storms

Electrical storms and blackouts over the last couple days brought patch the dog back inside last night. I was sitting at home reading Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy section on Saint Augustine when I became aware of of what sounded like noise constant as if from a freeway not far away. I thought maybe it was light rain so I checked outside. I no gat. I came back inside and shortly the power went off. I could still hear the noise. My experiece of storms in Western NSW was of hearing the rain on the roof of the wheat silo to be followed about a minute or so later by the rain's having arrived at the school. For a good twenty minutes or so I heard the noise and then the rain reached my place. Arriving at work this morning I saw water still lying on the grass so mystery solved. It had obviously rained very heavily up here on campus for the twenty minutes before I got it fifteen minutes walk away.
Blackouts which I did not miss over the summer holiday season are now starting to creep back into the work system - a couple on Friday, again yesterday, one so far this morning. I'll post this while I am in luck.