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Well, I got my wish for a white christmas (see last blog), but perhaps I should have wished for something else. I was thinking how nice it would be to be in the northern hemisphere having a white Christmas. The first photo shows we did have a white landscape in part, thanks to some severe winds 30 celcius plus hailstones. Now, I don't get how these hailstones didn't melt when they hit the ground. Shows the lightening force with which they sprang from the sky. And the next photo is a section of my front garden, showing what an eerie light these Christmas storms brought with them. Ten kms north, there was a twister heading their way. Speaking of which the Northern Territory is being lashed by floods and Cyclone Grant. This is the season not only to be merry but to have your wits about you for cyclones, fires, rips at the beach, sharks, jelly-fish, snakes, poisonous spiders ... The Gold Coast has been closed due to high waves. In Australia, we really do get the whole kitten kaboodle, for seasonal malaises. My next research project will be to see how the latest fad - outdoor rooms bear up with hail stones, heavy torrents, winds and other extreme events.
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| This photo doesn't do justice to the eerie light brought on by the storm in between 3 hailstone onslaughts. |
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