we are near the dot called tocal.
and we are getting flood warning from the BOM.
this is from bom I am in the middle off it i can see a flood coming it reminds me of the june/july floods in 2007 and that started on a friday….i hope it dont happen again
Shit thunderstorm is here… huge bang… either that it was a bomb
Gone
ok so did the rain end up coming that i sent u it hasnt stoped here
those storms look very localised Lucky.
veg gardener said:
ok so did the rain end up coming that i sent u it hasnt stoped here
Oh yeah over an inch I am sure in under an hour:D
bluegreen said:
those storms look very localised Lucky.
I don’t get to see BOM as I shut down the ‘puters and pulled out antennas left right and centre in the house.
about 40 mins the rain fell and a smig under an inch at the Parafield Airport
We had more at the homestead.
I hope some will come over our way :(
At the hight of the storm I found time to take this photo:)
The Estate said:
I hope some will come over our way :(
I hope so too Thee
cant see your pic Lucky
Thanks Thee….. try this one…hang on
i was about to say that as well its stoped here for a while we have had over 46 mls here i think today
veg gardener said:
i was about to say that as well its stoped here for a while we have had over 46 mls here i think today
Nice rain we had too VG:) Thanks for popping some over my way.
no problem lucky only send me it if i really need it ok
i wounder if i can get it working lucky1 if not i dont know whats wrong may be u need to use photobucket
veg gardener said:
i wounder if i can get it working lucky1 if not i dont know whats wrong may be u need to use photobucket
Blog sites sometimes won’t work with some other forums. I’ll just let you know when I update my blog. Like I used too.
ok lucky1 i enjoy reading ur blof as well as scarecrows =Þ
Lucky1 said:
about 40 mins the rain fell and a smig under an inch at the Parafield AirportWe had more at the homestead.
bewdy! good job there VG ;)
Gee I’m allowed to water my garden tomorrow with my hose….. think I’ll sleep in… :)
lol lucky u should have told me u could water ur garden tomorrow i shouldnt have sent that rain then
veg gardener said:
lol lucky u should have told me u could water ur garden tomorrow i shouldnt have sent that rain then
Cheeky…. lol can’t have it back;P
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
lol lucky u should have told me u could water ur garden tomorrow i shouldnt have sent that rain then
Cheeky…. lol can’t have it back;P
yeah i know i dont want the rain back i am joking ok
Lucky1 said:
Gee I’m allowed to water my garden tomorrow with my hose….. think I’ll sleep in… :)
LOL Lucky.
I’ll be up at 6 am to water the vege’s , the conifer’s can have the grey (rinse) water.
Very dark and big clouds atm , I hope it rains…
Happy Potter said:
Very dark and big clouds atm , I hope it rains…
they were saying “showers” for tomorrow (which can mean anything), although I think I saw some rain on the BOM just west of you…
…but I think it might have been moving in the wrong direction :(
veg gardener said:
Cheeky…. lol can’t have it back;P
yeah i know i dont want the rain back i am joking ok
Yeah I know:) Maybe you could jam some more clouds into another jar and sell it on eBay;)
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Cheeky…. lol can’t have it back;P
yeah i know i dont want the rain back i am joking ok
Yeah I know:) Maybe you could jam some more clouds into another jar and sell it on eBay;)
yeah i would sell it $100 per 10 jars so $10 each and i could make some cash for my garden
We’re allowed to complain about lack of rain in this thread, right??
Sunday Fine. Min 18 Max 32 Monday Fine. Min 18 Max 33 Tuesday Fine. Min 18 Max 34 Wednesday Fine. Min 20 Max 35 Thursday Fine. Hot. Min 22 Max 38 Friday Fine. Min 22 Max 35
first rain of the year – 2mm
better than a kick in the pants I suppose…
bluegreen said:
first rain of the year – 2mmbetter than a kick in the pants I suppose…
Anymore forecast for your area???
Thanks BG my reliable wether lady :)
>Shit thunderstorm is here…
I think Lucky now knows what a thunderstorm is….
