Archives for January 2024

Cyclone Jasper & BOM Forecasting – Getting to the Truth

January 5, 2024 By jennifer

A lie will travel halfway around the world while the truth is lacing her boots, so the adage goes. And so, the showmen will continue to misrepresent natural disasters that befalls northern Australia while finding something popular to say at the … [Read more...] about Cyclone Jasper & BOM Forecasting – Getting to the Truth

Torrential Rain, a 120-Plus Year Record from Kuranda, near Cairns (Part 1)

January 2, 2024 By jennifer

I was born in Darwin, and raised in the Tropics, knowing the sound of monsoon rains on a tin roof – so loud, like a heard of buffalo galloping overhead. Always wondering, as I lay in bed when it would end, whether it would flood. Caused by … [Read more...] about Torrential Rain, a 120-Plus Year Record from Kuranda, near Cairns (Part 1)