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https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl General Chat Area >> Let's Chew The Fat >> Tis A Bit Wet https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1645782026 Message started by Derek on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 7:40pm

Title: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 7:40pm

Tis a bit wet here. 246 mm of rain in the 25 hours to 5.00 this afternoon. Piddling down still.

Motorhome was marooned earlier.

How’s everyone else going as they are saying this is right long the east coast

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Kevvie on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 8:40pm

Hi Derek
Yes it is a bit wet. Apparently the Logan river (at the back of
the village) is on the way up.
It is always good to have plenty of food in the pantry so you don't have to go out onto the roads.
stay safe
Kev. ;)

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by TBF on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 10:15pm

Spoke to my neighbours this afternoon.
They had 150mm in the rain gauge in 6 hours.
They've been twice today to pump water out of our pool.

No sign of slowing up on BOM RADAR.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 10:17pm

How is it where you are Aart???

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 4:16am

Just after 4.00 am and the first coffee of the day. Sleep has not come easy this night.

Hopefully we will see an easing of the rain today but not hopeful.

Fortunately we are dry and safe inside here at home but many others in our area are not. Been many evacuations across the Lockyer in the past 24 hours.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Kevvie on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 6:22am

Hi
They are saying the rain could be here to tuesday next week. I hope not. As the river is coming up there is enough water in the farm across the road to replace the sugar cane with rice
Stay save
regards Kev

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 6:26am

Eased right off here since midnight and looking around at the council flood cameras water has gone down. Then again wouldn’t take much to come up again.

They had to rescue some people off the roof of a house in Grantham late yesterday.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 6:28am

Already out here some places have exceeded the 2011 flood heights.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 6:37am

Just had a look at the rain gauge and we had 85 mm overnight.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 7:11am

Stay safe my friends but we could do with some of your rain down here. Take care Robert

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Rabbitz on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 7:31am

You'd be hard pressed to know that there is a large flood event in Queensland.

The media have worked themselves into such a tizz about Ukraine and that is all they are covering wall to wall, 24/7.

I hope you guys are all ok.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by TBF on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 8:35am

Just got a message from neighbour.
280mm from 0600 yesterday.
Similar day before.
More again today.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by TBF on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 8:56am

Rabbitz wrote on Feb 26^th, 2022 at 7:31am:

Hard pressed to know that Covid was still around.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 27^th, 2022 at 12:21pm

We have now had an accumulation of 442mm since Thursday night. On the old scale that is near 18 inches.

Has eased off now and the flooding across the Lockyer has started to go down. Even had blue sky for a short while this morning.

They are saying the rain is still coming however over next 24 hours before it dissipates to the south.

My Home Sewerage Treatment barely survived. It went underwater completely. After neighbours built there house a river runs between us. The joys of living at the bottom of a hill I guess.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 8:20am

Morning how is everyone in SE Queensland and northern NSW holding up? Trust you are all safe and well. Robert

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 8:36am

Morning Robert. All good here. Lots across the Lockyer Valley aren’t though. Floods exceeded the 2011 heights.

My home town of Gympie experienced their highest flood level since 1893.

Not for us but for many the cleanup begins.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Kevvie on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 9:33am

Hi
We are dry ,the sun is out plenty of water. The farm across the road is like a lake. water in the village caravan storage yard is about 5metres deep. :o
the road to the back entrance to our village is under about 2 metres of water ::)
Hopefully once the tide turns the water is start to disappear
Regards Kev

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 10:21am

Two pics. This is the rail bridge at Grantham. First one at it’s highest and second one this morning.

Taken off the flood cameras

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 5:22pm

That is a massive amount of water Derek.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 6:26pm

Final empty of the water gauge just before and now have a cumulative 474 mm.

That is actually just a millimetre short of 19 inches for the event.

More rain than we have most likely had here in several years.

Was bright and sunny this afternoon.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Feb 28^th, 2022 at 6:31pm

Sunset

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 1^st, 2022 at 2:24pm

This was about 7.30 this morning.

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Mar 1^st, 2022 at 3:37pm

Had a big storm it Nth Adelaide yesterday late and w3 got two spots of bird piss.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Rabbitz on Mar 1^st, 2022 at 6:45pm

We got hammered with 50+mm in 30 mins in that storm in the Barossa.

The creek at the back almost banked over and it hasn't run in a decade.

The orchard was a torrent 6 inches deep.

And then today got 20mm in 30mins followed by 15 in 15.

The place looks like a swamp!

Two days ago it was parched.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 6:29am

Hi Colin been dry gown here for monthe take care Robert

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 9:48am

Took these photos in our local Woolies of the meat fridges and bread shelves.

Hopefully the trucks will start to roll in soon.

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Smokeydk on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 10:00am

Rabbitz wrote on Mar 1^st, 2022 at 6:45pm:

Nothing at all south of Adelaide down here this last week

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Smokeydk on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 10:01am

no toilet paper here again...tried 4 places.......strange as no lockdowns LOL

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 2:46pm

The BOM just issued flood warnings for south east Qld covering the next 4 days.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by shackles on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 7:47pm

Smokeydk wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 10:01am:

no toilet paper here again...tried 4 places.......strange as no lockdowns LOL

Smoky will some of these help? ;D ;D

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by TBF on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 7:23am

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 7:28am

Big storm just gone through here. 50 mm of rain in the hour. No power now

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Bear on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 2:54pm

I see you can expect up to another 48 hrs of bad storms coming your way Derek. Take care Robert

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 3:06pm

They have already started to build again in the south west.

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Derek on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 6:07pm

Little Honda 2 generator fuelled up and ready for the next blackout.

The blackout this morning lasted just over 5 hours so a good run for the little Honda.

One of the best things we did when they were building this house for us was to get the electrician to wire it up to take a generator during blackouts.

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Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Chally on Mar 4^th, 2022 at 7:32pm

Has been pretty damp up this way too. The humidity is just terrible!!!

Jeff

Title: Re: Tis A Bit Wet
Post by Rabbitz on Mar 5^th, 2022 at 8:02am

I've been seeing a major mismatch between our electronic rain gauge and the good ol' Nylex plastic one. The fancy one has been showing 10 and 12mm on sunny days and days of light rain where the normal gauge shows 0 to 1 or 2. On heavy days they come back into alignment.

Just had a look and the electronic gauge has a dirty great spider in it and I think when it moves around it is tipping the measuring bucket :)

Not sure how to get him out - he's now too big to fit out the drain slots...