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Old 01-01-2007, 05:11 PM
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Hooray! The Rains are here!!!

We are at present being bombarded by massive thunderstorms and damaging wind/hail and Urgent Weather Warnings on the net, radio & TV.

I quickly got some pics of our Flash Flooding, but will post them later, there is another wopper of a storm starting right now.

Yaaaayyyyyy, we got rain!!!!!!!!

Inland NSW & Southern QLD is copping Thunderstorms even worse than ours
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Old 01-01-2007, 05:16 PM
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Enjoy the show!
Lets hope there is more rain than destruction in them for you and the south.

Storms arent quite extending up to Hervey Bay though..but it has looked a touch threatening all day.

Hope you get lightning images. there have been some very cool ones recently.
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Old 01-01-2007, 05:26 PM
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This is the current weather map!!!! All the white, red, and blue crosses are lightning strikes and it's all heading South!
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Old 01-01-2007, 05:36 PM
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Where'd you get that map, Ken?
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Old 01-01-2007, 06:24 PM
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sweet! rains good, unless umm... you are farming something that doesnt currently require rain.
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Old 01-01-2007, 06:36 PM
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Looks like we might get a drop or two more tonight. Over the last couple of nights we have had in total about 4mm.

Need more!

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Old 01-01-2007, 07:18 PM
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the skies aer clearing here atm. i have set up so i am expecting thunderstorms

it feels like its been months...
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Old 01-01-2007, 09:40 PM
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Where'd you get that map, Ken?
Here Matt. You have to be a Silver member to get the lightning tracker, but you can get a 5 day 'Silver' free trial if you want. But click on the 'lightning' box and see if you can get it without joining.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/curren...c.jsp?code=NSW
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Old 01-01-2007, 10:16 PM
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So close yet so far! Not a drop here Ken both Leon & you have had the storms and rain it missed me completely heading down south..
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thanks for thy link kenneth me boy!

great news re the rain.
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Old 01-01-2007, 10:24 PM
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That's bad luck Terry, and your really so close to Ballarat.

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Old 01-01-2007, 10:30 PM
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Leon, you can't tell me you aren't getting thunderstorms now!

I'm watching them batter Ballarat now (and here)
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No mate didn't get more than acouple of flashes.

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Old 02-01-2007, 04:05 PM
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I quickly got some pics of our Flash Flooding, but will post them later,
Some didn't work out but these did.

The Dam before the rains & after (today). And Over flow!
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:13 PM
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give it a coupla days and the grass may even turn green
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:14 PM
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Then I'll have to mow it!

All my sheep are gone coz of the drought.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:25 PM
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bugger, sorry to hear bout your sheep ken.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:32 PM
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bugger, sorry to hear bout your sheep ken.
Not dead from drought, Vingo.

Gone as in 'on your dinner table'
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:35 PM
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oh it was your sheep i was eating.... I'll let you know they were delish!!!
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:39 PM
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Yeah, lot's of Graziers got rid of their sheep a few months back as there is nothing to feed them and no water for them, so off to market they went.

Even this water will be gone again in a week or so. Unless we get more rain. If not, the Cattle will start going to market too!
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