Rain, Yes, We Had Rain.

Rainfall map produced by NASA

The heaviest falls of rain missed me, still I know that in my area many people were caught out by the amount of rain that fell in a couple of hours. It is amazing how quickly all this water runs into drains, creeks and rivers, the expected and unexpected routes the water finds and in the chosen path manages to enter peoples homes, dislocating and disorganising lives in ways we never expect or think off.

Another unexpected side effect of all this rain is that the oceans dropped in height.

map produced by NASA

Yay, I thought, but then I took a look at the map, no Yay, sea levels are still higher now than they were in 1992. The closer you are to the equator the more you notice the increase in sea level.

Oh  by the way, the red to black spots on the first map are a serious short fall of rain, these regions of the world have drought.

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