Taken from my front porch, the water cascading from the overflowing spouting/guttering which couldn't cope with the volume, click to enbiggen.
Three things I know... (1) the rain we are having at this moment is the tail end of a cyclone/hurricane... (2) there are no cyclones around Australia right now....(3) its a hell of a long way from here to the East Coast of America so Irene must have been a hell of a storm!!!
If you or yours were caught up in that storm I trust that they all came through it well, this thought started me wondering just how many of my cyber friends were involved? to an Australian the East Coast pretty much describes New York, the Big Apple, while the West Coast is generally taken to be LA... Hollywood, I am fully aware that in both cases this is not the case but it sparked another thought.
Do the people who live in America's larger cities blog??? over the years I have visited with many cyber friends who live in the USA but none who come to mind live in the big cities, LA, New York, Chicago, Washington, Boston and the list goes on, my contact has been with folk who live in smaller towns or places that are know only to their immediate neighbors or other bloggers.
Along the same lines my Australian blog list in the main do not live in our bigger cities but in "other" areas... so is blogging a form of communication flavored by people in the less inhabited regions?? to help any overseas reader who is interested Australia also has a West Coast, Perth...
an East Coast Melbourne and Sydney... North, Brisbane and Gympie... Far North, Cairns... and Red Centre, Alice Springs... there are a couple of other places of interest, Darwin, the gateway to Indonesia... Canberra, where we try to contain most of our politicians... Our island state Tasmania, Hobart and apples.
I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the where-abouts of bloggers you know.
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Peter, we live in the middle of the USA. Our town, Lansing, KS, is near the metropolitan area of Kansas City. There is a KC, Missouri and a KC, Kansas. We live Northwest of them. You can check it out on google maps.
Later in September we will travel East to a place called Loveladies, NJ. It is right on the coast on Long Beach Island. We will spend a few days with some friends of my wife, people with whom she went to high school.
From there we will drive to Little Rock, Arkansas which is South-southeast of our home. This year that is the town where the 36th annual Retired Military Police Officers reunion will be held. It is always a four day event. It is great to get together with former colleagues and comrades. We renew old friendships and honor those who have passed away since the last reunion.
Hope this helps your curiosity.
Peter, I know of quite a few bloggers from big cities,inc. LA and NYC.
We have a huge tree on our house, courtesy of Irene.
That's interesting Peter. I think you might be right. I do blog with one person in a big city but the rest seem to be more rural or smaller cities. Of course it might be how many blogger friends a person has. I do well to keep up with a few. Some bloggers will have 30-40 commenters and I don't know how they manage to keep up with so many. Blogging, reading other blogs, and commenting takes time! Lots of time if you do much of it!
We were not touched by Irene thankfully. Looks like you were getting a real gully washer when you took that photo!
I know some bloggers from NYC Peter. And...I may not live right in downtown Chicago, but I'm pretty close by. Different mayors, different elected officials...but same weather conditions. ~Joy
Peter ~ Now I've heard it all... RAIN BLOGGING? You could be all wet buddy! ~ j///b
Hi Peter ~~ I hope it has stopped raining by now. We have had lovely weather, but may have some rain this week. Glad you are feeling OK also, and hope the remnants aren't too serious. Nice to see David and Val and their new Motor Home. What a life. Take care, Love, Merle.
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