8^)
bluegreen said:
first rain of the year – 2mmbetter than a kick in the pants I suppose…
Morning All,
We had 7mm BG, quite a nice drop :)
Lucky1 said:
Anymore forecast for your area???
we’ve had another 1mm since, and forecast is cloudy with rain periods today, and cloudy with showers tomorrow.
The Estate said:
Thanks BG my reliable wether lady :)
who are you calling a neutered sheep? :(
CollieWA said:
>Shit thunderstorm is here…I think Lucky now knows what a thunderstorm is….
8^)
Yeah and how it can make your heart do a jump start:)
Thanks BG my reliable wether lady :)
who are you calling a neutered sheep? :(
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I thought a wether was just an old ewe.. But I’m not a farmy person..
CollieWA said:
Thanks BG my reliable wether lady :)who are you calling a neutered sheep? :(
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I thought a wether was just an old ewe.. But I’m not a farmy person..
“http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wether
>“http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wether
Well there ewe go! 8^)
first rain of the year – 2mm
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May you get lots more BG.
Oh, brag time…WE have got a flood…the Fairbairn Dam has gone over…and I mean OVER…from about 40 % to overflowing in about 2 days I think, and this is a BIG body of water (did I tell you Lake Maraboon is B I G?)???
You would not believe the crowd, I said to Mr D “I never thought that the dam overflowing would be a community event here”
Some people had got there early with their eskies…we arrived just as the first trickle spilled over the spillway…I still get goosebumps down my spine when I remember this…after all these years…(about 18)…Mr D remembers taking eldest daughter to watch that one, the eels were sick of it by this time and they were falling down the spillway with the water…He says it was 12 months before he could get her back in the water out there…Oh this is just tremendous…a friend sent me about 30 photos that she took, she was so excited…
everybody was lined up and taking photos as the water spilled over the “lip” at the bottom of the spillway (after all the baffles, etc)…hundreds of cars, a traffic jam on the spillway…the coppers were attending the funeral of a much-revered retired local sergeant (may he rest in peace) but there was no road rage …they came out after and were directing the traffic…all these Mexicans getting excited about a dam overflowing, I’ll bet they never gave a thought about where water comes from in their previous home state….Mr D and I have been driving around looking at the floods as they go up and down…this is what country people do to make memories…
There is a truck stuck on the Theresa Creek overflow, he ignored the barriers…the RACQ had a heli out there this AM …
it has been wonderful rain for over a week, my no-dig vege bed has finally got a full moisture profile… Sonny Jim has planted corn in the “3 sisters” quadrant, we also planted a couple of rows of tomato seeds…The beans go in next, I think the corn might need a day of sunshine and then the beans can go in (blue lake…bean seeds are hard to find here, people mostly buy punnets)…
I splashed out and bought a pH kit, will have to check it out again…
The burrowing frogs are UP!!!!!, tis a wonderful sight to see and to my mind, indicates a full soil moisture profile…
MrD has found a graph that shows the level of water over the spillway…I never knew such information was “out there”, on the WWW…he’s hardly computer literate, either…it’s 0.68 metre over…
We’re off to buy some RID shortly, for when the sun comes out…
Guess there’ll be all sorts of Thanksgiving hymns in the churches tomorrow…
Thanks to Lucky for letting me know about this new Forum…
Oh, brag time…WE have got a flood…the Fairbairn Dam has gone over
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Brilliant news Dinetta. I take it yours and everyone elses spirits are lifted by so much water.
I heard on the news tonight that there are more people in Q’ld recieving flood relief than there are people recieving drought relief ATM. LOL.
Funny thing about country people isn’t it? When we were living in Charleville, any time a siren was heard everyone jumped in their cars and off we’d all go following the fire truck or the police/ambulance to whatever the excitement was about. Same happens when a dam goes over as well I see.
Nice to see your name up in lights again too.
