In a message on Wednesday 06-07-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hi Paul,   
      
   Thanks for letting me, ad others, know that all is well.   
      
    HG> correct, the only name within that distance from Melbourne is Albury.   
      
   PQ> It's more likely to be Benalla still, mate.  I checked again with   
   PQ> uncle Google: the event is called the 'Austin 7 Club Historic   
   PQ> Winton', and this year was the 40th anniversary meet.   
      
   We have a "Highlights" from Winton coming up on friday, and I'll try to   
   catch that name again, if I'm at home. Just for because of curiosity ;o)   
      
    PQ>> Thank you.  It's raining.  First day of winter and we're having a   
    PQ>> cold 'snap', 24C max with a "shower or two".   
      
   Last night we too got some rain. Some drops were still coming at 08:00,   
   and I see the puddles on the parking area.   
      
   PQ> Well, we've copped it in buckets' full since then.  Maybe the news   
   PQ> isn't as widely reported over there.   
      
   Maybe because we do get more rainy days, than we BELIEVE there are in OZ   
      
   PQ> there was a 'perfect' alignment of 3 or 4 low pressure systems from   
   PQ> here in the Wide Bay region, all the way down the eastern seaboard   
   PQ> of OZ to Hobart in Tasmania.   
      
   At the moment we have a quite deep low pressure over north scandinavia,   
   that is creating very strong winds down to the middle of Swe/Fin, and   
   the wind has increased here too, so that I had to loch down the balcony   
   door, and shut the window in this room too.   
      
   PQ> The effect of the alignment of lows had a rolling consequence down   
   PQ> the coast, over an approximate 48 hour period.  In a lot of   
   PQ> instances at coastal communities, the enormous associated rainfall   
   PQ> combined with increased 'king' tides producing flooding events.    
      
   Yeah, that's what we were told, and shown pictures of, in the news.   
      
   PQ> Some towns along the coastal strip received record rainfall dumps   
   PQ> also.  One report I recall hearing from a country town in NSW (north   
   PQ> of Sydney?) receiving 461mm _overnight_ (yes, near half a metre).   
      
   Up to that amount was also predicted for northern Finland today/tomorrow   
      
   PQ> Many city & town businesses, and beach homes have sustained   
   PQ> incredible erosion and/or flood damage.  One house that has featured   
   PQ> prominently on TV reports had completely lost their backyard, which   
   PQ> had once fronted directly on to the beach, 30m distant.   
      
   Yes, that was also shown on the news, as well as other houses hanging   
   partly in the air.   
      
   That was also the reason, why I was a bit worried for your well being,   
   knowing (or thinking), that the area where you live, may be quite near   
   to sea level.   
      
   PQ> We have plenty to share.  Come get some.  ;)   
      
   Thanks, I'll remember your offer, .   
      
   PQ> Except for the weekend, which brought freezing wind(chill) and   
   PQ> humidity, we've now settled into roughly 12/13-22/24C days again.    
   PQ> Cold enough of a night for one blanket still.   
      
   That's the temperatures we too had last week until yesterday, but now at   
   09:30 the temperature was 8øC and rain is again falling.   
      
   PQ> to an equinox, Holger.  Maybe we'll share similar temperature ranges   
   PQ> as well as length of days, for a short space of time.  :)   
      
   Yes probably, when the REAL summer starts. What we have had so far, has   
   been some sort of appetizing pre-summer.   
      
   PQ> Thank you.  I'm having trouble slowing down tonight as I've got a   
   PQ> wonky mouse on my netbook (which prevented an earlier reply BTW).    
   PQ> Just pulled a spare from my upstairs stash to try...  Good night.   
      
   My GS could'nt quite understand my joy over the joy-stick planted in the   
   middle of the keyboard, on the Dell laptop I received for XMAS from him.   
      
   That machine does also have a touch pad, but I like the joy-stick more,   
   because I've become used to that on the Lenovo laptops I have.   
      
   Have a nice evening,   
      
   Holger   
      
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