Posted by Sigismund on February 27, 2008, at 18:38:00
In reply to Hey Sigismund, posted by Kath on February 27, 2008, at 11:19:12
We are having a la nina year. It is the end of the drought, pretty much, and the wettest time since the early 70s.
I'm expecting floods soon.
Having failed to find any decent photos of Autsralian floods, here is a graph of the la nina/el nino thing for you to look at...
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/events/r3204-11l.gifYou may find this photo on this page easier to handle. It is what I am expecting....
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/EMA/rwpgslib.nsf/GraphicFilesPersonal/(85FE07930A2BB4482E194CD03685A8EB)~Floods%2BMain%2BStreet/%24FILE/floodmainstreet.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/ema/emaschools.nsf/Page/RWP8829DA52178627DECA256C5D000362C6%3FOpenDocument&h=233&w=350&sz=108&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=AnxJ5SWJ0Rq-CM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daustralian%2Bfloods%2B1974%252Bbrisbane%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DGIsn't that a big address?
The page is interestingly blurred down the bottom.
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