Perfect Storm
As clouds gather this week and the heavens prepare to unleash bucket loads of rain, the sporting gods have united to produce a confluence of events unseen at any other time during 2013. It is a Perfect Storm, the genesis of which can be traced to Canberra, where the Astro Boy of global politics Kevin Rudd has created a whirlwind to suck-up every Labor stalwart into the stratosphere before the party’s solstice in September. Such an extreme weather event shares the same pattern as the fast-moving front moving north from New South Wales. On Wednesday night, two high-pressure systems – one blue and one maroon – will butt heads in Brisbane. Emergency powers will swing into action as Campbell Newman invokes a State of Chaos. The biff is back and there’ll be gallons of blood on the pitch as Slater, Smith and Cronk unleash some Melbourne Storm-inspired footy and level the three-match series. In northern climes, flash flooding and strong winds are predicted at Wimbl...