...whereas we so rarely have the appropriate atmospheric conditions for their formation that when they do turn up half the people under 30 start panicking about mysterious government experiments pumping chemicals into the sky.
Really ? How weird. They're such a standard sight here that it'd never occurred to me that there might be places where they weren't (other than, like, places where planes don't go).
Mm, I was quite surprised when a visitor (to the UK) from Queensland was puzzled as to what "those long thin clouds" were. Hadn't realized until then that they were not universal.
Their increased frequency of appearance was certainly one of the more unexpected differences when we moved from Perth (Western Australia) to Newcastle upon Tyne. I'd expect Queensland to have fewer again (it's a lot more tropical than where I've returned to).
really really interesting. Though I feel sorry for the friends who are due to fly back from Greece on Saturday given the continued spewing of the volcano...
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/13/2871085.htm
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really really interesting. Though I feel sorry for the friends who are due to fly back from Greece on Saturday given the continued spewing of the volcano...