The Rain Bomb

The best present ever - waking up to NO RAIN. Never thought I would feel this way about rain but it was described as a Rain Bomb and so it was, relentless and unstopping for days on end. The worst is not over and some areas are still expecting more flooding as the river reaches its peak today. The Brisbane River has flooded boardwalks, restaurants and pontoons. The river has reached 4 metres. My fellow reader for the Economist was busy moving her furniture upstairs to save what she could. Cars floated away. People had to evacuate their homes, businesses and schools are closed. Lives were lost.

Weather events are getting worse everywhere. We cannot ignore them as the clean up begins. 

A palm looking like an ostrich from our window as the rain pounded down. 

Meantime could not help capturing this beautiful pair - the weather was bad so how about a spa day. 

The veggie patch 

Other parts of the state have worst weather yet to come. In Lismore the river has reached 14 metres. Nearly as bad as the 2011 floods.A woman just stated she had 14 metres of water in her home. This is bad, but Aussies are resilient and this is a weather event. On the other side of the world a madman is releasing real bombs on innocent people. We stand with the people of Ukraine, even in our damp state of being.