it is three years today since the disasterous Canberra bushfires. On that day four people died here, and we lost 500 houses.
i spent much of that day on the roof hosing it down bbeing hit by still hot ambers. aroud 15.30 it suddenly got dark, and i knew it was bad. luckily the wind changed before it got into mu suburb. it did get into the nauture reserve behind my suburb, and i said to myself, shit we are gong to loose houses here, but it didn't happen.
wouldn't you know it for the past three days we'vwe had tropical downpours, with some localised flooding, just as they are about to unveil the memeorial.
finally it is raining again.
