Storm watch Brisbane

[Jeepers Creepers]

we've had a 123mm and been lucky to skirt a bit of the heavy stuff.
wind from lunchtime has been anywhere from high 20ish knots and gusted as high as 47 knots, so all pretty good here.

[ScarpsD40]

Brisvegas cbd pretty much shut down but managed to get back in from the west ok. Found a quiet little hotel and bar still open to keep my head dry for the night. Now just waiting on a call from Wantas to see which flight and when I can head home






Footnote:
Now some they do and some they don't
And some you just can't tell
And some they will and some they won't
With some it's just as well

[Steffo1]

It's heading out to sea so, I'm sure we're not going to get too much more. Can't see all the hype about it lasting until 1200 unless it swings to the West South West.
Keep safe.
Steve

[rockrat]

It's heading out to sea so, I'm sure we're not going to get too much more. Can't see all the hype about it lasting until 1200 unless it swings to the West South West.
Keep safe.
Steve

IMHO the more and longer the TV networks and pollies hype it up, the greater their ratings/poll boost, at least in the short term.  Absolutely no comparison between what SEQ has gone through today and what those in the Whitsundays went through earlier in the week but the media and pollies would have you believe the world is about to end. Certainly there are some areas that have seen flooding today and I feel for those that have been impacted but speaking from personal experience Rosalie/Paddington floods to one degree of another just about every year. i suspect many of the other areas that have flooded today do the same.

[Steffo1]

Hit 319 while typing. Barometer has dropped too.

[jk]

Well that was fun  , out in the driving rain and wind with the chainsaw cutting and removing a bunch of sizable tree branches that had fallen over our front gate and totally blocked the driveway.
My son has a 5.00am start at his work tomorrow morning to fix any problems related to storm damage ( maintance fitter ), so we had to clear it tonight .....................now, it's beer o'clock 

[Rumpig]

Reports from the tv saying part of Gold Coast has had 480mm of rain today 

[edz]

Been barraged with phone calls and text messages from the Emergency mobbs  tonight .. To Evacuate immediately  to the flood Evac center.
Umm no we wont, As the Evac center they have set up goes under before we do, Last time there was a flood,  people were kyaking and canoing in and around that school hall and buildings 
Had the odd wind gust to about 30 kts and a steady 10 to 15 kt  wind,  plus  about  1/4"  to 1" per hour rain since dark and has dropped markedly in the last 1/2 hour ...
 Still have about 2.0 m free board above the river where its gone over the  bank even with it being  high tide,  before the water would brim level with our  back yard, Most of our  main and local streets seem clean and clear.
Just got to see how much more  fresh comes down now from out around the Border Ranges before we worry too much .
Going by the radar, Deflated Debbie has decided she didnt want to give us a bath and is pushing off Southwards ..

[Fizzie]

Umm no we wont, As the Evac center they have set up goes under before we do, Last time there was a flood,  people were kyaking and canoing in and around that school hall and buildings 

You've got to give 'em an A for Effort though Edz - after all, they're just trying to thin out some of the local feral's!

[Fizzie]

Reports from the tv saying part of Gold Coast has had 480mm of rain today 

152mm up to yesterday morning + 175 this morning = 327mm for <48 hours & now the sun's out!

I'm sitting here looking at the backyard & I'm sure I can see the grass shooting up

[Rumpig]

Flooding at Beenleigh, Beaudesert, Logan etc  is pretty full on, seems to have caught many unaware due to how quickly and how it has risen.

[Fizzie]

Police info message just through that they're evacuating Ormeau - Pimpama - Jacob's Well areas

[Bird]

plenty of this one

[Fizzie]

  Did it say where that one was, Bird?

[Footy Shorts Shane]

Springbrook apparantly.  Pine Creek Rd.
I'm sure I heard last night that over 700mm fell at Springbrook. Might have heard it wrong though ?

[edz]

^^^ And that ladies and gents is why you DON'T drive a flooded section of roadway ..

[Jeepers Creepers]

Pity one bloke is scratching his nuts in the photo.

[Rumpig]

Springbrook apparantly.  Pine Creek Rd.
I'm sure I heard last night that over 700mm fell at Springbrook. Might have heard it wrong though ?

no you heard correct...think it was something like 760mm fall there. Last night they'd had 400mm fall after 9.00a.m, but had 300mm fall during the night / morning prior to that, so over 700mm in a 24hr period.

[Fizzie]

^^^ And that ladies and gents is why you DON'T drive a flooded section of roadway ..

But the water's only 6" over the road & I've got a 4wd

[Fizzie]

I'm sure I heard last night that over 700mm fell at Springbrook. Might have heard it wrong though ?

Official BoM figures are 288 for the 30th + 602 today!

[tryagain]

Springbrook apparantly.  Pine Creek Rd.
I'm sure I heard last night that over 700mm fell at Springbrook. Might have heard it wrong though ?

890mm at Upper Sprinbrook in 29.5 hrs http://www.mygc.com.au/rain-totals-see-much-rain-fallen-gold-coast/

[Pete79]

We're rolling into day 3 with no power here. Energex is saying possibly 8:30pm tonight for reconnection.
No power means no water and no pump or aerator on the septic. We fine with everything else, but we have a biolytix waste water system and don't want it to fail again.

We're living out of the camping trailer at the moment, but just had to chuck a heap of food from the freezer that we couldn't fit into the camping fridge.

Looks like the kids in the neighborhood are still sleeping and I've finally got data on my phone this morning, it has been a struggle to send a text since Thursday afternoon when we lost power and everyone jumped in their phones.

The last couple of days have been just like I remember things after big weather events when I was a kid up north. No power and only ABC am radio for info (and they only talk about what's happening in the city).

[Pete79]

Back on line.
Energex are running some big repair crews and the guys have been racing around here everywhere all morning. They're certainly doing their best to get everyone hooked up again. Can only imagine how bad the damage is to the network in so much of the state.

Hopefully those further up north that copped so much worse then us can get back on their feet soon too.

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

The last couple of days have been just like I remember things after big weather events when I was a kid up north. No power and only ABC am radio for info (and they only talk about what's happening in the city).

Totally with you Pete, and that's why the ABC is no longer a radio system for the whole of the country.
They do things like cancelling the HF radio system or short wave without consulting the people that benefit or use it for info.
Then claim everyone can access it by the FM radio system, which works in and around the cities.
They're hanging the travelling public and the people in the more remote areas out to dry.
And they don't care.
Sorry for the hijack, I s'pose it should have been in the rant thread.

[Pete79]

Totally with you Pete, and that's why the ABC is no longer a radio system for the whole of the country.
They do things like cancelling the HF radio system or short wave without consulting the people that benefit or use it for info.
Then claim everyone can access it by the FM radio system, which works in and around the cities.
They're hanging the travelling public and the people in the more remote areas out to dry.
And they don't care.
Sorry for the hijack, I s'pose it should have been in the rant thread.

Couldn't agree more.

It's just a default setting for me, the local AM station is always the 'go-to' for accurate, specific, local information in an emergency situation.
The only station I could get on my little camping radio was ABC Brisbane. They where calling themselves the emergency broadcaster through the day, and they did a fair job I suppose. Plenty of info for the city and south, but there was nothing really mentioned about the Sunny Coast.

Our mobile coverage here is average at best and as soon as everyone lost power they jumped on there phones and killed our signal. I had no data, no voice calls and texts would take ages to send or receive. So the radio was our only reliable source of information. Not the end of the world for us this time, but certainly less informative then how I always remembered it.