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Gerty Dancer


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Never thought I'd say this, but its been raining all day, like it has in so many other places, and I'm safe and warm and dry at home, and really glad not to be out in it all. Canberra has had some flooding over the years, but its very rare as with the land being  sloping it drains well. In the meantime our dams in the Brindabellas are almost full and water restrictions are eased.smile

My sympathy to those in the floods and out in the cold and wet.

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Perth has just had it's dryest and hottest Spring in God knows how long, a drop of rain would be great our dams are way,way down and water restrictions are well and truly in force.

PS:- Another typo.

-- Edited by JRH on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 04:00:59 PM

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Local news half hour ago, a lot of roads and streets around Shepparton are closed due to flooding. More will be closed over the next 24 hours. Was intending to go over there tomorrow to do a bit of shopping, safer to stay home.

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Sorry to hear that JRH, would share if we could!!!

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We are not having consistant rainfall but hugh deluges when it comes, flooding our garages and upsetting the dogs to no end. no

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its pinging down here in Baradine, thunderstorms, deluges, creeks up but no danger of flooding. My friends Pajero almost got washed off a causeway, they began to cross water was about a foot deep, next thing they knew a wall of water came down, luckily they hadn't gone too far in and could back out. Not the same for the Landcruiser ahead of them, but both vehicles saved and no one injured. This was at Gulgong.

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I am sitting here in almopst sunny Qld. watching the weather forecasts, we are booked into Rochester cartavan park in Vic on 28th Dec and then on to Elmore on 30th just praying it will clear and the water level goes down in time

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On news tonight, they are still trying to clean up Rochester caravan park. heavy rain expected till at least the weekend causing more flooding.

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Just come off a cyclone alert here in Fiji.

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Welcome to the first day of summer fellow Nomads hahaha yeah!!

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We've had your share JRH.......as of today our water restrictions have been lifted....now to find where my sprinkler went........Ohhhhh yahhhhhhhh I think I sent it to scrap yard 5 years ago........Grrrrrrrrrrr

still raining here

Dave

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JRH


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Smokeydk wrote:

We've had your share JRH.......as of today our water restrictions have been lifted....now to find where my sprinkler went........Ohhhhh yahhhhhhhh I think I sent it to scrap yard 5 years ago........Grrrrrrrrrrr

still raining here

Dave


Geez Smokey, don't have webbed feet yet by any chance?LOL

 



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well its snowing in the UK, where I'll be in less than 3 1/2 (struth..)
its snowing ... planes and trains and roads blocked and delayed.. fun...

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