Sorry BG, my reliable guage reader
The Estate said:
Sorry BG, my reliable guage reader
lol!
another 8mm Thee :D
Oh goody, is watering all the poos I have spead around the place, smells all gone now, neighbours will be happy ROFL
I suppose I should chuck some around too while the soil is damp and the possibility of more rain to wash it in.
good idea BG, everything here cept the hangers down the side have been fed, do then this arvo and full the weeds out :) need the step ladder though LOL
but there was no road rage
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Correction… I was given to understand today that people were fighting over the “parking spots” (there are no designated carparks on the spillway or dam wall)…the coppers went to sort it out…
She’s two metres up and rising, they expect it to peak early tomorrow…the news is bulls**t…25% of the town does not need to evacuate… I mean, the golf course isn’t full yet…just a couple of temporary water hazards and that is it…I can’t believe Anna Bligh…either that or the news media is twisting what she says…shame on them…
The sun is out, so the corn should shoot out of the ground and then we plant the beans…my pumpkin has one pumpkin on it after all…I’m starting to think it is related to the triffid variety that Lucky had knocking on her kitchen window a few years ago…
Yes Pomolo, it’s amazing how quickly the drought has turned to floods during this “rain event” (don’t you love the modern lingo?)…we met my sister and her husband by chance today …they are on their way to New Zealand…first holiday since BC (before children, the eldest would easily be 30 y o) I think…they bolted as soon as the creeks went down, have been stuck for about 5 days…they received 20 inches (don’t know the litre-age of that) and another place received 24 inches…lovely soaking stuff…
Can I plant shallots in between the tomato rows? I was planning to plant basil and parsley as well (between the rows)…
Thanks for the welcome…nice “clean” LHS frame as well…
BBL
She’s two metres up and rising, they expect it to peak early tomorrow…the news is bulls**t…25% of the town does not need to evacuate… I mean, the golf course isn’t full yet…just a couple of temporary water hazards and that is it…I can’t believe Anna Bligh…either that or the news media is twisting what she says…shame on them…
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The town we were shown was Charlottesville (think that was the name) is this the town you are talking about Dinetta??
Hi Dinetta,
Glad you’re getting tha welcome rain.
————I can’t believe Anna Bligh…either that or the news media is twisting what she says…shame on them…
Never spoil a good story for the sake of the truth……………
The town we were shown was Charlottesville (think that was the name) is this the town you are talking about Dinetta??
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That’s Charleville, and it’s on the river system that eventually flows into Lake Eyre…
Nope, I’m talking about Emerald (what a misnomer, but accurate atm)…
Never spoil a good story for the sake of the truth……………
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As our local acting mayor is finding out…
Dinetta said:
The town we were shown was Charlottesville (think that was the name) is this the town you are talking about Dinetta??
=============================================================================That’s Charleville, and it’s on the river system that eventually flows into Lake Eyre…
Nope, I’m talking about Emerald (what a misnomer, but accurate atm)…
Oh okay… elf just said we haven’t heard anything about Emerald over our way.
Nope, I’m talking about Emerald (what a misnomer, but accurate atm)…
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Sorry, I should have added that Emerald is in the Fitzroy Basin (Fitzroy river system)…this water from the Fairbairn Dam/Lake Maraboon will eventually flow into the Fitzroy River, which is Rockhampton’s river…we’re on the eastern side of the Great Divide, and Charleville is on the western side, so our water flows east to the Pacific Ocean and the Warrego (Charleville’s river) flows west into Lake Eyre (if there is enough water)…and Charleville is Pomolo’s old stamping ground…
Oh okay… elf just said we haven’t heard anything about Emerald over our way.
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I should imagine the rest of Australia couldn’t care less about our dam, and the newsmedia wouldn’t inflict the details on you…but as I said, the Warrego flows into Lake Eyre eventually so it has potential interest for the South Australians…
I should imagine the rest of Australia couldn’t care less about our dam, and the newsmedia wouldn’t inflict the details on you…but as I said, the Warrego flows into Lake Eyre eventually so it has potential interest for the South Australians…
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Over this way we are being bombarded with sports and sports and more sports.
My sister has had a problem with newsreports in the past ….. saying the road is impassable out where she lives……. they hadn’t even had the rain and they used the raod themselves.
