Welcome Lynnimoon. Certainly has been a crazy time.lynnimoon wrote:Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and have been watching avidly over the past couple of days. I am situated 4kms from Newbridge and was up there this afternoon and the river is moving extremely quickly. I have a heap of pictures but I'm not sure how to post them. Any advice on that would be great =)
We were standing on the road near the hall, looking at the river and went for a wander to the other side of the bridge (on the same side of the road) and the road was bone dry with water lapping at the sides, within 10 minutes the water was beginning to flow over the road to the other side.
Everyone was told to evacuate, but the majority of them are all sitting around the shop and pub just waiting to see what is going to come of it all.
I don't know a lot about weather by any means, and I'm not the greatest photographer, but with all the craziness going on around the country at the moment, I am willing to learn all I can. Luckily for us we won't be affected by the water when the river does finally peak, but my heart goes out to all that have been severely affected by this.
We went down to help them sandbag this afternoon, and because the road is cut to all major towns and we are basically isolated, we couldn't even get one sandbag from anywhere, so now we all just watch and wait.
Approximately 180mm here for the event according to our rain gauges...seriously crazy stuff!!
Nar i'm fine here Lily, I'm in Marong, but my parents and brother live in Charlton. So they've been keeping me up to date with whats been going on. They should be fine as they live high up on a hill as well.Lily wrote:Welcome Lynnimoon, great to have you joining us. Re: posting photos, you need to upload to something like Flicker or Photobucket, then post the (IMG) link here. If you have trouble with it, let us know. Sounds really crazy all over the other side of the state, just unreal.
Gerta Like I said, crazy. Droughtbreaker, you've had a heck of a day as have so many others here on the forum. Hope all is ok, especially for you Rhino and COF thank you for all of the information you've been posting for us today from your neck of the woods (same goes for everyone else). And to everyone who has posted pics, thank you, as always, it's part of what makes reading here so informative and interesting for those of us not in the affected areas.
Sun's out with a vengeance now in Eildon, the second it came out you started sweating again. Humidity doesn't feel as bad, but jeez that sun has some bite, things are quite steamy up this way.
I still can't get hold of my dad in Malmsbury. He's near the Coliban River but his home is high set so hoping he's ok, his health isn't the best though.
Everyone affected by the flooding, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your families. I really do hope all of our members are safe and don't suffer losses too great. Please, if we can assist, by all means let us know. Best wishes to all x
Just heard on the ABC news that they are concerned about Echuca. When the last lot of water from the floods went through there they said it was 3 or 4 metres lower than now Hopefully the water doesn't cause too much damage and it gets to the mouth of the river. I know that they wouldn't be complaining if that gets a good flush out.norfolk wrote:I would hate to see what will happen to the Murray over the next few weeks and months! All these northern rivers heading north to the Murray and all the inland Qld Rivers heading south the the Darling and then Murray. Will be very interesting
Weather Bureaus across the world are all reporting what the global warming mantra allows. Just the same here I fear. They will look stupid when the realisation that the out of control warming they preach (so they can get paid) has stopped - and it wont be long before the actual NOW recorded data is indisputable!johnno wrote:3 month rainfall outlook issued by the BOM for Summer back in November...
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2 words I have to say ..Thats terrible
droughtbreaker wrote:.... The bright side though is that we are going to see full dams across the board...
hillybilly wrote:Another 38mm up here today so finished on 96mm so a grea t result in the end. Enough to fully wet the soils up, but not enough to cause any problems.
Was a lot of runoff from the mountain but nothing to cause trouble. Expect this is the end of the fire season (that never really was) for us
40 to 50% chance of above average for Victoria - nearly 50:50. Not sure what the point is. The La Nina effects often misses Victoria - viz 1998/1999/2000 and 2008.3 month rainfall outlook issued by the BOM for Summer back in November...
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2 words I have to say ..Thats terrible
I think the issue is the usefulness of that particular product and the fact that it is 'sold' to the public as the definitive information for future conditions. The general public treats it as that and especially the media who quote it and use it as if it is gospel.hillybilly wrote:Another 38mm up here today so finished on 96mm so a grea t result in the end. Enough to fully wet the soils up, but not enough to cause any problems.
Was a lot of runoff from the mountain but nothing to cause trouble. Expect this is the end of the fire season (that never really was) for us
40 to 50% chance of above average for Victoria - nearly 50:50. Not sure what the point is. The La Nina effects often misses Victoria - viz 1998/1999/2000 and 2008.3 month rainfall outlook issued by the BOM for Summer back in November...
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/arc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 1123.shtml
2 words I have to say ..Thats terrible