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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Well, we have had some rain - I would guess about 2mm, and the sky is clearing, and the temperature is below thirty for the first time since Thursday. And if the forecast is right, we may get minimums below twenty for two nights in a row. And three days with maxima of only 29 before going back up above thirty.

Dunno where this "rain bomb" is. Or the snow for that matter!

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Hope you get some real rain soon.
It's interesting that SE Qld has had some rain, and our tanks are full, but the water level in dams here and in some other places I checked has barely risen. I guess the landscape is just so dry it's sucking up every drop of water and not much is running off.
What does run off is causing problems by washing ash into rivers. I read there have been major fish kills at at least 20 locations on the Murray Darling and in other rivers including the Macleay in the last two weeks.
What we really need is a good old fashioned major cyclone to drench the whole country with steady rain for several weeks.

John, let us hope "Everything is coming up Roses" for you now?"

It turned out to be 1mm in the gauge this morning!

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

It turned out to be 1mm in the gauge this morning!

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That's not going to cover the evaporation rate of your dams, John.

Here in Canberra, even though the wind has been coming from the NW, the Orroral Valley fire seems to be now moving in a NW direction and has now come over the mountains and looks as if it is moving north up into the southern Brindabella Mountains - seems to be in the valley that contains the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - I hope they have moved all the animals out.

If the wind changes to the SW there is a real chance the southern and western suburbs will be exposed.

Today is the first time this area has been burning - is about 10km away.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

That's not going to cover the evaporation rate of your dams, John.

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Or even the Bird Bath.

Our bird bath is looking rather sludgy. I did fill up the frog pond, though. They seemed pleased, although it can be hard to tell.

It is a bit hard to tell with Frogs I agree.

They all seem to have that stupid Froglike grin so even if they are unhappy they still look like they have had a narrow squeak from one of your Pythons.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Our bird bath is looking rather sludgy. I did fill up the frog pond, though. They seemed pleased, although it can be hard to tell.

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Mike, keep fresh water in the bird bath for two main reasons : A) The birdies like it. (And probably should be 'A'), the mozzie wrigglers don't like it when you empty the water to replenish.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

That's not going to cover the evaporation rate of your dams, John.

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The evaporation rate in my one dam is exactly zero at the moment - it is bone dry.