Here’s the latest photos of the lovely couple… Here’s Nev and he ain’t sure what to do, always spinning circles like windmill in my mind…

and here’s Magda, who looks a bit more forthright in her actions, and I think she’s been eating beans.

pain master said:

Here’s the latest photos of the lovely couple… Here’s Nev and he ain’t sure what to do, always spinning circles like windmill in my mind…

and here’s Magda, who looks a bit more forthright in her actions, and I think she’s been eating beans.

Gees you’re quick PM. I only just heard about Nev. I hope he can deliver some much needed rain without all the devastation that usually goes with a cyclone.

How is Towntown now after your 2009/2010 downpour? Things are probably much worse here because of our heavy rains. Everything burst into new growth after the rains but because it’s been dry since then, it’s all giving up the ghost quickly as well. Not happy Jan!

Magda looks promising for us, we always get rain when there is a good blower off the WA coast. Only trouble is we havn’t finished mowing after the last one :)

pomolo said:

Gees you’re quick PM. I only just heard about Nev. I hope he can deliver some much needed rain without all the devastation that usually goes with a cyclone.

How is Towntown now after your 2009/2010 downpour? Things are probably much worse here because of our heavy rains. Everything burst into new growth after the rains but because it’s been dry since then, it’s all giving up the ghost quickly as well. Not happy Jan!

same here Pomolo, everybody is irrigating again, its as if the 10 inches of rain in the last week of Dec and the 5 inches in the first week of January meant nothing :(

Ex-Nev is just pissing in the wind….

and Magda is well and truly getting all steamed up…

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Gees you’re quick PM. I only just heard about Nev. I hope he can deliver some much needed rain without all the devastation that usually goes with a cyclone.

How is Towntown now after your 2009/2010 downpour? Things are probably much worse here because of our heavy rains. Everything burst into new growth after the rains but because it’s been dry since then, it’s all giving up the ghost quickly as well. Not happy Jan!

same here Pomolo, everybody is irrigating again, its as if the 10 inches of rain in the last week of Dec and the 5 inches in the first week of January meant nothing :(

Soooooooo true.

pain master said:

and Magda is well and truly getting all steamed up…

YaY!! As far south as you can, please Magda! :)

>YaY!! As far south as you can, please Magda! :)

Might get interesting if it gets back over the sea further south..

Magda and Nev are gone, but Olga has come waltzing in taking Nev up the Kyber….

pain master said:

Magda and Nev are gone, but Olga has come waltzing in taking Nev up the Kyber….

no picture??? How come?

pain master said:

pain master said:

Magda and Nev are gone, but Olga has come waltzing in taking Nev up the Kyber….

no picture??? How come?

Would you want everyone to see your Kyber???? TIC

try this…

pain master said:

try this…

well the latest is that while Ex TC Nev lloked like he got swamped by Olga, who is heading her way to Cooktown and beyond, Ex Nev is still sitting in and spinning just behind her. There is the potential for a 3rd Cyclone to spin up this morning and there are predictions that this could hit land at Townsville as a Cat 1 within the next 24 – 48 hours. Either that or Ex Nev will get in the way and wander south like he was trying to before Olga pushed him aside.

Whatever it is, looks like some wetness this way comes…

pain master said:

well the latest is that while Ex TC Nev lloked like he got swamped by Olga, who is heading her way to Cooktown and beyond, Ex Nev is still sitting in and spinning just behind her. There is the potential for a 3rd Cyclone to spin up this morning and there are predictions that this could hit land at Townsville as a Cat 1 within the next 24 – 48 hours. Either that or Ex Nev will get in the way and wander south like he was trying to before Olga pushed him aside.

Whatever it is, looks like some wetness this way comes…

I would like to think “this way comes” goes as far as SEQ. Those cyclones are a real mess aren’t they? Fancy trying to predict what will happen there.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

well the latest is that while Ex TC Nev lloked like he got swamped by Olga, who is heading her way to Cooktown and beyond, Ex Nev is still sitting in and spinning just behind her. There is the potential for a 3rd Cyclone to spin up this morning and there are predictions that this could hit land at Townsville as a Cat 1 within the next 24 – 48 hours. Either that or Ex Nev will get in the way and wander south like he was trying to before Olga pushed him aside.

