oh, and i have garlic breath after my cooking expedition in the kitchen. :)

[kitsunegari]

i love rain, i really really do. this may have something to do with my scottish background, it may not, whatever the reason: i love rain.

in a relation to my previous post about the weather, i hate that folk around brisbane like to bitch regardless of the weather. "oh noes, it's too hots". "poo with this rain, can't it just feck off?" "brrrrrr, it's tooo cold!" (though it be mid teens!) there's no satisfying these people. there are times when they're worse than poms! and it's common knowledge that poms like to whinge, i know many (the "being a brit" think helps there ;) ).

the worst part of it at the moment is the fact that we're in a severe water shortage. so, the more rain we get (and preferably in catchment areas) the better! but that doesn't stop people from having a cry when there is even the first sign of a hint of drizzle. as soon as the sky goes grey brisbane folk are grabbing for their car keys and clogging the roadways because it might rain. nine times out of ten it doesn't: that's essentially a fact. this doesn't stop the morons of my home town being tools.

in relation to the "severe water shortage", am i the only person in this "gosh darn it"* city who thinks the relaxation of water restrictions was fucking daft? just because we hit 40% total storage for THREE (count them, THREE) dams doesn't mean we should be allowed to start 'being silly' with the water again. all that means is that the 'reserves' are going to be used up quicker. is bligh really that much of fuck wit? i'm still more annoyed that the "recycled water plant" is servicing a fucking POWER STATION!!! and not the dams! WTF does a POWER STATION need with RECYCLED water? SFA as far as i'm concerned, that water should be for us to consume as water consumers; from drinking to cooking et al...but NO! they feed it to the hydro plant. STUPIDEST IDEA EVAR! (and that's merely my opinion).

anyways, i'm more than pleased that it's raining, even if i am going to be heading out in it very shortly, umbrella in hand. i still love the rain!

til next....
~Kits~ (quite clearly likes the rain)

Comments

[aedia.livejournal.com]

i'm with you on the daftness of relaxing restrictions. relax them now, and we'll be right back in crisis water shortage within the next two years, if not sooner. you can't tell me that the piss-easy restrictions we have has impacted in any kind of significant way on our first-world lifestyles.

and - the recycled water is going to the POWER PLANT??? WTF?? maybe that means they're saving recycled water for industry and dam water for consumption, rather than both coming out of the dams? that would be sensible...i guess...

no, it's still kind of dumb.

[jerub.livejournal.com]

One of the problems with recycled water is that it's hard to ensure that it's clean when it leaves. Sure, the processes are great and it ends up cleaner than the stuff out of the dams, but it just takes one idiot hitting the wrong button or connecting something up incorrectly for "TOXIC: Do Not Drink" water to end up in the "Send To People's Homes" pipe.

But power plants need water and it doesn't matter very much if someone screws up the water purity. That means water from the dams isn't going to be used for power production, screw ups at the water plant won't kill babies, and in a /real/ emergency, all it will take is a little bit (only a few million dollars) of plumbing to use the water plant to send water to homes.

[ghymoreids-mum.livejournal.com]

i've been known to go out and dance in the rain.

you should hear the whingeing that goes on in school staffrooms when it's announced a 'wet day' [meaning, all teachers get to supervise their classes in the classroom. poor wittle fings!]