The name 'Rochester' turns up again

@JudyEv (340286)

Rockingham, Australia

October 18, 2022 4:41am CST

In discussion with @Fleura on my post about the rakali (Australia’s native otter) we were talking about how names of animals, birds and places are/were replicated from country to country. So Australia, America and Britain all have robins but they’re all slightly different. Fleur mentioned that there is a town in Kent, England called Rochester, and that there are 17 Rochesters in America. I googled Rochester and found one in Australia, just north of Melbourne. Well, 'our’ Rochester has been in the news lately as it is one of the towns which has suffered flooding over the past few days. Other towns which are now inundated with evacuations in place are Echuca and Moana. These are virtually the one town but separated by the Murray River. We stayed at Moana in the caravan in 2018. The photo was taken in Echuca. Echuca was an important inland port for paddle steamers. And now it’s all under water.

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@LadyDuck (471498)

• Switzerland

18 Oct 22

I was going to say that I read about your Rochester because of the recent flooding. This paddle steamer is beautiful, sorry for the town of Echuca.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

It's hard to imagine that the caravan park where we stayed is now all under water.

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@LadyDuck (471498)

• Switzerland

18 Oct 22

@JudyEv You were lucky it did not happen while you were there.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

@LadyDuck That's so true. As it is, our friends attended a family reunion over there and only just got out in time although they didn't realise it.

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@josie_ (10034)

• Philippines

18 Oct 22

Despite signs of unusual weather conditions occurring in many parts of the planet, there are still global warming deniers.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

That's true but they must surely be feeling less confident in their opinion.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

@josie_ Yes, there is more rain forecast over this coming weekend.

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@josie_ (10034)

• Philippines

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv Looks like more flooding given the news about moisture coming from the Indian Ocean heading for Australia as well as the "El Nina". Very unfortunate for the people already suffering the effects of the floods.

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@Fleura (30411)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 22

These extreme weather events are only going to get worse. People who think we have mastery over nature are getting a rude awakening! Nice photo!

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@Fleura (30411)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 22

@JudyEv I guess it's still possible to argue that it may not be caused by human activity. But either way does it matter? It's happening and if we are to continue to live comfortably we need to try to mitigate the effects!

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

Surely there can't be many who now believe that climate change is a bit of a myth. We are getting plenty of evidence to the contrary.

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@Ronrybs (19380)

• London, England

18 Oct 22

I caught a bit about the flooding on the news. It seemed to come out of the blue, normally we get a heavy rains expect in the area and then the aftermath.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

The floods over there seem to have caught most people unawares. And there is more rain forecast for the weekend.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

@Ronrybs It's beginning to get that nothing much really surprises us. At least, not like it used to.

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@Ronrybs (19380)

• London, England

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv I saw on news that the American north east has had massive snow falls, very early in the year. Climate change having some fun?

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Oct 22

I’m afraid it’s what we must expect in the future.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

Yes, I think so. We really need to rethink where we live.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv It’s sad but Im afraid people will have to relocate.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

@RubyHawk Some have been flooded more than once. I think a few might rethink their options.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Oct 22

I have read about the flooding. A beautiful photo. I wish the best for those in the floods.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

It's very sad. It must be such a mess to have your house flooded and then you have to try to clean it all up.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

@CarolDM Some of the towns located on the river in the east are below river level. They might be building more levees in the future.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv Whan I lived in New Orleans it was really bad when it rained. The city is below sea level on any given day. Add floods or just heavy rains and you can lose it all.

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@shaggin (72146)

• United States

18 Oct 22

I think I drive through the outskirts of the city but have never been in it.. anyway there’s a Rochester Ny that is a few hours from me. One of the myLot members who isn’t active now @Painsonslate grew up there if I remember correctly.

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@shaggin (72146)

• United States

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv me too. She vacationed in the summer near where I did and wanted to meet up with her but she hasn’t been around and I haven’t been back to that area.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

I remember Painsonslate. I miss her posts.

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@snowy22315 (180933)

• United States

18 Oct 22

These days of weather extremes are really hard to deal with, and they will only get worse unfortunately.

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@snowy22315 (180933)

• United States

18 Oct 22

@JudyEv That's the way it goes these days unfortunately.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

They are forecasting more rain for that same area. It's just awful and not much they can do to avoid being flooded out.

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@ptrikha_2 (46976)

• India

20 Oct 22

So one can write a complete book on Rochesters of the world ! May be when immigrants from a country go elsewhere, they carry the names as well. In a similar way to Rochester, I have found Delhi outside India as well. Like this : -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi,_Minnesota

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi,_Minnesota

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@ptrikha_2 (46976)

• India

20 Oct 22

@JudyEv The above mentioned Indian name city seems to have mostly white natives. May be they said "Delhh - I " and then the name of the place came to be worded like that !

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Oct 22

I don't know if there are any Indian names in Australia but there could well be.

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@JESSY3236 (19941)

• United States

18 Oct 22

pretty boat. I think I heard about that flooding earlier this week.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

Over the past few months, we have had a lot of flooding in the eastern states.

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@thelme55 (77105)

• Germany

18 Oct 22

Beautiful photo.

I think I have passed through Rochester when we went to England ages ago.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

It's funny how you can be talking/thinking about something and then it suddenly turns up again.

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@thelme55 (77105)

• Germany

20 Oct 22

@JudyEv Yes, you are right. Coincidence, isn’t it?

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv I am sorry about the flooding and good thing when you were there it did not flood. I know of Rochester, New York and I did not know that there were 17 Rochesters in America.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

I was surprised too. Seventeen seems a lot.

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

19 Oct 22

@JudyEv You are right that 17 is a lot.

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@arunima25 (87819)

• Bangalore, India

18 Oct 22

Global warming and climate change is a harsh reality and staring at us. Sad that many are still in denial.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

You'd think they'd be hard pushed to deny it for much longer.

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@Treborika (17697)

• Mombasa, Kenya

18 Oct 22

All the best with your mission my dear

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 22

Thank you.

@BarBaraPrz (47361)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

18 Oct 22

Lovely paddlewheeler. Had you ever been on it? Will the flood waters recede or is everything destined to stay under?

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

We walked over one but didn't travel on it. The waters will recede in time.

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@RebeccasFarm (89873)

• Arvada, Colorado

18 Oct 22

How sad all underwater now Judy.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

Our friends have just returned from a family reunion and now, where they were staying, it is all under water.

@wolfgirl569 (106478)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Oct 22

That is awful flooding. Hope it stops soon. Many areas have same names for stuff. It can get confusing at times.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

There is more rain forecast for the coming weekend. Hopefully that might be the end of it.

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@LindaOHio (178869)

• United States

18 Oct 22

Global warming and climate change have wreaked havoc over the entire world. It's such a shame.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

They have indeed. Floods and fires seem to be occurring out of the blue with very little warning.

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@Beestring (14565)

• Hong Kong

18 Oct 22

The paddle steamer is beautiful. Sorry about the flooding happened in Echuca.

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@JudyEv (340286)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Oct 22

When we were there the river was hardly running enough to keep the steamers operational.