Whatever it is, looks like some wetness this way comes…

I would like to think “this way comes” goes as far as SEQ. Those cyclones are a real mess aren’t they? Fancy trying to predict what will happen there.

yeah well 48 hours ago it was suggested that Nev would swallow up Olga, but that didn’t happen… so who knows what? Models are predicting falls of around 180mms for Townsville by week’s end???

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

well the latest is that while Ex TC Nev lloked like he got swamped by Olga, who is heading her way to Cooktown and beyond, Ex Nev is still sitting in and spinning just behind her. There is the potential for a 3rd Cyclone to spin up this morning and there are predictions that this could hit land at Townsville as a Cat 1 within the next 24 – 48 hours. Either that or Ex Nev will get in the way and wander south like he was trying to before Olga pushed him aside.

Whatever it is, looks like some wetness this way comes…

I would like to think “this way comes” goes as far as SEQ. Those cyclones are a real mess aren’t they? Fancy trying to predict what will happen there.

yeah well 48 hours ago it was suggested that Nev would swallow up Olga, but that didn’t happen… so who knows what? Models are predicting falls of around 180mms for Townsville by week’s end???

I hope you get it. Townsville will always need extra rain.

pain master said:

Whatever it is, looks like some wetness this way comes…

We had a touch of rain yesterday – nice heavy drops, proper summer rain, but hardly any of it. Just checked this morning and it didn’t officially register in wherever it is they measure it, so it’s still no rain for Perth since November 20th!

Ex-TC Nev is set to hit between Townsville and Bowen tonight… an extreme weather warning has been issued and winds of 100kph and rainfall is expected.

But Olga is looking at bashing into Cooktown any moment now.

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

doesn’t sound good – stay safe.

pepe said:

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

doesn’t sound good – stay safe.

another big gust is coming through, with lashing rain this time…. air pressure is still 1001mbar here in the house?

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

Calm down. Anyone would think you were going through your first cyclonic weather. LOL.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

Calm down. Anyone would think you were going through your first cyclonic weather. LOL.

Nah, I watched Larry wander past, and also Cyclone guba….

pepe said:

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

doesn’t sound good – stay safe.

At 100k and hour there isn’t too much danger Pepe. Most places are built to withstand a lot more. A real cyclone can be very frightening. Fortunately I haven’t been in one for many years but you don’t forget what it’s like.

All of ‘em… Magda, Nev and Olga are all Ex-TC so its just wait for the rain…. which is falling faster than the Pakis.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

Whooo ooooh, it’s a getting windy here!

doesn’t sound good – stay safe.

At 100k and hour there isn’t too much danger Pepe. Most places are built to withstand a lot more. A real cyclone can be very frightening. Fortunately I haven’t been in one for many years but you don’t forget what it’s like.

i was just worried about his camera and his bike – wouldn’t want them getting wet would we LOL.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

doesn’t sound good – stay safe.

At 100k and hour there isn’t too much danger Pepe. Most places are built to withstand a lot more. A real cyclone can be very frightening. Fortunately I haven’t been in one for many years but you don’t forget what it’s like.

i was just worried about his camera and his bike – wouldn’t want them getting wet would we LOL.

sorry pepe, the bike got wet today… was a blustery ride out chasing the rain and wind…. but a good clean this arvy makes for a happy bike.

the rain here has woken me up… jeez its loud on the old roof.

55mms has fallen o’ernight. :D

Rainfall is in…. at Home 32mm o’ernight and 6 since, yet at the workplace 60mm o’ernight and 30 since!!!

Whooo oooh, getting close to 100mms for the past 48 hours :)

it’s teeming down now!

and down comes the rain again :)

pain master said:

and down comes the rain again :)

well where is it?? still waiting down here. Don’t hog it all :)

drylander1 said:

pain master said:

and down comes the rain again :)

well where is it?? still waiting down here. Don’t hog it all :)

sorry drylander, it’s my wet season and I’ll hog if I want to, hog if I want to.

