'Canute' Parker sees off doomsayers

I repeat that predictions by doomsayers that the lights are expected to go out as a result of low lake levels are wrong.

So says 'Canute' Parker as the rest of us wait for the forecast winter rains to keep the turbines spinning. Like his mentor all those years ago waited for the laws of nature to cease, he can but hope that those who practise the art of telling lies about future weather are right.

For, if they are wrong, Canute and the rest of his ilk will disappear with the outgoing red tide into the darkness.