Hi! David,

On 13 Dec 06 09:33, you wrote to me:

 DW> I met a girl recently who's visiting Toronto from Brisbane. I asked
 DW> her why she chose to come here in winter, when she could be enjoying
 DW> the nice summer down there. She laughed, and said she far preferred
 DW>  Toronto winter to Brisbane summer. Then she went into details...

Smart girl!

Did she mention the mini-tornadoes that rip through the Brisbane valley
every odd year?  I used to live at the top end (city end of the valley) as
a young feller.  Luckily the storms tended to follow the river which was
about 5 kliks west of our place, after having torn through the outer
southern suburbs.  We usually just copped the associated rain and
electrical displays that would go on for about 20 minutes at a time.

The usual cycle went like this: 3-4 days of sweltering heat and humidity; a
half-hour storm (usually dead on knock-off time from work), which cooled us
down overnight; then, another 3-4 days of heat and humidity as the previous
storm's moisture evaporated; then, another half-hour storm... etc, etc...

There's something about Brisbane's geography that allows for such a thing,
for about 2-3 months each year.  It's the opposite of that in Townsville,
to the far north of here.  There, it cannot ever rain due to the geography.

If one avoids the extreme -cold-, it is far easier to get warm than it is
to stay cool in the heat of summer... hereabouts.

Cheers,
Paul.

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