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Subject: [Leica] IMG: It's a Wet World
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:02:01 +0530
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Jim,

As is the air in New Delhi as well. All of us in coastal cities with a
strong sea breeze that settles in every afternoon have the advantage
of a powerful, natural air cleaner!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:
> Thanks, Jayanand.  Hopefully, the meeting in Paris will begin the process 
> of
> change necessary to cope with the ravages of climate change.  The air in
> Chinese cities is also at a critical stage.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 11/30/2015 9:20 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>> Nice shot.
>>
>> We have just hit the record highest amount of rain ever recorded in
>> November, which, incidentally is our monsoon season. Chennai is
>> starting to resemble a waterway system connecting many urban lakes, as
>> plastic clogged drainage systems and high tide conspires to keep the
>> water stagnant and rising within low lying neighborhoods.
>> Infrastructure is now starting to collapse under the strain with roads
>> caving in, forming dangerous sinkholes, old buildings collapsing and
>> so on. Another week to go, according to the forecasts....
>>
>> Anyone who denies climate change needs his head examined. This was a
>> drought prone city for much of the last century, but now unreasonably
>> high rains seem to occur every few years or so.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> After days and days of rain, with more in the forecast, our area is
>>> soaked.
>>> This was the only color I could find while staying dry.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Days+_amp_+Days+of+Rain.tif.html
>>>
>>> X-E1 with Leica Summaron 35/3.5 LTM lens, ISO 1000
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
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