Prime Minister begs Australians to pray for rain!
Prime Minister John Howard called Wednesday on
Australians to pray for drought-breaking rain.
Prime Minister John Howard called Wednesday on Australians to pray for drought-breaking rain as the government dismissed reports it underestimated water shortages in the country’s main farming zone. Howard had last month warned that without a significant downpour by June, irrigation to farmers along southeastern Australia’s Murray-Darling river system would be cut.
Although the area has had some rain since that announcement, it remains firmly within the grip of drought, with dam levels at less than six percent of their capacity.
“It’s still a worry because it hasn’t rained enough,” Howard said.
Howard learned his public speaking from the Howard Cosell School of Overstating the Obvious.
“This affects all of us, this drought, and I say without any hint of irony you should all continue to pray for more rain because we need it very, very badly.”
Howard’s comments came amid reports that the amount of water flowing into the Murray-Darling system has been overestimated by as much as 40 percent.
Don’t you love politicians who appoint politicians to be in charge of science?
Posted: Fri - May 18, 2007 at 06:47 AM