You would hog too if it happened to you (during your winter).

the Rain is getting heavier, and it is darker out there… might have to turn some lights on and its only 3pm???

bleak.

Its chucking down now…. the Neighbours Nylex is taking a hammering!

Looks like Friday is the day for Ex-TC Olga to head East and back towards Towntown. So today’s wetness is only a glimpse of what is to come…

Night of Noah part 2 anyone?

128mms in the past 55 hours.

check out the Satellite picture? Olga is awesome and there’s talk of several hundred mms of rain falling between now and Sunday!

officially 135mms in the last 48 hours…..

Ex-TC Olga looks like spinning up in the GOC and becoming a Cat 2 TC before chucking a U-Turn and heading back East.

No rain as I type, but more will come, the house feels wet, everything is damp, the relative stupidity is up there!

156mms in the last 71 hours.

pain master said:

156mms in the last 71 hours.

244mms in the last 72 hours out at Woolshed :) That’s catchment rainfall.

pain master said:

pain master said:

156mms in the last 71 hours.

244mms in the last 72 hours out at Woolshed :) That’s catchment rainfall.

hope it sends something down my way.

pain master said:

pain master said:

156mms in the last 71 hours.

244mms in the last 72 hours out at Woolshed :) That’s catchment rainfall.

Think I’m starting to show signs of jealousy now. We can’t even rally a cloud down here. Skies are clear and blue and have been for days and days.

Can’t get outside to do much gardening. 31c @ 8am. Hydrangea, alamanda, dahlia etc are all drooping in the early heat.

On the up side. I luv the way some weeds give up the ghost and are easy to tug from the earth at a dry time like this.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pain master said:

156mms in the last 71 hours.

244mms in the last 72 hours out at Woolshed :) That’s catchment rainfall.

Think I’m starting to show signs of jealousy now. We can’t even rally a cloud down here. Skies are clear and blue and have been for days and days.

Can’t get outside to do much gardening. 31c @ 8am. Hydrangea, alamanda, dahlia etc are all drooping in the early heat.

On the up side. I luv the way some weeds give up the ghost and are easy to tug from the earth at a dry time like this.

It’s been cooler here Pomolo but like yous no rain in ages, early dec. was the last good fall. That amount of rain you’re getting PM is the stuff of dreams, down this way.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

244mms in the last 72 hours out at Woolshed :) That’s catchment rainfall.

Think I’m starting to show signs of jealousy now. We can’t even rally a cloud down here. Skies are clear and blue and have been for days and days.

Can’t get outside to do much gardening. 31c @ 8am. Hydrangea, alamanda, dahlia etc are all drooping in the early heat.

On the up side. I luv the way some weeds give up the ghost and are easy to tug from the earth at a dry time like this.

It’s been cooler here Pomolo but like yous no rain in ages, early dec. was the last good fall. That amount of rain you’re getting PM is the stuff of dreams, down this way.

well, an hour ago, I saw a patch of blue and I thought “might go off for a ride”… well a lump of grey and black sullied the sky and she has rained for the past hour. The neighbours nylex looks like he has another 8mm in there.

ok just checked the neighbours nylex. he empties it at 7am daily and the last 3 mornings have returned 31, 38, and 33mms, but the rain that came through this morning since 7am has already dumped 27mm.

the ground is wet.

Here’s confirmation….

Ex-TC Olga likely to be TC Olga mk2 tonight and then head East spinning up to a Cat3. If this heads due east, then we will get seriously wet but if it heads SE, then maybe some rain for the interiors and below us????

pain master said:

ok just checked the neighbours nylex. he empties it at 7am daily and the last 3 mornings have returned 31, 38, and 33mms, but the rain that came through this morning since 7am has already dumped 27mm.

the ground is wet.

Do tell!

pain master said:

Here’s confirmation….

