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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: UIZ733 on May 01, 2015, 04:27:18 PM
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Needed here right now....Biblical rain!
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Pretty dam heavy rain here on the Northern gold coast, feel for everyone on the Sunshine coast/brisbane.
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Oh boo hoo, We had it last night.
Like a bad meal, it shall pass.
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It’s pouring in the city right on go home time. So now I have to decide if I leave now and spend 90 minutes on the bus, or work back and wait for the traffic to calm down and get the 6pm bus only hopefully only get home in 30 minutes.
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Massive traffic jam on Kingsford Smith Drive heading east. There has been an accident. No one is moving. 300m in 35 mins. :( stay safe everyone.
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Beautiful one day.......blown/washed away the next......
Hope everyone's OK.
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The bloke next door told me he was going fishing. Not sure why Noah needed 2 elephants to go fishing, but anyway he left. ???
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I was lucky to get the young fella from school at 3pm.. One of our friends send there kids to the same school and at the moment they are struggling to get to them..
The school is at the back of Yatala off stanmore road which is flooded..
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I was lucky to get the young fella from school at 3pm.. One of our friends send there kids to the same school and at the moment they are struggling to get to them..
The school is at the back of Yatala off stanmore road which is flooded..
Is your friend concerned or more thinking about a dirty weekend at home without the kids?...lol
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Soooo glad we canned our planned camping trip this weekend, it would have been a disaster >:( .
We'll have a nice chilled out weekend at home instead ( shed time ) :cup:
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Well I'm stuck in the Brisbane CBD, trains are out, taxis are taking forever.
Time to find a pub.
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Lol..
I think she would be concerned but he would be rubbing his hands together with excitement of the thought a dirty weekend.. Lol
We've had about 300mm so far.. That's from about Thursday morning..
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Well I'm stuck in the Brisbane CBD, trains are out, taxis are taking forever.
Time to find a pub.
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That's what I like about you Symon....................you adapt to your environment well and quickly :cheers:
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Well I'm stuck in the Brisbane CBD, trains are out, taxis are taking forever.
Time to find a pub.
Spewin..
Go to the footy, I have funny feeling there might be a few seats spare..lol
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Well I'm stuck in the Brisbane CBD, trains are out, taxis are taking forever.
Time to find a pub.
bugger the taxi mate, roads would be jammed everywhere and fare would cost a bucket load. The correct answer is your last line... find a pub and watch the footy, then go home after the rain eases up.
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Well I'm stuck in the Brisbane CBD, trains are out, taxis are taking forever.
Time to find a pub.
....a lateral thinker..... :cup: :cup:
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I just let our goldfish out for a run around the front yard!!!!!
regards
Drenno
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I just let our goldfish out for a run around the front yard!!!!!
regards
Drenno
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I've just been checking out a few rainfall figures about the place. Since 9.00 a.m today Morayfield has had 291mm and Elimbah 310mm of rain...not hard to see why there's flooding about so many places at the moment.
News is showing idiots who've tried to cross flooded roads and gotten stuck or washed away, including some lady in Bundy saying "i don't want this on the news" ...do people ever learn? ???
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My wife was the last car threw the water on Old Toorbul Rd before they closed all roads to Bribie. ;D
Foo
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Like a bad meal, it shall pass.
And it did, straight through our house, apparantly. >:(
Been sitting in the car on the Hwy since 3pm. High tide is in another hour or so, hopefully the water starts to drop soon after then ???
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" ...do people ever learn? ???
No, they don't.
The "Light of My Life" was heading home this arvo, at 60kph, in heavy rain in the not quite standard Disco & a bloke in a 2wd wheeled around her, hit about 6" of water & speared of the road. She did slow to see if he was OK. Unfortunately he was still alive >:D
Steve
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And people complain about Melbournes weather. Stay safe northeners
GG
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It's all Jeepers fault!He's just trying too drum up more work, so he has some pocket money for his boat. :angel:
Foo
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Spewin..
