Water water everywhere...

...But not a drop to drink.

As the storms start up again, and I sit here fingers and toes crossed that we won't be hit again as badly as last time, I have to post this article from the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this week:

For all the damage, little rain for dam

THE STORMS that unleashed torrential rain on the Hunter Valley, the Central Coast and Sydney might have done billions of dollars worth of damage and may turn out to be the state's worst natural disaster, but their value to the Sydney catchment was negligible.
Dam levels are unlikely to rise significantly, despite up to 200 millimetres of rain falling on parts of Sydney and the Central Coast since Thursday. In a familiar refrain, the Sydney Catchment Authority said too little of it had fallen over the catchment area.
A spokeswoman for the authority, Alison White, said: "We're getting some increased inflows into the dams at the moment but it won't be a big increase.
"We've had some good rainfall in the more coastal catchments, but this coastal front didn't penetrate very far inland. We need consistent rain over every square kilometre of the catchment to really make a difference."

So.... is it just me!?!?!? Or are the stupid catchment areas in the wrong place??????

ANNOYING!!!!!!