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Sun 10 Mar, 2013 11:52 am
looks like nz might be developing the odd desert of their own....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming ... in-history
Fri 15 Mar, 2013 4:55 pm
A professional associate just returned from there, and I was a bit taken aback to hear about this.
I guess I have a common idea that NZ is the southern Ireland....perpetually green and drought proof.
Is Sandra contributing some relief down there yet ?
Fri 15 Mar, 2013 5:20 pm
a bit of rain coming this weekend but not enough to relieve the drought.
the entire north island is now a drought zone, wellington has a week and a half of water left.
west coast of the south island hasnt had decent rain for 12 weeks, that must be a record.
eastern side of the country often goes into drought later in summer, but this is worse than anything on record. the rain will come back for autumn , question is when.
Fri 15 Mar, 2013 5:24 pm
Pretty much reflects what's been happening in Tasmania this year.
Fri 15 Mar, 2013 5:28 pm
isnt it normal for tasmania? certainly was dry when i was there, wasnt expecting it to look so parched... no end of rain in nz up to the start of jan, then nothing... we were lucky we had a wet spring and early summer or most town water supplies would have had it by now...
Fri 15 Mar, 2013 5:38 pm
Not this summer, hottest on record.
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