The rains came...and stayed and stayed and, you guessed it, stayed

5:51 AM Mon 6 Dec 2010 GMT

'La Nina relates to a cold inversion - read more at earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=6270 ' . ? Click Here to view large photo

Rainfall across Australia's eastern seaboard described as 'beyond extraordinary.' Marinas, marine dealerships and brokerages are virtually deserted as the rain tumbles down. A couple of weeks back I wrote of La Nina, a weather system or condition bringing widespread and heavy rainfall the length and breadth of Australia?s east coast. Well, nothing has changed; I don?t know if La Nina, Spanish, we?re told, for ?the girl child?, is still to blame, but across Queensland, most of NSW and large areas of Victoria are still being deluged with massive rainfall. The conditions are playing havoc with the recreational boating industry. Marinas, ...

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by Bob Wonders

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