We've got a thunderstorm. I like thunderstorms. Judging from the lighting/thunder lag, it's about 4km off and moving away. But we've still got the rain happening, so that's good.
There's a mix of explanations - the basic one being it's a call to the Australian Rain God.
It predates the first world war, but most explanations for it sound like furphies. I think my favourite was about an amateur meteorologist called Huey who was highly accurate at predicting rain. But there doesn't appear to be a definitive beginning.
I've heard it often enough, but then a lot of my uncles are farmers and are from the depression\WW2 generation, so maybe it's just an older generation thing. But definitely "Send 'er down, Huey".
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It predates the first world war, but most explanations for it sound like furphies. I think my favourite was about an amateur meteorologist called Huey who was highly accurate at predicting rain. But there doesn't appear to be a definitive beginning.
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