Ex-TC Olga likely to be TC Olga mk2 tonight and then head East spinning up to a Cat3. If this heads due east, then we will get seriously wet but if it heads SE, then maybe some rain for the interiors and below us????

If it comes back your way you could be in for some serious flooding. It would be far more useful to head SE.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Here’s confirmation….

Ex-TC Olga likely to be TC Olga mk2 tonight and then head East spinning up to a Cat3. If this heads due east, then we will get seriously wet but if it heads SE, then maybe some rain for the interiors and below us????

If it comes back your way you could be in for some serious flooding. It would be far more useful to head SE.

I agree… with the ground this wet, if a puff of wind came along, a few trees might fall over? Go SE, get someone else wet!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Here’s confirmation….

Ex-TC Olga likely to be TC Olga mk2 tonight and then head East spinning up to a Cat3. If this heads due east, then we will get seriously wet but if it heads SE, then maybe some rain for the interiors and below us????

If it comes back your way you could be in for some serious flooding. It would be far more useful to head SE.

I agree… with the ground this wet, if a puff of wind came along, a few trees might fall over? Go SE, get someone else wet!

I can hear my garden crying for it.

Saw the weather in Bahasa on TV last night. Can’t be sure if it was yesdy’s or today’s temps (they don’t seem to change anyway) but they went through about 20 centres around Indonesia. All were 25-31C, give or take ONE degree. Seriously.

But some had rain.

colliewa said:

Saw the weather in Bahasa on TV last night. Can’t be sure if it was yesdy’s or today’s temps (they don’t seem to change anyway) but they went through about 20 centres around Indonesia. All were 25-31C, give or take ONE degree. Seriously.

But some had rain.

The PNG weather forecast was the same, all 24-31C with a rain cloud… even during the dry season. and all 18-25kt winds with seas 1.5-2m. Everyday.

teeming down again!

It teemed down all afternoon… the official Townsville is 210mms in the last 81 hours.

The neighbours Nylex has easily 100mms in it since 7am this morn!

Here’s what rainfall can do to a sleepy weir…

Oh those photos are amazing.

Thanks Lucky, the river you’re looking at is the Ross River which splits Townsville into two.

pain master said:

Thanks Lucky, the river you’re looking at is the Ross River which splits Townsville into two.

Where does all that water end up???

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Thanks Lucky, the river you’re looking at is the Ross River which splits Townsville into two.

Where does all that water end up???

The Coral Sea. The two weirs in shots were built in the 1800s to slow the pace of the Ross River so that a series of wells could fill and the locals could have drinking water.

Further upstream is the Ross River Dam which is the longest earth wall dam in Australia at around 8kms long…

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Thanks Lucky, the river you’re looking at is the Ross River which splits Townsville into two.

Where does all that water end up???

The Coral Sea. The two weirs in shots were built in the 1800s to slow the pace of the Ross River so that a series of wells could fill and the locals could have drinking water.

Further upstream is the Ross River Dam which is the longest earth wall dam in Australia at around 8kms long…

Sound impressive:) Shows a good builder if its made in the 1800’s and still being used.

pain master said:

Here’s what rainfall can do to a sleepy weir…

Oh it made it round. That’s unusual.

still raining btw…

231mms since Sunday and its still coming down… that’s for Townsville, but the Western Suburbs, many have had 130+ o’ernight… The airport has had around 330mm for the month.

it has rained all day. just drizzle with downpours every so often… I’m getting Vitamin D withdrawals…

officially 243mm since Sunday and the temp has not made it to 30C all week. I would like my summer back please.

Ex-TC Olga has still not spun up, and it looks like when she does, she will head south. That means more rain for others and less for me!

well the rain eased for 40 minutes…. I looked at the whipper snipper, he looked at the lawn mower, who looked back at me, I then looked at the fuel cans, who looked at the mower who looked at the whipper snipper who looked at me. I could hear the Carbon fouling up the sparkplug. The cord on the whipper snipper mysteriously started to unravel. The fuel can made a pop, you know that sound when the air pressure collapses somewhere…

but the rain came again.

