Strange weather and other stuff.

My friend, Sue and I, thravvelled to Naracoorte on Tuesday, to do some shopping and have a day out. About lunch time, there was a thunder storm approaching, and it did rain, just a bit. There was more lightning and thunder than rain, and the fire siren sounded, just as we were getting lunch. On our way out of town, a CFS (Country Fire Service) unit passed us, and we were surprised to see it was from a neighbouring small town. It was heading the same way we were. They must have been called out because the Naracoorte units were already on their way to the other fire. We could smell burnt grass, and see the smoke, but no fire. There were 90 fires lit by lightning that day, in this state alone. They are still battling fires in other states. We have had a thick pall of smoke over the town most of today. It is drifting in from the west, but we have not heard where the fire was/is. I hope the idiots who light fires for 'fun' , think again, as they put everybody's life at risk, and we are in for a long hot summer.