[Apparpsmose]

Well if you are Australian you would be well aware that February being Summer is normally warm-hot. In fact, in my family, we have a lot of name's days this month, so a lot of celebrations in the past where it was very hot and humid - NSW Sydney area.

So what's with the weather at the moment?

ABC radio reports:

Melbourne 140-150mm or 6 inches of rain crushing all records for rain at any time time of the year in that City.
Sydney Wild winds, heavy rain, hail.
Canberra - Sleet
Snow! in the mountains
Dust storms in NSW and SA
Southern Highlands - heat followed by storms, power outages and lots of frightened animals getting lost because they are trying to out run the loud thunder storms (luckily we look out for our neighbours animals around here and try to return them to their homes.)

I have vaguely heard that it is not just Australia that has had out of season weather conditons. There was something about unseasonably warm weather in traditional skiing countries that was playing havoc with their tourism income.

If you keep track of the Orthodox England website then you probably noticed this article Here is a quote out of that article "The fear of God is the fear of losing God's love, that is, His protection and salvation. For if we have lost His fear, then we will not be repentant. And then we too open ourselves to the consequences of this loss, the acts of demons, whose aim is to take our souls captive and make us suffer through disasters. Although few realize it, the devil is the source of all suffering. Despite this disaster, we must recognize that if it were not for the mercy of God, the epicentre of this earthquake would not have been beneath the ocean, but in the centre of one of the teeming cities of Asia. Then we would not be talking of tens of thousands of victims, but of tens of millions of victims.

May God protect us and have mercy on us all, for there but for the grace of God go we."


Irene