*Phew!*

[melredcap]

The house is still there, and, more importantly, so are my friends, the cats, and the dog. There are still fires burning around Canberra, and it's likely that they'll be posing a danger again later this week as the weather goes nasty again (hot and windy), but probably not to us. There won't be any rain until *maybe* Monday, and even then it's unlikely to be enough to be much help.

Talk about an emotional roller-coaster! "Aargh, the house might burn down... phew, it didn't. But it might burn down today! ...escaped again. Today is OK, good! But tomorrow's weather looks HORRIBLE! Turns out it's not as bad as predicted, thank goodness. But SATURDAY could be..." I think I've broken my mental shock absorbers or something. I have also discovered that when I'm REALLY stressed, my right eye will twitch gently for hours on end.

The weather here, in the meantime, has been perfect for putting out fires. As usual. Rain, snow, more rain, repeat the next day; there aren't very many days here where you don't get SOME form of precipitation. I honestly don't think you could get a bushfire going here if you pre-soaked a tree or two with kerosene and lit them with a blowtorch. Now, if I could just send some of this wet stuff to Canberra...

Comments

[babaca.livejournal.com]

I continue to hope that you, your friends and many in the area continue to dodge that bullet and that you get a rainstorm that will knock out the fires.