the North Island of New Zealand have been having flooding issues, near Taupo I think, but here it's a high of 23 Celcius today and sunny blue skies.. Summer has almost arrived here albeit about 6-7 weeks later than usual.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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