Drowning not burning

So much water! It is raining almost everywhere in Australia as a huge cloud band makes its way across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology  radar charts make compulsive viewing as we try to assess the possibility of floods in our area.

Radar loop ... we are under the cloud somewhere there

Local radio stations have become full time arms of Emergency Services. We seem to have learnt a thing or two after the uncoordinated and chaotic response to the last big fires.