It's pouring down!

The rain's been pouring down here over the past 30 hours or so. Not constant, but a consistent series of heavy showers, accompanied by near tornado strength winds and (would you believe?) dust storms.
This heavy, noisy deluge won't fill all the dams, or noticeably replenish the Murray River, but it will establish season's opening for the farmers, and it will rescue thousands of home gardens amd trees.
I tell you all this because you deserve it - having read my previous grumbles about our long drought.
In fact, the storms have hit most of the nation's Southern and South eastern zones, and thousands will accept the loss of trees, roofing iron and sheds as a sort of payment for the gift of water.
Dorothy and I were in Tasmania for a few weeks up to a week ago, and were shocked to find much of that mountainous island in desperate trouble over their own 10-year drought, and on our drive to Melbourne we'd already seen stark, dead trees and barren paddocks,
It's not surprising, I suppose that we tend to believe we're the only ones in trouble. Its no wonder, either, that so many of us are becoming convinced that "Global Warming" is a fact. . . . But I note a recent (credible) report that a listing of scientists who believe in the "man-made phenomonen" is only half as long as that representing the equally qualified non-believers.
Anyway - It is very wet and quite cool here in South Australia, and that's good enough for the present.