{"id":1364,"date":"2015-01-29T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2015\/01\/just_a_big_ball_of_water_falling_from_the_sky\/"},"modified":"2015-01-29T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:20:58","slug":"just-a-big-ball-of-water-falling-from-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2015\/01\/just-a-big-ball-of-water-falling-from-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"just a big ball of water falling from the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Here in Hamilton it&#039;s hot, And DRY &#8211; I&#039;m guessing we&#039;ll be up to &#039;water alert level 3&#039; (ie no sprinklers) any day now. 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