As a follow-up to yesterday's rather disgruntled weather post ...

( ... Axver evaluates the seasons! )

Poll

Have a guess who's yet again wishing that he lived in a more sensible climate!

I love it when you miss something by just a few minutes. I've been worrying about my modem all afternoon, fearing something had gone horribly wrong as the tracking number was not on the system of the postage company and I couldn't contact the people I placed my modem order with ... but had I logged on to check my e-mails just five minutes later ( Read more... )

Well, last night was fun. I can't think of any storm in my eight years in Australia that equals that one, and apparently we were on the edge and other areas were pelted by hail. Sure seems like there has been a lot of hail lately in southeast Queensland. I hope this isn't signs of a storm-filled summer - as much as they're entertaining to watch ( Read more... )

Although the cynic in me is not surprised, I'm at least a little startled to see how many people are not aware of the recent Pakistani earthquake, or if aware, don't realise the full extent. There are some sources estimating that the final death toll is going to be higher than that of the Boxing Day tsunami last year. This thing is ( Read more... )