Wow a rare event to report – BoM sends me a sensible email communication – chalk that one up.
Around 19Jun23 I noticed a mystery Island was showing SE of Tas on BoM www rainfall maps where by colour coded dots they portray rain gauge readings over the last 48 hrs.
www.bom.gov.au/australia/flood/index.shtml
I Tweeted this on the 19th –

Australian Bureau of Meteorology discovers a new Tasmanian Island – YeeHa!! pic.twitter.com/3mRqdJOT4q

— Warwick Hughes (@IPCC_Errs) June 19, 2023

thinking this would find its way to BoM and they would quickly fix their html error.
I have been away from Twitter for several years and restarted after Musk bought in.
I know nothing about the finer points of tweeting.
If any reader knows of some useful www “tweeting for dummies” please pass on.
When after a few days the “island was still showing” on 22 June I emailed Minister Plibersek who has BoM under her wing.
My email got the usual “machine acknowledgement” and I noticed Mystery Island disappeared on 28Jun, I tweeted this.

Australian Fed Gov BoM Bureau of Meteorology takes two months to correct an html glitch causing a fake island with rain gauge to show SE of Tasmania.
~60 risings and settings of the sun and no staffer noticed the elementary error in Aussie geography. t.co/hDUurGnAR3 pic.twitter.com/mtWMpreAxi

— Warwick Hughes (@IPCC_Errs) June 28, 2023

Mystery Island reappeared on 29th and vanished again on 30th.
Then yesterday a reply came in from BoM – click for jpg copy.
warwickhughes.com/agri16/BoM-reply-mystery-Tas-island-12jul23.jpg
I have difficulty remembering a more sensible and to the point reply from BoM and I am wondering if Minister Plibersek possesses some magical powers she can assert over BoM.

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July 12, 2023 at 10:17PM