Click on the picture to go to the Guardian‘s slideshow of images from The Big Dry, the worst drought in Australian history. They’re well into year ten, and to give you some perspective, the above image was taken at Wivenhoe Dam, which is now holding back nothing more than air when it was built to contain enough water for all of Brisbane.
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The situation is alarming. I did a blog post on the Darling River in Australia. It’s dying of thirst http://timethief.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/australias-darling-river-dying-of-thirst/
Thanks! I’m sure Archie will weigh in as well, next time he’s online.
Yup, we’ve had a drought for about as long as we’ve had an ultraconservative, global-warming denying c-word for prime minister. Not that I’m saying the two are related. Oh wait, yes I am.
Sic ‘im!
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