Dejavou…its happen again? Australia’s Great Dry… Australia is experiencing similar drought condition they had in 1983. You might remember the Cover Photo of Time Magazine in March 1983…is it Global warming or Environmental collapse…
“Big Dry” turns farms into deserts…Australia is experiencing it’s worst drought in 100 years. But for how much longer?
For me It was not 100 years ago, but only in 1983, don’t know if we Humans forget to quick I certainly remember it only to well.
Is it Dejavou? Cover of Time Magazine, March 28,
1983, Gunther
Deichmann
In 1983 I experienced first
hand the slaughter of thousands of cattle and sheep,
destroyed due to lack of food and water.
Native animals like the Emus got killed when crossing
fence lines in search for food and water. (see the
image below)
“Are
we now on the very brink of environmental
collapse."
Excerpts from the
BBC...
"You see the lack of birds and the lack of life. You
smell it. You can smell the water. If you walk out
into the lake bed you can burn your feet because of
the acid sulphates."
"It's very real and it's happening right in front of
us."
"It's been a disaster," according to the global
warming activist and best-selling author, Professor
Tim Flannery.
©
Gunther Deichmann - Photo taken in 1983 during
“Australia’s Great Dry” near Port Augusta,in South
Australia
- The remains of an Emu -
See below some excerpts
from a recent story on the TIme.com website; for more
and the complete article please go to:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923411,00.html
The entire eastern half of Australia is thirsting
through a wasting drought that is in many regions the
worst in the history of the world's most arid
continent. Already, the "Great Dry" has devastated
90% of New South Wales, which is now in its 45th
month of drought, and 95% of the state of South
Australia, Dubbo, a typical rural town, averages 25.5
in. of annual rainfall. Last year it had 2.3 in. In
many areas seeds cannot germinate; in others the
regal Murrumbidgee River is nothing but a stagnant
puddle. Dust storms have enveloped Melbourne and,
five weeks ago, bushfires raged over the arid ground
of southeastern Australia, claiming a record 72
lives.
© Gunther Deichmann
- Composite image (2 images) to demonstrate
Global Warming and the effects it is having on us and
our planet.
