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EDITOR ' S LETTER
It is raining ! editor in chief Marlon Abrahams Tel : 018 464 7349 marlon . abrahams @ senwes . co . za
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN AS RELIEVED AS DURING THE RECENT PAST WHEN ABUN- DANT WATERS OF MERCY WERE RECEIVED IN MOST AREAS OF OUR COUNTRY . WHAT A BLESSING AFTER THE PAST FEW YEARS ' SERIOUS DROUGHT , WITH THE PAST SEA- SON HAVING BEEN THE WORST EVER .
One good thing about the drought is that it forces us to our knees , to pray for rain , which Senwes does each and every year .
Another welcome shower of rain is the announcement of OneAgri , where you can sign on to a number of platforms with one identity . And it is literally raining John Deeres at Agrivan Farming , with whole goods marketer Kwek Dietrichsen having sold 33 John Deeres to Agrivan . The rain was not the only surprise . Gert or Gerlu Roos was as surprised when he won the John Deere Gator 855D . Thys Grobbelaar tells us more about the prospects for rain in Come Rain or Shine .
We all know rain , but what else do we know apart from the fact that it is drops from the heavens ?
Well , let me tell you a bit more ! Raindrops are usually between 0.1 mm and 9 mm in size . Contrary to belief , rain drops do not look like teardrops and they are more spheric .
What about speed ? Small drops fall at only 2 m / s while drops ten times larger ( 5 mm ) fall at 9 m / s or 32 km / h . No wonder they can hit your body so hard ...
Do you know the terms used during weather forecasts ? Well , the term light rain means that it rains approximately 2.5 mm per hour , moderate rain is between 2.5 and 7.6 mm per hour and heavy rain is 7.6 mm per hour or more . Interesting !
Globally the annual average rainfall is 990 mm and many areas which received less than 250 mm , can be classified as desert areas .
While we welcome the rain , we also focus on the Welkom and Odendaalsrus area and the spotlight is on Senwes producer , Uys van Heerden .
Lastly , if you ever wondered , the highest rainfall received in a specific 24-hour cycle was 1 820 mm at a place called Foc Foc in the Indian Ocean .
Scenario wishes each and everyone a blessed Christmas .
Aubrey Kruger
EDITOR editor Aubrey Kruger Tel : 018 464 7449 aubrey . kruger @ senwes . co . za
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