My sister has had a problem with newsreports in the past….. saying the road is impassable out where she lives……. they hadn’t even had the rain and they used the raod themselves.
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That is so annoying, and there’s not much you can do about it…sad to think one has to take the ABC news with a grain of salt these days…
There’s few things worse than people saying “oh they’ve had so much rain” and you haven’t had a drop…
Dinetta said:
There’s few things worse than people saying “oh they’ve had so much rain” and you haven’t had a drop…
rain can be so localised sometimes that even in one district one part can be in flood while the other is dry as.
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
There’s few things worse than people saying “oh they’ve had so much rain” and you haven’t had a drop…
rain can be so localised sometimes that even in one district one part can be in flood while the other is dry as.
Oh yeah that happened in 2 burbs here the other day and 1 of those burbs was where we live:)
Oh yeah that happened in 2 burbs here the other day and 1 of those burbs was where we live:)
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don’t tell me you could see the line on the road where the cloud band ended? Usually happens right on our turnoff…
Dinetta said:
Oh yeah that happened in 2 burbs here the other day and 1 of those burbs was where we live:)
====================================================================don’t tell me you could see the line on the road where the cloud band ended? Usually happens right on our turnoff…
Years ago in Whyalla it was clear in the front yard and raining in the backyard….lol
Parafiled Gardens and Burnside…
different sides of the city…. got the rain.
Years ago in Whyalla it was clear in the front yard and raining in the backyard….lol
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my goodness that is freaky!!
Dinetta said:
Years ago in Whyalla it was clear in the front yard and raining in the backyard….lol
==========================================================my goodness that is freaky!!
Sure was as I was going to walk to the shops behind us and when I got outside and into the perk…. I saw I couldn’t….lol
Dinetta said:
Oh okay… elf just said we haven’t heard anything about Emerald over our way.
========================================================I should imagine the rest of Australia couldn’t care less about our dam, and the newsmedia wouldn’t inflict the details on you…but as I said, the Warrego flows into Lake Eyre eventually so it has potential interest for the South Australians…
i have been here stuff our emerald dinetta
The town we were shown was Charlottesville (think that was the name) is this the town you are talking about Dinetta??
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That’s Charleville, and it’s on the river system that eventually flows into Lake Eyre…
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I lived in Charleville for a couple of years when I was a teenager. When it floods it really floods.
and Charleville is Pomolo’s old stamping ground…
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Awwww. You remembered.
I lived in Charleville for a couple of years when I was a teenager. When it floods it really floods.
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Hi Pomolo, did you see the really interesting thing they did for a levee bank (or at least a flood controller)?
They used black plastic weedmat and those forklift pallets…I thought that was in the pics but then I thought, nah, they’ve got the wrong photos..
well we do have a disaster here…bad bad bad…there’s still a couple of days water to come down from even further up the catchment, but hopefully it will slack off tonight… 60 homes inundated…not even the old timers can remember it this high…we are unaffected but I had to catch the shuttle train with the kids as we need to fly from Rockhampton to Brisbane tomorrow…daughter drove from Rockhampton to pick us up…they were freighting over milk and an aged person…she went on the flat car with the milk and our luggage, they strapped her gurney to the floor and stood over her with a big brolly…the aged persons are being put up at the cotton gin…every hour they freighted over one more aged person…the water was that close to overflowing the railway bridge…scarey… I could cry for the people whose houses have been inundated, however most of them had the furniture moved out Sunday and yesterday…
I see where the Charleville flood had flood experts from New Zealand! to assist…amazing…
Hi Pomolo, did you see the really interesting thing they did for a levee bank (or at least a flood controller)?
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Yeah, I saw it. Stay dry Dinetta.
Hi Pomolo, did you see the really interesting thing they did for a levee bank (or at least a flood controller)?
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Yeah, I saw it. Stay dry Dinetta.
the water was that close to overflowing the railway bridge…scarey… I could cry for the people whose houses have been inundated, however most of them had the furniture moved out Sunday and yesterday…
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good report dinetta
hard for us down south to appreciate your difficulty.
best wishes to all in that flooded region – and fingers crossed for Rocky residents.