LET'S GO GREEN

By luck or Geographical Reason

Here comes the rain after sometimes of waiting. I don't know whether you believe the spell or not but sometimes it works. My wife started to fill the pails, basins and containers with water. My friends told me that if it doesn't rain soon, the whole of Kuching will have to reduce the usage of water. Before long, it started to rain that night. Whenever we have given up hope, on a certain issue, luck tends to come the very last moment. Do you believe that its luck or merely a superstition. Maybe its our instinct that make it to happen. When comes to this dry spell and the hot weather, it is indeed due to the south-easterly wind which brings dry wind to our country. Geographically, our country is blocked by the Indonesian islands. The wind that comes over to our country is a dry wind. The condition becomes worst with the burning season in Indonesia and our country. The dry season is supposed to continue till the end of September. But now it's only 17 Aug.2009. It begins to rain. It brings a relief to the people in this region. I think the main factor that bring rain is the typhoon that struck Taiwan ad Japan. So, the North-Easterly wind must have brought wind and rain.

People depend on rain water as the water in the river is in its low level. Some already dried up. The government has done cloud seeding in the affected area and it did bring the rain once. The crops and vegetables are hardly able to grow but now the situation has reversed. Rain brings life to human, plants and all living creatures.

The Water Board has decided to reduce the water distribution. Before this rain comes, I could see unhappiness or uneasiness among people especially those living in the rural areas. The price of vegetables has doubled because farmers could not plant their vegetables due to dry weather and haze. The flight were also affected and has to be rescheduled. The price of mask has increased due to haze and H1N1 epidemic. Businesses were affected because people are trying to avoid the haze and the epidemic. Tourism industry is also affected.