15 Inches Of Liquid

Sunshine

THUS our favourite writer, the man who puts “Cook Islands Daily Press” together, in un quenched humour, on January 8: Talking of rain—excuse, please— there were 25 days of rain in De cember’s allotted quota of 31. (14.73 inches in all). Christmas came and went and still it rained. No hard ship to the reindeer but tough on Santa Claus, sloshing about in his gumboots.

Fortunately, Rarotonga can take a lot of rain if administered in moderate doses. No drowning fatalities occurred and no-one was actually seen awash, except over the Christmas period. Thanks to good teamwork at headquarters, the local sky was cleared by the 29th, and New Year’s Eve was fine and clear with a cool easterly breeze and every star in the old familiar firmament.