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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like el nino is now official. Think I might get in early and get a whole lotta that brown dripper hose and throw it on timers.

With Melbs pop. growth since the millenium drought (3.5m ->5.2m)... and near zero new water capacity... If we get a repeat of that...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

...you'll be ready to numb us to the pain of climate catastrophe with your home grown organically lobotomising chillos. Now with extra irrigation!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Last night I had my first climate change nightmare.

"it's going to get much colder and summers will be boiling"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Remember the 3 minute blue-sand hourglasses they mailed to everyone, to time our showers. I wish I had of kept mine lol

Edit: or were they 11 minutes? I think they were 3... ehh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought they were 2 minute timers haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont even remember properly lol i was a late teen and just fiddled with the hourglass in the shower haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But we have the de-salination plant now ....