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Title: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Bird on August 25, 2015, 10:41:40 AM

Hope nobody is around this area....

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Residents near a dam on the NSW South Coast have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to the "imminent failure" of the waterway.

A NSW State Emergency Service spokeswoman said the failure of the Jerrara Dam, just west of Kiama, will result in extremely dangerous flooding downstream on Mount Brandon Road, Jerrara Road and Jamberoo Road.

(http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/6/x/2/m/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gj6x16.png/1440461304374.jpg)

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Bird on August 25, 2015, 12:27:10 PM

aint looking good downstream..

(http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/7/1/1/i/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gj6x16.png/1440467161630.jpg)

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: ivan on August 25, 2015, 02:28:13 PM

All good  down stream.Hell Iam sitting at home on myswag a few klm's away.Should I look out the window or not worry.

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: staghornflat on August 25, 2015, 03:03:10 PM

Quote from: ivan on August 25, 2015, 02:28:13 PM

All good  down stream.Hell Iam sitting at home on myswag a few klm's away.Should I look out the window or not worry.

I think I'd have a look! ???

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Bird on August 25, 2015, 03:16:14 PM

Quote from: staghornflat on August 25, 2015, 03:03:10 PM

I think I'd have a look! ???

at least get some photos!!

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Rumpig on August 25, 2015, 05:40:54 PM

Quote from: Bird on August 25, 2015, 03:16:14 PM

at least get some photos!!

of your new waterfront property  :o

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Nick74 on August 25, 2015, 08:15:17 PM

He hasn't responded since 2pm-ish.
I hope he is okay

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: tk421 on August 26, 2015, 07:45:09 AM

Fingers crossed. There's been a heap of evacuations around that area.

That dam was in the process of being decommissioned so they had already started lowering the wall, hence the overflow. They were worried water would svour and undermine it causing a collapse. Nothin in the news about it going though.

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Bird on August 26, 2015, 09:33:45 AM

http://www.kiamaindependent.com.au/story/3306362/south-coast-flood-watch-rolling-coverage/?cs=1208 (http://www.kiamaindependent.com.au/story/3306362/south-coast-flood-watch-rolling-coverage/?cs=1208)

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: ivan on August 26, 2015, 12:55:21 PM

I am alive. had to go out and do some ses stuff. Between rescuing  cows,horses and people I have't had much time at home.Still raining .Jerrera dam wasn't as bad as media portrayed and it is pretty much farm land that the water would flood into. Now for a quick nap and on the road tonight as a paramedic.

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: raider on August 26, 2015, 04:28:35 PM

Quote from: ivan on August 26, 2015, 12:55:21 PM

I am alive. had to go out and do some ses stuff. Between rescuing  cows,horses and people I have't had much time at home.Still raining .Jerrera dam wasn't as bad as media portrayed and it is pretty much farm land that the water would flood into. Now for a quick nap and on the road tonight as a paramedic.

Bloody good effort ivan

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: tk421 on August 26, 2015, 05:16:37 PM

Quote from: ivan on August 26, 2015, 12:55:21 PM

I am alive. had to go out and do some ses stuff. Between rescuing  cows,horses and people I have't had much time at home.Still raining .Jerrera dam wasn't as bad as media portrayed and it is pretty much farm land that the water would flood into. Now for a quick nap and on the road tonight as a paramedic.

 :cup:

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: Nick74 on August 26, 2015, 09:22:22 PM

Quote from: ivan on August 26, 2015, 12:55:21 PM

I am alive. had to go out and do some ses stuff. Between rescuing  cows,horses and people I have't had much time at home.Still raining .Jerrera dam wasn't as bad as media portrayed and it is pretty much farm land that the water would flood into. Now for a quick nap and on the road tonight as a paramedic.

 :cup: :cheers:

Title: Re: Jerrara Dam NSW Sth Coast -> Hope nobody is round here
Post by: prodigyrf on August 27, 2015, 05:25:25 PM

It's not happening just like there was no big chill and snow  :-[
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/el-nino-officially-declared-drier-hotter-conditions-predicted/6463966 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/el-nino-officially-declared-drier-hotter-conditions-predicted/6463966)

Err...no wait a minute  :-\
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bureau-of-meteorology-forecasts-wetter-warmer-spring-in-south-australia-as-el-nino-grows-indian-ocean-warms/story-fni6uo1m-1227501186871 (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bureau-of-meteorology-forecasts-wetter-warmer-spring-in-south-australia-as-el-nino-grows-indian-ocean-warms/story-fni6uo1m-1227501186871)

Guffaw  :-[
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/even_the_rain_that_falls_isnt_actually_going_to_fill_our_dams_and_our_river/ (http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/even_the_rain_that_falls_isnt_actually_going_to_fill_our_dams_and_our_river/)

Schoolgirl predictions  :cup:
http://www.dorotheamackellar.com.au/archive/mycountry.htm (http://www.dorotheamackellar.com.au/archive/mycountry.htm)

Australia's first climatologist warns  ::)
http://users.tpg.com.au/dandsc/job/job01.htm (http://users.tpg.com.au/dandsc/job/job01.htm)