Rainy relief
on Andrew Sacret (Zambia), 28/Feb/2011 15:52, 34 days ago
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It turns out that those teasing thundershowers last Friday were the beginning of some more substantial rains. It has rained hard at times over the last few days and nights (though not as steadily as before). Consequently, many people are breathing sighs of relief.Before now, I've never really been in a place where the threat of drought has had such severe implications. Droughts and famines are among those "tragedies" that we hear about from afar, but rarely experience for ourselves. By the time agricultural calamities reach Canadian grocery stores, the effects show up as temporarily higher prices or a few days where we can't buy grapefruit.Here, lack of rain means that the main staples fail and people truly go hungry. Food for thought...
