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Old 21-04-2015, 02:23 AM
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very windy now even stronger than before, nobbys has gusts over 111km but now we have major flooding near us
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Old 21-04-2015, 06:40 AM
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It's a tad wet here too, but when the floodwater is 50m from my fence it'll be too late to tell you!

Someone else's roof banging in your back yard? Doesn't sound good...

I hope it all hangs together for you. We've only had a measley 26.7mm yesterday and 8.7 so far today in comparison.

Take it easy out of those roads too.

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Old 21-04-2015, 09:30 AM
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WOW! I have heard this on the radio this am. Hope you lot are OK
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Old 21-04-2015, 10:09 AM
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Of course we know who to blame!!

It takes more than a new ep or filter set to cause this.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=133693

That dang scope has flooded my back-yard.


It looks like the worst of it has passed. I hope everyone is safe and dry. And take care on the roads.

PS I just walked across campus.. The wood ducks are happy and the kookas are feeding on worms forced to the surface.

PPS Some gardeners are out in wet weather gear blowing the leaves off the paths - safety issue I suppose.
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Old 21-04-2015, 12:28 PM
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My street is cutoff now. A couple of big trees have come down across the intersection and taken down power lines; the other end of the street is blocked by another downed tree. People are waiting for the SES but they are pretty busy with the houses around the peninsula that have lost their roofs. It doesn't seem to have gotten any better today. You can't see the wind in that photo but its still howling. I've lost all the screening hedge I planted a couple of years ago to block stray light - blown right out of the ground by the wind but hopefully I can replant them later.

And the observatory is doing fine, so far.
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Old 21-04-2015, 01:23 PM
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We get a couple of these rippers each year through SA. It's a little more unusual for you lot on the east coast from what I remember. I have built my roll off roof with 140km winds in mind. Last year I got a gust of 120km/h during a storm and it picked up the roof off the rack and floated the roof about 300mm away from closed position. I found it the following day. That aside the whole building was fine.

Dave I suggest you put another sleeper worth of concrete on top of your obs support/pier. You might need to go down a bit more too. That sort of flooding is going to affect your PA a lot. Also when you install the dome make sure you put in extra bolts into the concrete with large washers, that will stop any further storms lifting up the dome.
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Old 21-04-2015, 01:28 PM
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Meanwhile in Perth:
http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/perth.shtml
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Old 21-04-2015, 01:39 PM
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Today is out last day of that sort of weather.
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Old 21-04-2015, 01:52 PM
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There was a cubby house in the corner of that yard - now under the tree. Note the wires tangled in the tree - still live I believe.
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Old 21-04-2015, 03:03 PM
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It's a tad wet here too, but when the floodwater is 50m from my fence it'll be too late to tell you!

Someone else's roof banging in your back yard? Doesn't sound good...

I hope it all hangs together for you. We've only had a measley 26.7mm yesterday and 8.7 so far today in comparison.

Take it easy out of those roads too.

Al.
it turned out to be a section of fence from next door. i have had a kip and feel like i have had an allnighter. we have just had a message on the mobile from the SES on possible flooding
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Old 21-04-2015, 03:13 PM
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Al Meehan was supposed to take his wife to hospital this morning at 5:30am for an operation. unfortunately a large tree fell on all of his cars. Funny thing was i thought that something was wrong and went over at 5am. I ended up taking them up to the John Hunter. I hope that everything went OK as becoming more coherent only now i see that the hospitals had power issues.
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Old 21-04-2015, 04:53 PM
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Looks like its a lot wilder down there than here.

We'll have to start calling you Claire, Dave... you Claire Voyant you! I hope all is OK with Al and his wife.

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Old 21-04-2015, 05:03 PM
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Dang! a long night for you Dave!

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Old 21-04-2015, 05:18 PM
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Al Meehan was supposed to take his wife to hospital this morning at 5:30am for an operation. unfortunately a large tree fell on all of his cars. Funny thing was i thought that something was wrong and went over at 5am. I ended up taking them up to the John Hunter. I hope that everything went OK as becoming more coherent only now i see that the hospitals had power issues.

Man that has to suck. Those cars are a write off. I feel sorry for you Al. I hope the insurance company is not a pain.
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Old 21-04-2015, 06:05 PM
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Be safe your NSW'ers.
Also be prepared for loss of mobile coverage, last i checked an hour ago, 340+ mobile base stations without mains, over half of which do not have anything beyond 1-2hrs of battery life left.

If it's looking dicey, get out.
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Old 21-04-2015, 07:46 PM
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East coast lows are bad stuff ,, cyclones hammer and leave these things just hang round for days and don't let up !

stay safe all .
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Old 21-04-2015, 08:06 PM
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Jesus, hope everyone's doing alright!
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Old 21-04-2015, 08:21 PM
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Spent all day trying to find a route up through the Hunter to get to
Coonabarabran. The roads are flooded.

On one stretch of two-lane road I counted 20 fallen trees across the road in 10km and 38 fallen trees in 50km.

Around Maitland, conditions were particularly bad. Much of the Hunter Valley
was blacked out.

I was forced to return to Sydney.

Speaking with Lachlan MacDonald on the phone this evening, he reports
it has cleared at Coonabarabran and it is now crystal clear.
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Old 22-04-2015, 11:16 AM
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Water View

I didn't know I lived by a river!
PS: I think everybody has power here, but I don't know for sure.
Just keeping everybody in my thoughts.
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Old 22-04-2015, 11:34 AM
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Of course we know who to blame!!
Sorry for my flippant tone. At the time I thought it was just a bad night and some nuisance flooding. It's become much worse than that. The damage and loss of life is not funny.

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