It's been in the news a bit lately.
Don't worry, Adoring Husband hadn't even heard of it.
If you're interested, go here, and slowly scroll down the page to follow the story with just enough detail that is very easy to understand. The information you read, is from USA stats, but it happens in Australia too, and Queensland is the worst affected state.
Go here to see some interesting maps and read some interesting information provided by SBS about CSG and fracking and broken rules.
On the weather front at the moment, we have a cyclone to the north which should be crossing the coast between Townsville and Mackay in the early hours of tomorrow morning (by the time you read this, it will have already crossed).
To give you an idea of where Adoring Husband and I are, in the big picture ...
We should get some nice rain out of it .. which we need, but the cyclone is playing havoc with the tides, which are much bigger than normal and it's even possible that we could get our feet a little wet at the Seat of Knowledge tomorrow morning as the tide reaches it's peak.
The spiel with this map warned of impending water spouts and tornadoes between Townsville and Mackay and also on the western edge of the cyclone .. which kind of puts a chill up my spine .. for obvious reasons.
My sister lives in the area to the west. She is annoyed that the people in her town have begun panic buying, because the shelves were bare in her local supermarket. I just hope that she will be ok.
My brother is on the northern edge of the cyclone and has received approx 350ml of rain in the past few days and currently has storms rolling through to the north. He seems to think that he won't be any more affected than that.
A cousin is on Magnetic Island and right in the thick of it. Uncles, Aunties and cousins in Mackay and Townsville.
Good luck to you all and I hope that you will be safe and secure during the next couple of days. I know that it's of no use to you, but you will be in my thoughts!
I got to have a little chat on the phone with my Chicklet today. She will celebrate her 3rd birthday next month, so I'll be heading down that way at the end of next week to be there for the big party!
That also means that this blog will celebrate it's third birthday on 10th February! Who'da thunk I'd still be committed to writing here after three years?! Amazing.
Nite all.
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