after 3 floods

[mozzie]

well what a shocking year for rain i gatter most of the east coast of aus has had enough weve had 3 floods thus far and from last thursday another 250mm it is still absoulty peeing down how much more.the use of the telescope is a mere memory im haveing bad withdrawals new moon coming up i dont plan any viewing incase anybody upstairs heres me and give us more rain:lol::rolleyes: has everybody else had enough
mozzie

[Inmykombi]

I sure have Peter.

I have just started a new thread about what the weather is driving me to do. see: ( down to the Old VHS movies) ... under general chat.

Nothing is drying after being washed, and I am sick of getting the local papers that are just one wet mass that cant be opened.
I am over the wheel ruts left in front of the letter box now, cause if they get any deeper, the postman will fall into the hole with his bike and dissappear.....problem solved.

We havent had bad floods like you folks but we have had local flash floods that cause minor havoc on the roads and the wet weather seems to bring all the "boof heads" out in their fast cars so they can do wheel spins and doughnuts in out street ....

Just afew Stars would be nice....:(:(:(:(

See ya Mozzie.

[GTB_an_Owl]

my daughters place at Orara had 5 inches the other day Pete

geoff

[mozzie]

and in a few months it will stop and well go into drought again:doh::doh:and start to complain again but on the positive side thr skys are clear during drought:shrug:
mozzie

[Kevnool]

As the song goes "Way out west where the rain dont fall" come and join us out here, everybodys invited.
I wish we could see it out here.
I,m not braggin its just the truth.
Cheers Kev.

[mozzie]

if i could move the family i would sell up and move west
mozzie

[telecasterguru]

Guess what? Just read in the Herald that they are lifting the water restrictions in Sydney.
They reckon its just so people don't complain about the cost of the desalination plant next time there's a drought.
I reckon its because there's been a hell of a lot of rain. I have not imaged since ANZAC day. That's 2 months. They also say it is going to rain in Sydney for the rest of the week. (it is pouring at the moment)
I also understand that the stars aren't going anywhere. Well, not without me anyway.

Frank

[mozzie]

well frank the desal is a nother thread on another day but its been good to by brother he's a truck driver owner opperator and they have delivered thousands of pipes hope he gets another contract there nearly finished that one
mozzie

[GrahamL]

yeah I just drove over to byron and back and reckon 100 mm fell in that hour .. 30 kmh and couldn't see the lines on the road.
The ag dept issued a warning ( about 200mm ago ) for our industry that conditions are similar to 1974 and to expect major cropping failures.


And still it rains :(.. I'd pick the north with the monsoons over here
at least at some point during the year you know its not going to rain.

must check the rainfall to date this year bet its lots

[GrahamL]

1605 mm since mid january.. prolly more closer to the coast...
including weekends.. must be close to recording rainfall on close to 90 days.. some of those days it didn't rain it was likely about to .
I think I have had my scope out most every clear run we have lucked this year .. and there have been a few .. but its still pretty dismal.
Hope some of you guys who really need some water get some soon:thumbsup:

[xelasnave]

I know we all love all the rain but for me the fuel on the ground is building like never before in my time up North and so after the flood season I am sure we will get back to bushfires but next time they will be massive..up my place the new trees make it hard to get thru the bush and ground cover is very worrying... I dont feel astronomy is a hobby anymore because I rarely get a go even if it clears there is so much moisture everything is a pain... I got my new camera er last year..maybe used it 10 times on astronomy objects ...
alex

[Jen]

We havnt had hardly any here Peter send it over this way now if ya like ;)

There is too much dew around for me to observe lately anyway so it may as well rain :doh:

[mozzie]

going on my weather gauge weve had just under 2000mm since jan my cousin workes on a dairy farm just south of coffs they have had 2300mm before this rain started on thursday the record in 73 was 2700mm for the year i think they will set a new record im on a slight hill plenty of runoff and the ground is starting to smell just to much rain hoprfully it will clear soon dieing to use the scope
mozzie