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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-06-04 05:34 pm
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An interruption to our scheduled service ...

See this pic? See that car in the right?


That's not our car. Our car is a bit further up the street, and so far the water has not made it inside. However, that is our bin bobbing merrily along at the back there.

Sydney does rain the way that London and Paris do snow ;-) We could prepare better for it, but why, when it so rarely happens? 

Am at home now, which has reassured the cats, who are looking to me for leadership. So far no need for any of my emergency house repair skills, though I have a tarp and towels at the ready should a leak spring. The guttering at the back has pulled off the house, but the water is flooding out away from the wall, so I will leave it for now rather than make things worse. We do, however, have a pool in our courtyard! And it didn't cost a cent!

A friend who lives locally offered me a lift home, I took one look at the traffic and said I would walk. I suspect she may still be trapped somewhere on Erskineville Rd. Meanwhile the paved square near my place is filled with the cars of people who have abandoned their quest to return home and have instead turned to the ample bosom of the Rose of Australia, where an enterprising publican has obviously been frying onions since the rains began this morning -- the scent is magnificent!

Sensible post later. News at nine!

[identity profile] mayela-delarue.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
My event site is flooded and ruined for the weekend. I'm here at work relocating the entire thing to our town Hall and am reconfiguring the whole lay out. I think I'd rather be at your place with you and the cats. Here's hoping your feet stay dry.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Poor sausage! The cats are thrilled, because I have the heater on drying out my shoes, which means I am obviously planning on warming up my cats! I'd say pop in, but I have used up all my seating space with drying out clothes!

[identity profile] mayela-delarue.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hehehe,i should also have mentioned it's an Eco festival with a focus on Climate Change, ah the irony!

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
AHAHAHAHAHAH!