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Just Add Water (and Panic): Surviving A Flood

Last week the weather bureau promised us flash floods. I had always wondered about the meaning of ‘flash’ in flash flood. Ok, I know what a flood is but a flash flood, not really.

And because sometimes your smarts desert you I failed to Google this and get out of my misery. Unfortunately for me a friend asked what actually a flash flood is and I mumbled off that it was actually just a fancy word for a flood to make it sound 4IR compliant. It is not, actually! So I ended up with the proverbial egg on my face. Most of us remember the tribulations of the past flood when our backyards were turned into beachfront property... without the beach and our cars were turned into reluctant submarines. It’s like the sky got emotional and dumped its feelings all at once.

No warning, no chill, just ‘surprise water everywhere!’ So it seems the rain, which you may recall being a distinct, manageable entity, has recently made the executive decision to expand its operational footprint. Again!

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