Twisters, Rain, Havoc and Rugby
Southern Africa has been (certain areas still are) short of water, we all rejoice when we see the clouds dancing in the distance, not all are happy about the rumble of thunder that accompanies the jagged tooth lightning bolt crack down.
November has been a crazy month, in more ways than one in KwaZulu-Natal, end of October we experienced an earth tremor, that put the "wind" up many!
Storms are coming
Second day into the month heads still reeling from the tremor, South Africa as a whole made defiant jubilation winning the World Cup Rugby, everyone together in one voice rejoiced, celebrating something at last as a nation, momentarily all differences a thing of the past, if only this positive attitude could last forever.
Shout from the telephone poles - We WON!
How quick we moved from one thing to the next, tornado touch down, not once but twice in (just outside Pietermaritzburg and close to Bergville) KwaZulu-Natal within a couple of days of each other mid-month. Alas many suffered damage to homes in remote rural areas, winds tore through, taking life, live stock, homes in the wake of heavy rains.
What's next on the menu
Friday night another twister ripped through Utrecht, another today in Ulundi it is heartbreaking, knowing how little these rural communities have, in a country that has endured the scourge of state capture, small communities are going to battle to rebuild. State Capture is costing a nation (yes our taxes), on-going court cases trying to weed out the dishonest, while they live in mansions worth millions! Money that could be better served giving financial assistance to rural areas suffering the fate at natures hand.
Sitting it out, hoping tomorrow will be a better day
No one can comprehend the massive power nature is able to unleash at any given moment until it is top of you.
Animals know when trouble is on the way, dogs become agitated with hearing capabilities far better than ours, I noticed the Lesser-striped swallows unable to cope, sitting on the telephone lines trying to sit it out, after the storm subdued, I checked, and am happy to say I did not find any birds on the ground in trouble.
Clouds closing in shortly after midday
Rains have filled our dams levels by a little more, while some regions are still waiting for rains to arrive, dusty air has been washed clean, does nature have cycles, are we in another cycle or is it climate change? Whatever the reason our weather has changed drastically, with most storms arriving electrically charged.
Flying Ants took to the sky, this guy ended upside down in a puddle so time for an upside down shot
Emmerging from underground new life is on wing which led to this video I took of Yellow-billed kites swooping to feast with Starlings, Swallows, Cape Sparrows, Dongo, Brown-hooded kingfisher, well every bird in town enjoy flying ants, you can eat them they taste like peanut butter.
My video uploaded to YouTube
After watching the bird frenzy over food in flight, it reminded me of the havoc in-land after devastating storms fighting to find a roof over your head, the next meal. It reminded me of how people react to one another, shocked at first prepared to assist wherever possible, till the next report hits the news they move on, how many linger to help one another build and regrow?
Are we helping one another in communities, whether on or off-line, do we share sufficient quality time and knowledge enabling others to find a way? Steem is a place where sharing allows different cultures, people, technical or not to interact together, learning from each other to take back into our communities, enriching lives by offering a helping hand.
Feeding Frenzy
Lolling off last night with no electrical storms around my thoughts wondered, how many are formulating a business plan to enhance their local communities. Tools are available at our finger tips along with many sharing knowledge, are you growing?
Looking at the video flight patterns emerge where the large Yellow-billed kite took one sublime flight path, with swallows on another, all other birds appeared closer down to the ground, in all this interaction no accidents occur each obtaining sufficient in sharing, made no difference whether a big or small bird.
Video in many ways does not justice for the ten or so large birds swooping through the trees, the smaller birds arrive in the hundreds making the sky alive swirling pool of bodies, I do not believe AI or any technology would ever master this type of un-coordinated event, nature surprises us in many ways!
Grey Heron came up from the grasslands to see what commotion was about, obviously flew off not interested
November has been a crazy month, some events we can alter, some are bigger than we are, let us tackle what we are able, support each other, have a beautiful Sunday.
On a lighter note the meaning of "Fine Feathered Friend", yes their plumage outdoes any man made items even if it looks stunning on you LOL....
“Fine feathered friend” has been said about birds since at least the 1870s. The term was not coined by the Tom & Jerry cartoon Fine Feathered Friend (1942). “Fine feathered friend” is also jocularly said of a person Source
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What a spectacular post @joanstewart! And yes, agreed... if only the "unity" among the people of this country could last for more than 10 minutes. I did no realise there was another twister. Considering that these are pretty uncommon in our parts, it almost feels as if mother nature is angry...
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Hopefully we are into a better mindset than previously, showing compassion toward each other living in very different scenarios.
Twisters are not unheard of, we have most definitely experienced more this season than previously.
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Oh yes... I hope so too!!! What a positive difference it would make to this beautiful country of ours!
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Looks like we are having more rain than you.
congrats on the World Cup Rugby win.
As long as it reaches dams to avert droughts again @ace108
wow beautiful photographs of birds. nice post my friend.
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We are having thunderstorms every evening over here causing floods everywhere...
Stay safe @joelai these storms are presenting themselves quite differently of late.
I notice that too @joanstewart.
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Sorry to hear about all the devestating storms!
There does seem to be such erratic weather patterns and extreme weather all around the world.
I Feel it is best to be prepared and helping those in need.
Steem seems to be a wonderful place, making it easy to share and help out.
Amazing to have all those birds together up in the skies!
Thanks for sharing!
Weather definitely has altered a lot over the past 5 years, from drought to downpours now tremors and twisters.
One thing our country does is local shops become drop off points for food, clothing essentials for people and animals to be distributed. Even though most have little to give they help those who are slightly worse off at the moment.
Birds were amazing!
How good it is: everything is green around, birds fly ... And we have minus 7 Celsius, and it snows))
In the heat, your -7 deg C sounds enticing (for how long I don't know), never lived in a cold country. Stay warm and thanks for visiting.
Thru thunderstorms ans calamities, life always finds a way. It is amazing how animals detect when nature is brewing something. When I was a kid I used to see hundreds of dragonflies come out when a storm is approaching.
We get lots of dragonflies, it is the flying ants that bring the birds in great numbers, a real party treat fresh from underground.
There are so many awesome beautiful birds where you live. I'm a little jealous. I have to drive to the sea or large swamps to see them and they are rarely so colorful.
We are about 1 km from sea and river both attract different birds, we are very fortunate. Development hopefully does not stop them arriving, we see no owls of late nor fire-flies along with some others.
Bird party time Lady Joan.
We are definitely in a lot of trouble in this country as the latest stats show that a woman is murdered every 3 hours in SA. I400 trucks looter and set alight, trains set alight and so many other disturbing stats. All because there is no money for proper service delivery.
We read that billions disappeared from the states coffers (tax payer money) during evil looting schemes and once again there's no space here to detail all of the woes!
"Give it all, every cent, Back" should be every citizen of this county's call.
Give it back and prosecute every wrongdoer so that it never happens again!
But I think even this is an empty dream, as only a few scapegoats will be arrested.
Blessings!
Next generation will have a lot to do trying to rearrange the situation, navigate so many wrongs to get things right, it will never happen in our lifetime.
Keep enjoying life as best we can in nature and for the love of all things that are good, help where able is the least we can do, have a wonderful day and keep smiling Stephen.
Can't see it in our lifetime either Lady Joan, but it's so very important about what we leave behind for the future generations.
Maybe history will see the current generation being named the corrupted era.
Always smiling my dear friend and the same wishes to you!
Blessings!