The storm that rolled on, and on, in the air waves ...
Keren, my 25 y.o. married daughter, and I had a pleasing email exchange in the early afternoon of Monday. She lives in Mortdale, a suburb of Sydney, about 3 hours drive south of here. Below are edited portions of emails she sent me, during our conversation over one-hour. My responses are not included.
Earlier in the day, about 9am, I phoned Newcastle's ABC Radio during a talk-back segment with Paul Bevan. They were discussing the storm of Sunday night, and its aftermath, and inviting comment from listeners. So I gave my two-bobs worth…
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Hi Dad,
Did you call into ABC radio this morning about the storm last night?
The Sydney ABC radio here this afternoon was just speaking to the Newcastle ABC morning guy who was telling a story about a man who was sitting on his verandah on the side of a mountain looking at the storm across the Paterson valley and writing about it in his journal... It all sounded familiar...
The Newcastle guy didn’t play the audio just re-told the story - James Valentine in Sydney thought it was quite novel that you didn’t take and photos but wrote in your journal - he said it was very 19th century...
It was weird when they were talking about it - I thought, Hold on…. That all sounds familiar - the storm watching, verandah, journal, mountain and Paterson valley...
The storm sounded pretty bad - up to a metre of hail in some places - we have missed both of the big ones lately, they didn’t seem to make it down to Mortdale.
They (JV and Paul Bevan) were mainly talking about the damage to Newcastle University (they have closed it for the day) and just at the end, in passing, they were discussing how far up north the storm went.
Bevan said that the man he spoke to was sitting out on his balcony in Paterson etc, etc, and said it was spectacular (or something like that) to watch. I think JV asked if you took any photos and he said no you were writing in your journal etc, etc. I think they liked the idea of writing in the journal in the dark.
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It was quite a novelty for Keren and she was happily surprised in discovering they were talking about her Dad, on the radio! It was a serendipitous moment, to be sure. I have since emailed James Valentine and asked whether he could be interested in having an afternoon segment (on Sydney ABC Radio) on journaling. I would be happy to be involved, if he wanted. Let’s see what happens.
Earlier in the day, about 9am, I phoned Newcastle's ABC Radio during a talk-back segment with Paul Bevan. They were discussing the storm of Sunday night, and its aftermath, and inviting comment from listeners. So I gave my two-bobs worth…
~~~
Hi Dad,
Did you call into ABC radio this morning about the storm last night?
The Sydney ABC radio here this afternoon was just speaking to the Newcastle ABC morning guy who was telling a story about a man who was sitting on his verandah on the side of a mountain looking at the storm across the Paterson valley and writing about it in his journal... It all sounded familiar...
The Newcastle guy didn’t play the audio just re-told the story - James Valentine in Sydney thought it was quite novel that you didn’t take and photos but wrote in your journal - he said it was very 19th century...
It was weird when they were talking about it - I thought, Hold on…. That all sounds familiar - the storm watching, verandah, journal, mountain and Paterson valley...
The storm sounded pretty bad - up to a metre of hail in some places - we have missed both of the big ones lately, they didn’t seem to make it down to Mortdale.
They (JV and Paul Bevan) were mainly talking about the damage to Newcastle University (they have closed it for the day) and just at the end, in passing, they were discussing how far up north the storm went.
Bevan said that the man he spoke to was sitting out on his balcony in Paterson etc, etc, and said it was spectacular (or something like that) to watch. I think JV asked if you took any photos and he said no you were writing in your journal etc, etc. I think they liked the idea of writing in the journal in the dark.
~~~
It was quite a novelty for Keren and she was happily surprised in discovering they were talking about her Dad, on the radio! It was a serendipitous moment, to be sure. I have since emailed James Valentine and asked whether he could be interested in having an afternoon segment (on Sydney ABC Radio) on journaling. I would be happy to be involved, if he wanted. Let’s see what happens.
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