Go to the footy, I have funny feeling there might be a few seats spare..lol
Footy cancelled, so that just leaves the pub :cup:. Stay safe
:cheers:
Peter
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Since 9.00 a.m today ...... Elimbah has had 310mm of rain..
That's 50mm more than our Annual Average!!!
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...do people ever learn? ???
sadly it appears 3 people have died at Caboolture this afternoon when their vehicle was swept away in flood waters http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826 (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826)
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sadly it appears 3 people have died at Caboolture this afternoon when their vehicle was swept away in flood waters http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826 (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826)
You joking, with all the advertising on TV,radio,Internet, big billboards on the side of the rd, people still try it. As sad as it is, are they stupid??
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, are they stupid??
yes
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http://youtu.be/SIcgzJa9smM (http://youtu.be/SIcgzJa9smM)
Terrible tragedy. You can just get caught though. This was Kingsford Smith Drive. last night. The water just started rising and there was nowhere to go for most cars. The guy in front is on the median strip and it is up to his bumper and flowing fast. There were cars to my left that would have had water to the top of their wheels and rising. There was no overflow when we were stopped due to the accident further down the road.
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My wife left the CBD at 3pm to try to get home. Got as far as Zillmere on the train, then had to take a combination of bus and taxi to make the remaining 30km. It took her 7 hours to get home.
I was stuck in the CBD until about 9.30, it was a pretty clear taxi run home, but the number of broken down cars on the side of the road was unreal. I was told the majority of them had simply run out of fuel from being in stop-start traffic for so long. Saw a couple of cars in the middle of waterways - idiots.
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sadly it appears 3 people have died at Caboolture this afternoon when their vehicle was swept away in flood waters http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826 (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/three-killed-after-wild-weather-lashes-southeast/story-fnkt21jb-1227329174826)
And another person this morning also, burpengary I think. ???
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My wife left the CBD at 3pm to try to get home. Got as far as Zillmere on the train, then had to take a combination of bus and taxi to make the remaining 30km. It took her 7 hours to get home.
I was stuck in the CBD until about 9.30, it was a pretty clear taxi run home, but the number of broken down cars on the side of the road was unreal. I was told the majority of them had simply run out of fuel from being in stop-start traffic for so long. Saw a couple of cars in the middle of waterways - idiots.
Glad you guys got home ok
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Left work early yesterday, 3pm to arrive home at 11:40pm.
3" of water went through the house. >:(
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My wife was reading something on the net lastnight about the 3 people who died at Caboolture, apparently it was a post on facebook by someone who watched the car get washed away as it happened out front of where he lived supposably. The guy said the vehicle drove around a road closed sign before it was washed away, and after that happened people were still trying to drive through the water, this guy was out on the street trying to stop people ignoring the signage. If this really was the case, then it shows the absolute stupidity of many people when it comes to ignoring the "if it's flooded forget it" warnings we hear all the time.
And another person this morning also, burpengary I think. ???
just heard about that on the telly right now, wonder what the actual details for that loss of life are
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We avoided most of the bad stuff here at woombye, yes lots of rain but didn't effect our daily duties.
Poor rescue teams putting their own lives on the line to save those who decided to take the risk and drive around road closed signs!
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My wife was reading something on the net lastnight about the 3 people who died at Caboolture, apparently it was a post on facebook by someone who watched the car get washed away as it happened out front of where he lived supposably. The guy said the vehicle drove around a road closed sign before it was washed away, and after that happened people were still trying to drive through the water, this guy was out on the street trying to stop people ignoring the signage. If this really was the case, then it shows the absolute stupidity of many people when it comes to ignoring the "if it's flooded forget it" warnings we hear all the time. just heard about that on the telly right now, wonder what the actual details for that loss of life are
If that is true, they are bloody idiots.
