I know that I have mentioned that the
land mass of Australia is about the same size and shape as the contiguous US,
and have given the example of Canberra being approximately where Tallahassee,
Florida is; Atlanta, Georgia is therefore a good stand-in for Sydney; and
Melbourne is somewhere in the vicinity of the Florida Keys…
But that really causes
me some issue when I hear things like I just heard on the news. There are
cyclones (hurricanes) off the northern coast, causing concerns. Oh, yeah, and
we had snow in the southern alps of Victoria. What!?
Southern Victoria? Snow?
In the KEYS?
Oh, wait a minute! That’s
right… the entire equivalence breaks down when you realize that Minnesota is
NOT a tropical state! Florida rarely gets snow and apart from “Mount Dora” has
no mountains! I have to keep reminding myself down here: South Means Cold –
North Means Warm! (It works with the whole drive-on-the-left topsy-turvy nature
of this place!)
Wherever you are this
morning I hope you’re having a lovely day!
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