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Re: No longer a lurker

send some of it over here (water that is) not to  the North Island they have
had their share.  We are desperate it looks like we  will be having another
drought.
Phillippa
-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Hafey <lisa@hafey.org>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: No longer a lurker


>Well BP, you can have it all back - we've filled up our dams already, and
have
>avoided the threat of summer water shortages!
>
>Had to laugh - just before our "big wet" started, there were ads on the
telly
>saying that we would have to cut down our water usage, because we had a
very
>dry summer and used a lot of water then, or there'd be shortages next
summer.
>They started this ad the week before Easter...Good Friday came, and SO DID
THE
>RAIN and it hasn't really stopped since!  Y'know, we filled up the
Warragamba
>Dam (which has had its walls increased for more water storage), and just
last
>weekend it went from 59% full to somewhere in the area of 85%!  Turn on
that
>tap now, we can afford it!
>
>Laughing so much I can hardly stand it!
>
>Lisa Hafey
>
>bpgraham wrote:
>
>> Here in NZ we would be about 18 hours ahead of you in Indiana.Sydney
Aust.
>> is 2 hours behind us.I think they have had all our winter rain LOL
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lisa Hafey <lisa@hafey.org>
>> To: mathena@iquest.net <mathena@iquest.net>
>> Cc: veggie list <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 8:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: No longer a lurker
>>
>> >Hi Monica
>> >
>> >We don't yet know the full story, probably never will, but the parasites
>> >apparently came from a feeder canal before they got to the water storage
>> >tanks.  Rumour had it that there were dead foxes which could possibly
have
>> >been infested with the parasites, but Sydney Water has denied that
>> >(probably means that is the case, in my opinion!).  Sydney has a
>> >population of approximately 3 million people (the same population of the

>> >entire country of New Zealand, co-incidentally!), and we were all
>> >affected, because the water was isolated in Prospect Dam, which
>> >unfortunately feeds into all the water system of all of Sydney!  I think
>> >it was approximately 2 weeks of water boiling, but they stuffed up the
>> >warnings, and not everyone was properly alerted at the right time.  For
>> >instance, the northern suburbs of Sydney were told that they were okay,
>> >but then 2 days later were told that they were also to boil all their
>> >water.  We are in the south, but although we were told "on time" it is
>> >very likely that we were also told too late.  No ill effects on us
>> >however, so that is okay with us.  I must say, my family and I
personally
>> >took a pretty lax attitude towards the whole thing.  We don't drink
water
>> >directly from the tap, all our water is boiled for more than one minute
>> >ordinarily, but we didn't bother washing our hands or brushing our teeth
>> >with boiled water, and so far, so good.  The health minister says that
>> >there's been no increase in Giardia/Chryptosporidium infection anyway,
so
>> >maybe it wasn't so bad as they first suspected after all.
>> >
>> >The time is now 6pm Wednesday, so supposing you sent your e-mail at
5.30pm
>> >our time, then we are 16 hours ahead of you in Indiana.  New Zealand
>> >should be maybe 1 hour ahead of me?  Can't remember, haven't been there
>> >for over a year.
>> >
>> >Better go, I have to do the washing up!  Keep up the good work locating
>> >everyone on your globe!
>> >
>> >Lisa Hafey Zone 10/Temperate Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
>> >
>> >M. Mathena wrote:
>> >
>> >> Welcome Lisa,
>> >>  I do know where Sidney is, we are so far apart, it is exciting to
>> >> hear from a gardener that is just starting, since I am just finishing
>> >> harvesting. I also know about water, being in the water system
>> >> business. It seems that water everywhere has been affected, some more
>> >> than others. How did the parasites infiltrate your water, was it a
>> >> wide spread problem, or more localized? Is this going to be a
>> >> long-term problem? It is 1:30 am here, wonder what the time difference
>> >> is?
>> >> Monica Zone 5/6 Indiana
>> >
>> >
>> >
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