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I just saw more details on the news regarding the 5 deaths yesterday....2 vehicles were swept off the road at Caboolture in the same location, both vehicles had 3 people in each. 3 people died in one vehicle and one in the other, it appears the kids of the driver in the second car managed to get out. The 3rd vehicle swept off the road was at another location at Burpengary, the driver died and his passenger (wife i think it was) managed to escape. So the death toll could have been 8 people yesterday if not for the lucky escapes of 3 passengers in 2 of those vehicles.
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I just don't understand the mentally of some people.. To go put yourself and loved ones in danger is unbelievable.. ???
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I went and found a pub ( was going for drinks after work in the Valley just a polite 1 or 2) but then with no trains. I had more than 1 was offered tickets to the test almost took them ( in hindsight should of now that it was postponed) then kept drinking till midnight and a $90 cab trip home
Sent from my fingers via my brain
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Well boy am I glad I left the CBD at 1.30......................it went bat poop crazy after then. Glad to hear you all got home okay.
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http://youtu.be/SIcgzJa9smM (http://youtu.be/SIcgzJa9smM)
Terrible tragedy. You can just get caught though. This was Kingsford Smith Drive. last night. The water just started rising and there was nowhere to go for most cars. The guy in front is on the median strip and it is up to his bumper and flowing fast. There were cars to my left that would have had water to the top of their wheels and rising. There was no overflow when we were stopped due to the accident further down the road.
this happened on Granard Rd at Rocklea, intersection of Beaudesert. I came through inbound at 5 and water on the outbound side was halfway up a sedan's wheels. but as there was a truck jack knife further up Ippy road, traffic was at a standstill on the outbound side, and water was rising and flowing across to my side. about 10 minutes later, the whole intersection wasn't moving and cars were stuck. lucky I got through in those 10 mins, but I heard not long after on the 2way that the cops had closed the intersection and the poor people stuck in the middle just had to get out and stand in the rain while their cars flooded.
the problem is those in sedans that try to cross even low flooded roads that aren't flowing fast - saw quite a few that had tried to go through and ended up stopping just on the other side, which were pulled or pushed out by others. whereas in a fourby you know the depth we can safely cross - as long as its clear the water isn't flowing fast (ie if you know the road well).
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I went to the game last night, but they cancelled it just after I arrived. It's a shame because it's never been so easy to get a good park.
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Glad most of you stayed safe. We're just sitting up here in North Queensland, high and dry and waiting for our next huge insurance premium hike to cover all the Southerners bad weather events ;D
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I went to the game last night, but they cancelled it just after I arrived. It's a shame because it's never been so easy to get a good park.
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Iv'e got one just like that, but it's Yellow. cheers Ron.
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Glad most of you stayed safe. We're just sitting up here in North Queensland, high and dry and waiting for our next huge insurance premium hike to cover all the Southerners bad weather events ;D
Don't blame us southerners. We have had only 116 mm for the year. My nephews walked across my dam today and didn't even get their shoes muddy. When the dam is full it is 14 feet deep. If you banana benders are sick of the rain , send some our way. I'm carting water for the stock and you can forget about the veggie garden this year. >:(
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I left work at moggill around 4:30 and had the fun drive back home to northlakes. I saw a lot of little cars (swifts, getz, jazz) get in a bit of trouble in the inner suburbs I was sitting on old northern road near Pickering street at enroggera and a little Getz was driving up the right hand land when a asshat in a over the top hilux came up the left hand lane which was completely under about 2foot deep and just smash the little car with water and made it stall or worse suck up a gut full of water
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I was stopped at Gowen Road Drewvale & the semi in front went through and the water was 1/2 way up his wheels and was flowing reasonably. A council bus followed him and I thought what an idiot. After that a white Camry followed and got about 1/4 of the way across and stopped, obviously water stopped the engine as it was well above the top of his wheels by then. An asian man got out of the drivers side followed by his wife from the passenger side. I just shook my head and turned the Patrol around to go another way.
Ya just can't fix stupid.