MEME

Here's a meme I picked up from Nic's blog

Instructions: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following…They MUST be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Lindi
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Lionel Ritchie
4 letter word: Love
Vehicle: Lamgorghini Diablo
TV Show: Lost (I lost interest after 3 shows)
City: London
Boy Name: Lawrence
Girl Name: Lola
Alcoholic drink: Lemon Ruski
Occupation: Lawyer
Flower: Lily of the Valley
Something you wear:Lacy underwear
Celebrity: Lauren Bacall
Something found in a kitchen: Ladle
Cartoon Character: Leila (Leila and Stitch)
Something You Shout: LUNATIC!
A Country: Luxembourg
A Song Title: Like a Rolling Stone
An Artist (painter, photographer, etc): Leonardo Da Vinci
A Reason to stay home from Work or School: Lockjaw (well...)
Something you’d see at a Zoo: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Snack: Lollies (especially chewy caramels, please)
A Character in a Book: Lessa (from Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern")
Something Icky: Limp sweaty handshakes
A Six-letter Word: Laughs
Something Breakable: Limbs
Non-Alcoholic Drink: Lime spider
Something you Whisper: Love you

Newcastle, Hunter Storms and Flooding

What a hectic and exhausting 3 days it has been! But at least our family and all are friends have survived safely.
Along with many other areas, we were hit by storms, flash flooding and long term flooding Friday afternoon and night. Our house survived with only a small amount of leaking. My daughter's place was threatened with flooding 4 times, with the water coming up to the top of the patio each time, but no water got inside.
Unfortunately, my son's flat was flooded with about 30cms of water, mud and weed, and he has lost bedding (mattress and sheets) which was on the floor as well as other stuff. Goodness knows when he will be able to move back in. The stench is incredible. Luckily they got to the flat while there was only a few inches of water, and got their puppy out. She was blocked in the kitchen, which was the first place to get the water.
He and girlfriend, puppy and bird are now refugees, camping wherever they can!
I feel for the many who have lost more, and especially for the families of those who lost their lives.