Townsville’s Emergency Management Team has been called to arms.

pain master said:

Townsville’s Emergency Management Team has been called to arms.

On the news tonight they said some areas could get up to 400mm of rain from the cyclone.

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Townsville’s Emergency Management Team has been called to arms.

On the news tonight they said some areas could get up to 400mm of rain from the cyclone.

They are talking about a repeat of the 1998 Night of Noah where some suburbs recorded 700+mms of rain in a 24 hour period. Saturday night is D-Day.

>400mm of rain

That’s big rain in anyone’s books…

raining again….. my area has had over 2inches since 9am….

>raining again….

Locals getting around in plastic on the scooters which is a sure sign here. Feels coolish too. Won’t be 400mm but it might cool the place down and freshen it up.

A/C on the blink for my last night here. Have dispatched the healing gods as we speak.

pain master said:

ok just checked the neighbours nylex. he empties it at 7am daily and the last 3 mornings have returned 31, 38, and 33mms, but the rain that came through this morning since 7am has already dumped 27mm.

the ground is wet.

Okay, the neighbours Nylex has recorded this since Sunday… readings at 7am

Monday 31mm
Tuesday 38mm
Wednesday 33mm
Thursday 124mm
Friday 72mm

Total of 298mm since Sunday.

pain master said:

Okay, the neighbours Nylex has recorded this since Sunday… readings at 7am

Total of 298mm since Sunday.

the Official Townsville AP has had 245mm in the same period.

I awoke this morning to silence, no rain on the roof… I thought you beauty. 5minutes later, down she came again.

just to let you know… it is TEEMING DOWN AGAIN….. I have to yell to he heard over the top of the rain.

Whooo oooh, the Ross Dam has gone from 60% (that’s 18months water supply) to 80% in the past three days.

My turf is loving it, but it desperately needs some sunshine… ground temps are cool because this morning became saturation point for the subsoil. There is no longer any air in my soil as all the gaps have been replaced with water. None of the pots are percolating the water through, the water is just spilling over the rim, nothing is bubbling out the drain holes.

If this keeps up, I may see some turf starting to rot and some pot plants starting to die, and it is far too dark to bring them inside. It is 9am and it feels like it is 9pm with the light outside!

Everything is wet, I’m wet, my hair is wet (getting curly too), my clothes are damp (in the cupboard too), the cupboard is damp (damn damp particle board)…

pain master said:

Everything is wet, I’m wet, my hair is wet (getting curly too), my clothes are damp (in the cupboard too), the cupboard is damp (damn damp particle board)…

come and visit Melbourne, you will soon dry out ;)

320mm at the AP since Sunday….

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Everything is wet, I’m wet, my hair is wet (getting curly too), my clothes are damp (in the cupboard too), the cupboard is damp (damn damp particle board)…

come and visit Melbourne, you will soon dry out ;)

am thinking of joining the flock of Magpie Geese I saw high tailing out of here yesterday, headed your way!

329mm since Sunday at the AP. There is still talk of Night of Noah part 2 either tonight or tomorrow. currently a lull.

That’s 13inches this week.

pain master said:

320mm at the AP since Sunday….

Poor PM. I’m strting to get the feeling you’ve had enough rain for a while. You wait now for a month or so and the mould and mildew will start to grow on everything. Anything that is leather gets it first. Shoes, belts, handbags (not that you have one of those) lol. The walls, the ceilings…..the bathroom turns black. The southernside of the outside of the house goes green. It’s all so attractive.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

320mm at the AP since Sunday….

Poor PM. I’m strting to get the feeling you’ve had enough rain for a while. You wait now for a month or so and the mould and mildew will start to grow on everything. Anything that is leather gets it first. Shoes, belts, handbags (not that you have one of those) lol. The walls, the ceilings…..the bathroom turns black. The southernside of the outside of the house goes green. It’s all so attractive.

EWWWW!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

320mm at the AP since Sunday….

