drought breaking
storm clouds bringing rain
and lightning
Over the last 5 days across Victoria we have experienced rain, storms and then more rain. Winds over 100 K have been common with 7 metre swells in Bass Strait. Many towns and farming communities have been living with drought conditions , dams were empty and water and feed was being trucked in. There has been a reprieve but more is needed. These images were taken on May 7th from the Black Rock cliffs not long before sunset. Then the storm arrived.
This is my contribution to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 96 Lightning&Rain A weekly haiku challenge inspiring haiku poets around the world to be creative. Visit the site here https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/05/09/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-96-lightningrain/
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The beauty of the storm that at least partially relieves…
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Partly Al, however the 60-100 K winds make one a little tense
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Understandably so
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Amazing photographs dear Denis, I hope and wish good rains be there… Beautiful haiku. Thank you, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia, the rains are soaking into the earth and in some parts of our state the drought has broken
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Beuatiful – both the photos and the haiku. 🙂
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Thanks Meg I appreciate your feedback.
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Timely prompts. Great monochrome photos full of atmosphere – that little yacht looks so vulnerable.
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Thanks Sandra, and well spotted , that yacht was getting home fast. The images are actually full colour thats how grey the sky was.
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Oh yes, I did realise that the photo was ‘in colour’, I should have put monochrome in inverted commas 😉 . Magnificent how lowering those clouds look.
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Fantastic pictures. The clouds look so angry and heavy. I wouldn’t be on the water with wicked clouds like those hovering. Great haiku. I’m glad there was some relief from the drought. I hope you get more rain.
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Thanks Vashti, I was watering the garden this morning so we do need more rain to really soak in.
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Beautiful Denis. Hope the storm marked a turnaround from drought conditions for you. Those are really high winds though.
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Those are some stormy photos Denis and stormy haiku to go with them too.
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The drought is only partly broken. Those kinds of winds are very common here. Bass Strait off to Melbourne’s South has some of the stormiest wind/weather conditions in the world, up near the Straits of Magellan at Tiero Del Feugo
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I can just feel that wind blowing Denis! Hope you continue to get some rain….
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It seems we live we extremes these days – droughts and then storms. Rough times with weather almost everywhere.
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The general consensus here in Australia is that its called Global Warming. However our federal government is stacked with climate change deniers. They believe the .02% of scientists who deny climate change are correct.
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Your haiku and photos capture the storm well.
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The promise of heaps of rain did not eventuate
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The drought must add an extra element of excitement when viewing storm clouds. I was impressed by the high winds and waves you reported. Your haiku and photos mark a very important event.
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Unfortunately we are now getting more of these storms and winds across the year. Long periods of no rain then sudden storms and a lot of water is gone.
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Hard to watch and know that people need to make changes –worldwide.
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True Janice and even harder when you have governing politicians claiming the science is still OUT on climate change
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