Things are looking better for us after a pretty scary week while locked down with the whole of the south west due to a quarantine guard contracting COVID. During the 5 days of lockdown there was also a huge bushfire just north of Perth which has sadly cost 86 homes and a lot of beautiful bushland and countless animals. Several fire fighters were injured, but none seriously. It could have been worse.
Our own son and daughter-in-law's place was in the 'red' zone of the warning area at the beginning of the week and they evacuated to their other grandparent's place for two days. On the third day it was safer to go home but they brought our granddaughter who has asthma over here for 24 hours just to keep her out of the smoke.
Today it has been announced that the bushfire is 'contained' and therefore not spreading. The COVID situation seems under control (no new community cases for the whole 5 days) and so we are no longer locked down though there are some restrictions in place. We must wear masks when away from home -inside or outside, for example.
Some people say that 'everything comes in threes" In this case it is that there is a weather event on the way -a cyclone type system has disintegrated into a rain bearing depression and travelled all the way down our coast and we are expecting some rain over the next few days. This is good news so long as it is not too heavy. In the north of our state they are used to monsoons and cyclones, but there has been heavy flooding and some people have needed rescues from flooded roads. We are here under the cloud in the south west of Western Australia. The rain should put the bushfire out completely, and clear the smoke too.
DH and I have removed the summer shade cloth from our veggie gardens for a week or so. The garden will be much refreshed by the rain. We have a Mediterranean style climate, so mostly we have a summer drought and any summer rain is unusual.
2 comments:
Wow, that sounds challenging. I feel for you with the fires. We have had them in California, too. They're so scary. Glad to hear that you have so few Covid cases where you live. Take care...
Yes those fires looked very scary close to Perth and sadly so many homes were lost. My sister visited Brisbane for 2 weeks at Christmas and we went into lockdown for a snap 3 days however she had to stay home for 14 days...a week and a bit later she had to do the 5 day lockdown. I think the snap lockdowns are the best way to avoid much longer lockdowns. We are so lucky in Australia and I feel safe here. If I was anywhere I, I doubt I would want to leave the house. Have a great week. Kathy, Brisbane
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