Poor PM. I’m strting to get the feeling you’ve had enough rain for a while. You wait now for a month or so and the mould and mildew will start to grow on everything. Anything that is leather gets it first. Shoes, belts, handbags (not that you have one of those) lol. The walls, the ceilings…..the bathroom turns black. The southernside of the outside of the house goes green. It’s all so attractive.

last evening, I thought the rain had stopped. Silly PM what were you thinking. 1am to 4am were torrential hours. 5am to 6am were peace. The rain is chucking it down again.

We have a King Tide this morning, and there will be some flooding, oh yes, there will be some flooding.

pomolo said:

Poor PM. I’m strting to get the feeling you’ve had enough rain for a while. You wait now for a month or so and the mould and mildew will start to grow on everything. Anything that is leather gets it first. Shoes, belts, handbags (not that you have one of those) lol. The walls, the ceilings…..the bathroom turns black. The southernside of the outside of the house goes green. It’s all so attractive.

The roadside gutters out the front of our house, now have blue-green algae in them…

Olga is officially back, she’s a TC again!

371mms since Sunday…

pain master said:

Olga is officially back, she’s a TC again!

Typical woman can’t make up her mind which way to go, lol.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Poor PM. I’m strting to get the feeling you’ve had enough rain for a while. You wait now for a month or so and the mould and mildew will start to grow on everything. Anything that is leather gets it first. Shoes, belts, handbags (not that you have one of those) lol. The walls, the ceilings…..the bathroom turns black. The southernside of the outside of the house goes green. It’s all so attractive.

The roadside gutters out the front of our house, now have blue-green algae in them…

Great for skating along with your thongs on.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

The roadside gutters out the front of our house, now have blue-green algae in them…

Great for skating along with your thongs on.

Or going base over apex, for the newbie to the tropics…

The Ross Dam has gone from 60% capacity on Wednesday to 100% capacity today, she’s spilling over!

433mms since Sunday, around 17inches.

Even the plumbing has given up the ghost… everything is saturated beyond belief, that the sink is refusing to take on any more water and the toilet is sllllooooooooowwww to disappear…

Such a shame it cannot be shared around Oz !

The Estate said:

Such a shame it cannot be shared around Oz !

We’re trying to… Olga is fast heading south!

pain master said:

The Ross Dam has gone from 60% capacity on Wednesday to 100% capacity today, she’s spilling over!

433mms since Sunday, around 17inches.

you are certainly getting the wet season this year :)

pain master said:

Even the plumbing has given up the ghost… everything is saturated beyond belief, that the sink is refusing to take on any more water and the toilet is sllllooooooooowwww to disappear…

as long as it doesn’t decide to flow in reverse!

Okay, the neighbours Nylex has recorded this since Sunday… readings at 7am

Monday 31mm
Tuesday 38mm
Wednesday 33mm
Thursday 124mm
Friday 72mm
Saturday 108mm

Total of 406mm since Sunday.

and prolly another 100 since 7am this morn…. yell you tomorrow.

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

Even the plumbing has given up the ghost… everything is saturated beyond belief, that the sink is refusing to take on any more water and the toilet is sllllooooooooowwww to disappear…

as long as it doesn’t decide to flow in reverse!

getting close bg, it is spewing out from the trap outside…. as long as the mongrels upstream keep flushing, then we on the lowlands will keep swimming?

432mm at the AP since Sunday.

453mm at the AP in a week.

Patches of blue skies out there today, maybe things might even dry out?

pain master said:

453mm at the AP in a week.

Patches of blue skies out there today, maybe things might even dry out?

Quick, get the washing on.

All the Tropic Cyclones have left the Building. Our Dam is at Full Capacity, not bad considering it were only 60% full on Wednesday.

In total for January, my Neighbour’s Nylex recorded 588mms which is almost one inch more than Lucky would get in an annual year. I’ve been for a look at Mangolia and she is high and dry, and it is amazing to see just how quickly the water is draining away, will probably get out on the lawn mower this morning.

pain master said:

I’ve been for a look at Mangolia and she is high and dry, and it is amazing to see just how quickly the water is draining away…

that’s good, yes? will have no problems with overly wet feet…