Not a great time for a holiday in Aussie as a lot of the East coast has turned to a Martian theme Park
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599256
Half the desert has been blown up in the air and is getting dumped over NSW and QLD It's even starting to fall in parts of NZ.
I has to be the revenge of aboriginal spirits.. Armageddon is starting for Aus... repent repent on your knees
Originally posted by Tirau DanYour profile, Tirau Dan, is probably one of the friendliest and most
Not a great time for a holiday in Aussie as a lot of the East coast has turned to a Martian theme Park
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599256
Half the desert has been blown up in the air and is getting dumped over NSW and QLD It's even starting to fall in parts of NZ.
I has to be the revenge of aboriginal spirits.. Armageddon is starting for Aus... repent repent on your knees
welcoming of any I've had the privilege of reading since joining rhp.
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Originally posted by Tirau DanIt's a worry. My brother has asthma and he's living in Sydney for a while. But he dose use his inhalors,
Not a great time for a holiday in Aussie as a lot of the East coast has turned to a Martian theme Park
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599256
Half the desert has been blown up in the air and is getting dumped over NSW and QLD It's even starting to fall in parts of NZ.
I has to be the revenge of aboriginal spirits.. Armageddon is starting for Aus... repent repent on your knees
I'm sure he'll take care of him self and his family and he had been in Lightning Ridge opal minning ('danger' is his middle name 😉). No point me worrying anyway. He seamed fine earlier.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyCareful Dan, I suspect he's been evicted from his retirement home for being a pompous ball snorkler and needs someplace to live. What better place than the Shire. If he offers to blow some smoke rings for you I'd respectfully decline.
Your profile, Tirau Dan, is probably one of the friendliest and most
welcoming of any I've had the privilege of reading since joining rhp.
😉
Originally posted by Tirau DanAre your feet hairy?
Not a great time for a holiday in Aussie as a lot of the East coast has turned to a Martian theme Park
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10599256
Half the desert has been blown up in the air and is getting dumped over NSW and QLD It's even starting to fall in parts of NZ.
I has to be the revenge of aboriginal spirits.. Armageddon is starting for Aus... repent repent on your knees
Australia's Red Centre is mostly desert, and we get regular dust or sand storms over here on the east coast because the prevailing winter-spring winds are westerlies. This one only drew the mob's attention because it was Sydney and Brisbane that were affected this time. Our 10-year drought has made it somewhat dirtier than usual fallout-wise, that's all. At least it's "clean dirt", not acid rain or nuclear fallout or vehicle emission particles.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateRepressed long term anger issues, resultant unbridled/unprovoked
Careful Dan, I suspect he's been evicted from his retirement home for being a pompous ball snorkler and needs someplace to live. What better place than the Shire. If he offers to blow some smoke rings for you I'd respectfully decline.
hostility and pseudo intellectual bed-wetting in public duly noted.
Originally posted by Tirau DanHi, Dan. Appreciate the on site update. Did you note Kewpie's
Heartland Waikato and wouldn't you know it...car and house covered in red dust ... luckily we had heavy rain to wash the Aussie Fallout away... one good thing will be red sunsets (after our rain).
interesting comments? Is this weather a first in your lifetime?
Me again - a quote from a 2002 university research publication this time.
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Weekly average atmospheric Pb-210 flux data collected between March 1989 and February 2001 are used to construct a record of Australian dust incursions onto the west coast, South Island, New Zealand. Dusts collected from New Zealand glaciers were found to contain a mixture of local New Zealand and long range Australian material, based on novel binary and tertiary mixing models of their ultra trace element chemistries. Trace element characteristics further allowed determination of the provenance of the long range dust component within Australia to better than 200 km resolution. Pb-210 analyses of these chemically characterised dust samples show that activity is related to the percentage of Australian dust in a linear fashion. However, Pb-210 activity of Australian dusts collected in New Zealand is orders of magnitude greater than that measured in the alluvial sediments of the provenance areas. Australian dusts collected in New Zealand are also highly enriched in Pb-210 compared to dusts collected in Australia. This shows that dust scavenges atmospheric Pb-210 which can therefore be used as an effective tracer of long range dust transport. Previously obtained average atmospheric Pb-210 flux data can thus be converted into the first record of long range Australian dust flux in New Zealand. Results show that the average atmospheric concentration of Australian dust in New Zealand is 5.3 mu g m(-3). There is a clear seasonality with the highest concentrations occurring in autumn-winter, preceding Australia's major dust storm season, which occurs in winter-spring. We propose that while meteorological factors control the occurrence of major dust storms, the availability of sediment in source areas is a major control on Australian dust flux in New Zealand. Dust flux is greatest after seasonal river flows when transport of extremely fine grained dust occurs. This is followed by transport of larger particles in the more spectacular winter-spring dust storms. Our results provide information on the characteristics and seasonality of dust transport in the Australian region, which had previously been difficult to quantify by other methods (e.g., satellite imagery). Results also attest to the effectiveness of Pb-210 as a tracer in this region. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V.
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Our dust storms have been occurring as long as long as I can remember (the 1950s) and are probably aggravated by land clearing for grazing in central Australia, which was very much "scorched earth". Recent attempts at reafforestation have been mostly east-coast and cosmetic only. I have read somewhere, but can't find the reference now, that the NZ South Island glaciers have visible colour stripes in the years of high "pollution", i.e. when the spring gales have coincided with drought in the source areas.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyHi Grampy
Hi, Dan. Appreciate the on site update. Did you note Kewpie's
interesting comments? Is this weather a first in your lifetime?
I'm across the ditch in NZ. The Aussie dust cloud was all over the news. A friend had on of the pics on line. The long drought over their has cause all sorts of havoc over the past few years with raging fires live stock losses and garden ruined in some area. I'm sure the Aussies here will elaborate and give local updates. We have a great history of sporting rivalry but we are cousins down under and all Kiwis would wish the weather would get sorted over there. Even if the cloud does draw a few.."Told you they were alien gibes" :p
We are having a lovely spring here in NZ though raining mostly this week.. not too bad. Cheers