Sunday, July 08, 2007
DEHYDRATION AVERTED, AGAIN
A fearless forecast from frightmonger Tim Flannery:
Environmental researcher Tim Flannery has warned that Brisbane and Adelaide - home to a combined total of three million people - could run out of water by year’s end.
The Flanster, who isn’t having a great year on the predictions front, made that claim only a few months ago. Once again, Gaia lets him down:
Adelaide’s reservoirs are now at nearly 70 per cent of capacity.
They were at 50 per cent at the same time last year.
This month alone, five billion litres of water has flowed into Adelaide’s reservoirs ...
As for Brisbane, well, Brisbane’s water supply was abundant even at the time of Flannery’s warning. Good news for southerners, too:
Melbourne looks like it could escape the harsh stage four water restrictions as its four major reservoirs continue to take more water.
The key catchment areas of Thompson, Upper Yarra, O’Shannassy and Maroondah were boosted by 3.8 billion litres, or 0.2 per cent, of water in a 24-hour period from 8am yesterday.
(Via Chris S.)
UPDATE. Raining again in Sydney.
UPDATE II. Whoa! Check out the latest satellite images - big rain headed towards Warragamba Dam:
