Aussie floods

TarJak · 01-06-11, 04:17 AM

Yep. We've had a drought for the last 10 years and the rain is back with a vengance this year. El Nino/El Nina weather pattern swapped over a month or so ago and we've had the wettest summer in 12 years over here with some places recording almost 2 years average rainfall in the last two months.

Castout · 01-06-11, 04:30 AM

I saw Australians hit by the flood drying up their home appliances such as fridge, etc from tv I think or somewhere.

Low level flood is damaging and stressful enough and higher level ones simply destroy homes.

I had experienced a low level flood back in the 1990s. It wasn't pretty. The only thing that made me calm was that I was already shown the flood and where we were going to evacuate along with whom about 2 days before it happened and even told my sister about it but she just gave me a weird look and ignored me then(she doesn't even remember having been told beforehand afterward). Nobody warned about the coming unending rain then. It rained for more than a week without stopping!

Luckily it didn't rain that hard but still I never saw rain pouring down for more than a week or days before that.

01-06-11, 04:30 AM	#2
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	I saw Australians hit by the flood drying up their home appliances such as fridge, etc from tv I think or somewhere. Low level flood is damaging and stressful enough and higher level ones simply destroy homes. I had experienced a low level flood back in the 1990s. It wasn't pretty. The only thing that made me calm was that I was already shown the flood and where we were going to evacuate along with whom about 2 days before it happened and even told my sister about it but she just gave me a weird look and ignored me then(she doesn't even remember having been told beforehand afterward). Nobody warned about the coming unending rain then. It rained for more than a week without stopping! Luckily it didn't rain that hard but still I never saw rain pouring down for more than a week or days before that. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

01-06-11, 04:17 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Yep. We've had a drought for the last 10 years and the rain is back with a vengance this year. El Nino/El Nina weather pattern swapped over a month or so ago and we've had the wettest summer in 12 years over here with some places recording almost 2 years average rainfall in the last two months.