On May 31, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <fotoralf@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 30.05.21 um 19:04 schrieb Rick Womer: >> After a very dry several weeks, we’ve had about 2in / 5cm of rain this weekend. When it let up a bit, the camera and I took a walk; > > I'll say it with Ella: > "Isn't this a lovely day to be out in the rain..." We've had a ton of rain here in the past few days. 26mm on Saturday, 68mm yesterday and another 40mm today. The rivers across our whole region are well and truly in flood. I went out with my daughter this morning with our wet-weather gear on, to jump in puddles. What great fun. Cheers, Dave

Take care, Dave. I read that hundreds of people have been evacuated. Alan C On 31-May-21 10:03 AM, David Mann wrote: > On May 31, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <fotoralf@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Am 30.05.21 um 19:04 schrieb Rick Womer: >>> After a very dry several weeks, we’ve had about 2in / 5cm of rain this weekend. When it let up a bit, the camera and I took a walk; >> I'll say it with Ella: >> "Isn't this a lovely day to be out in the rain..." > We've had a ton of rain here in the past few days. 26mm on Saturday, 68mm yesterday and another 40mm today. The rivers across our whole region are well and truly in flood. > > I went out with my daughter this morning with our wet-weather gear on, to jump in puddles. What great fun. > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Out of the blue we had a crackerjack of a storm last night (45mm) with more forecast for today. Up to 944mm for the season now. 1000 is in sight! The garden will love it & Sable Dam may well get back to 100%. 922 in 1980/1981; 1081 in 1999/2000 of which 486 fell in Feb. Alan C On 31-May-21 07:20 AM, Alan C wrote: > Rick > > The last substantial fall was 38mm on 22nd March. Nothing in April/May > but the weather has remained warm to hot with many days still in the > 30's so everything has dried out. The average total rainfall from May > to Aug over the last 10 years has been less than 10mm. Until the start > of the next rainy season in about Sept. it will be a case of just > keeping the garden alive by limited watering with potable water which > is very expensive. Most of the rain falls from mid-Oct. to mid-Mar. > Sept. is the best month for game viewing in Kruger because the trees > have lost their leaves and the game is forced to use the remaining low > water drinking spots. The "fall" occurs towards the end of the cooler > weather just before spring. Some tree species, notably the Mopanies, > loose their old leaves & grow new ones simultaneously. > > Alan C > > On 31-May-21 03:04 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Alan, >> >> I’m puzzled. You have 899mm for the season, normal is 530mm, but you >> say it is dry. >> >> Rick >> >>> On May 30, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: >>> >>> Refreshing. So dry here already - we could do with some of that. I >>> need 1mm to record a round 900mm for the season ending 30th June. >>> Only twice in the last 50 years has Phalaborwa exceeded 900mm for >>> the season. Normal is 530mm. >>> >>> Alan C >>> >>> On 30-May-21 07:04 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >>>> After a very dry several weeks, we’ve had about 2in / 5cm of rain >>>> this weekend. When it let up a bit, the camera and I took a walk; >>>> >>>> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/May-2021/Wet-Weekend/ >>>> >>>> Comments, from lavish praise to scathing criticism, are always >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> -- >>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.