Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Recent eerie afternoon skies over the Mornington Peninsula
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Just last Friday afternoon, I was at school when an urgent phonecall arrived.
There was fire at the end of my street.
My dear partner happened to have the car for the day.
I could hear helicopters whirring in the background.
Quietly, my partner told me he could not get out of the street.
Offers of help to get me home came from teachers at school.
But my husband said he would get me somehow.
He did get out.
The fire was quickly controlled.
That was last Friday.
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A couple of days ago
I felt the air was weird.
Birds were winging intermittently
And seemed to be behaving strangely.
My partner said it could be after all the fires.
I said I felt something else.
It almost seemed to be that
Tight hush
Just before an earthquake.
Even with the business of the day
(Two days)
The air still felt quite odd.
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And then
Tonight
Just before 9pm
The house trembled, wavered and shook.
Melbourne had an earthquake
4.7 on the Richter scale.
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There is something about a Friday...
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AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
Friday, March 6, 2009
There is something about a Friday...
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Friday is a powerful day!
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How in tune with your environment you must be to sense an earthquake coming...
That's quite amazing that you sensed the earthquake Gemma! I'm so sorry for all of the scary horrible things happening in Victoria lately. I saw the news of the earthquake on TV yesterday and thought that's the last thing your state needs right now to deal with on top of the bushfires. Happy to hear that you're ok. Take care amongst all that craziness!
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