Thread: Batten down the hatches Victoria!

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

11.5mm overnight. Zip so far today.
Yep, Chris, I got two text messages yesterday from the SES. Talk about cry wolf. I ignored them.

You lucky bastard, I got SIX identical text messages over the period of 1hr 10mins. FFS what are these wallys doing ??
Yes it's raining here but nothing to get excited about, no I don't live in a flood prone area.
In the end I turned the mobile off so I could get some sleep.

Deano

We have had 112mm since Friday - and still having a light shower now. Lots of water lying around.
A few streets and houses in Shepparton have had flooding. Have heard through the bush telegraph that there has been a fair amount of flooding in the town of Eurora.

I feel for the farmers that have not had an opportunity to finish getting their crops off around here.

When I worked in Benalla, I noticed a lot of the older houses were built on mounds. You would see a farm house up on a mound out in a paddock.
The people I worked with, the new people moving into the area, were building new houses. They were digging out soil and pouring slabs.
"Why don't you build your houses on elevated mounds?" I asked.
"Why?" they replied.

Now we know why.

Boy, did it rain up there. And the area is flat. There were drainage channels all over the place. One day, after work, one of the workmates suggested we drive a more interesting route home. He followed me in his Landcruiser. We were driving in water, the depth of which was almost up to the tray of my Landrover.

Mick_Marsh, you should see the new houses going up on the Bellarine Highway just before Point Lonsdale. They were pumping water out to lay the concrete in the summer!!

Most of the water that goes by us is from Skipton way but we're 30km away so it doesn't effect us.

Originally Posted by bee utey

Something topical:

Victoria weather: Rain puts brakes on bike ride, causing parmigiana overload at Gippsland hotel - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Oh no parmageddon

That water at Point Lonsdale is actually seawater that is the same height as the water across the road in Swan Bay behind all the rushes on the north side of road.

It can go up and down with tides and also king tides when they have them.

An ideal base to build a new house on with all the fill that has been brought in to make it look safe.

The big railway shed on left gets water in there from rain and severe tidal flows and its inspection pits did fill with water (maybe still do) . Great designers /engineers all round I feel, just don't tell the public

Well thank fully, we have been ok. A fair bit of rain, but the drains coped with it.
I have no problem with the weather forecast, it made me think what could happen, made me very aware of my surroundings, and perhaps more importantly, how traumatic it would be for those in country Victoria who were flooded out.
I hope everyone on here is OK.
Pickles.

And the Territorians are saying " call that a storm? this is a storm.".

Darwin storms: Bureau of Meteorology rain gauge breaks during downpour