On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:42:59 +1000, John J > wrote:

>On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:05:59 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:11:30 +1000, John J > wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:53:01 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>On Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:09:31 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
straweb.com...
>>>>>> On 9/8/2013 6:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, skies like that are fairly common here, but I know what you mean
>>>>>>> The spookiest thing I've experienced (perhaps you are all used to it but
>>>>>>> I've only ever seen it once) was when I was driving through a heavy snow
>>>>>>> storm with lightening directly above! Seems it is called 'Thundersnow'!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've only experienced thundersnow a few times, but it's eery. Thinking
>>>>>> about what causes thunder and lightning being hot and cold air masses
>>>>>> colliding, it's strange to see heavy snow with that going on.
>>>>>
>>>>>Just the one time for me, and it was spectacular
>>>>
>>>>A couple of months ago we had a classic frosty morning with crystal
>>>>clear skies... and a rainbow.
>>>
>>>Tasmania's the world's rainbow capital.
>>
>>Err... depends which way you mean
>
>I've never seen as many rainbows as in Tasmania. Sometimes 2 at a
>time.

That's true, we get them a lot and I often see two at a time, as you
say. The problem with the word 'rainbow' these days is that is has
been usurped by the *** community