Floods and buckets

[jccub1]

Flooding
Some of you may have heard already about the freaky weather patterns we're having down here in the southern hemisphere - hells, it's happening all over, we're not the only country/continent experiencing extreme weather at the moment.

We've been much luckier here in the city than in the regions - we're just dealing with torrential rain,

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[kauko]

I saw some pictures of farms that were overrun with spiders( wolf spiders, I think) that had fled the flooded areas. I'm not a fan of spiders at all, so it kind of freaked me out. In fact, speaking of spiders and Australia, whenever I hear the word Sydney I immediately picture funnel-web spiders in my head and shudder. :)

[jccub1]

Lol trust me I'm a BIG non-fan of spiders too! We rarely see Funnel-webs, I think they're more common outside the cities. But we see plenty of Redbacks (which are poisonous) in our back garden - I uncovered a nest of them last year and practically screamed like a little girl lol.

Huntsman spiders are also pretty common - scary looking and fast-moving but not generally dangerous to humans. But they can give a nasty bite if provoked. We normally find Huntsman's in our cars :S

[kauko]

There's just something I find creepy about the look of funnel-webs, and the size of their fangs *shudder*. We don't really have big spiders here in the eastern US, and only two poisonous spiders, Black Widows and Brown Recluse, neither of which I ever really see.
I saw a segment on Huntsman spiders on some nature show once. I remember them showing them hiding on the inside of a car.

[jccub1]

Our Redback spiders are a variation of the Black Widow :S
And yep the Huntsman like to hide in cars and pop out when you least want them to...like when you're driving...bastards!

[sparkytwmonkey]

So instead of educating them on proper driving etiquiette, you are becoming one of them?

[jccub1]

Educating proper driving etiquette would be like telling Australians to not drink beer. Pointless and likely to get my ass kicked.

So yes, I've joined them :P

[divos_voids]

good for you on holding your ground! here in NM, people drive like idiots. i see more multiple lane changes to turn or exit than i ever saw in CA. and we get those that wait until the very last minute and force their way in, which nearly got me rear-ended because it caused everyone else to have to brake. i try to not let them in, but lately i've gotten to where i'm trying to relax my driving and just go with the flow. it's amazing how fast i was driving because now that i'm trying to stick closer to the posted limit, i feel like i'm sitting still.

[jccub1]

Have to admit I'm trying to relax more, like I used to. But some idiots need to given a proverbial slap once in a while. She was one of them :) Overall, most people in Australia seem to respect the speed limit, particularly out of the cities which is a little odd. Miles from anywhere and you'll see a lone car travelling a straight road with not another car to be seen and it's sticking to the speed limit.