Toast Regional Roos Thread - Down on the farm Roos

[Chip Scab1]

That's nuts.

A neighbour of mine had 145mm in 45 minutes during the first half of the Freo game we won in 2023. We had a similar amount (over 100mm) and I thought that was the most insane rain ever. Before that 200mm an hour for three or four hours was probably the worst we got. Twice. Actually I dunno how much rain we had in the flood in 2022. Maybe 150-200mm and hour for 24 hours. That one was crazier than anything. In Lismore CBD that 2022 flood hwm was three times higher than the worst one beforehand (cyclone Debbie 2017, the 200mm p/hr for 3 hours one.)

All of those rainstorms were insane. It genuinely felt like the rain would break the roof. (In one of them it did.)

180mm in 20 minutes is nearly twice as heavy as the worst one and three times as heavy as those other floods.

I've never heard of anything like it, seen some beauties in Medellin, but wouldn't come close to 180mm in 20. Maybe 60mm in 20, 180 in 60 type stuff.

 

[koshari]

I've never heard of anything like it, seen some beauties in Medellin, but wouldn't come close to 180mm in 20. Maybe 60mm in 20, 180 in 60 type stuff.

Had 80mm in about half an hour about 6 years ago when we had a property in crossover, it washed a fair bit of the gravel away on the lower part of our track. A bloke on the radio yesterday said it washed his private bridge away. Gets expensive when requiring remidual civil works, not to mention the loss of access in the meantime.

 

[ferball]

I've never heard of anything like it, seen some beauties in Medellin, but wouldn't come close to 180mm in 20. Maybe 60mm in 20, 180 in 60 type stuff.

Columbia ... everything I've seen of Columbia reminds me of up North of any place I've been in the tropics.

Even 180mm/hr is insane rates of rain. But it was kind of acceptable if it happened once or twice a year every second year or whatever. Once it falls for a day then you get flooding up north.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Columbia ... everything I've seen of Columbia reminds me of up North of any place I've been in the tropics.

Even 180mm/hr is insane rates of rain. But it was kind of acceptable if it happened once or twice a year every second year or whatever. Once it falls for a day then you get flooding up north.

Colombia, British Columbia (Canada) is more inclined to receive absurd rates of snow.

Best Snow falls I've seen are Snowbird (Utah) and Jackson Hole (Wyoming). Insane amounts of 3+ft in a night. 4WD buried after 2 days type stuff.

 

[KiwiRoo]

This 3 minute video gives a good example of how fast bushfires can be.

sh&t thats frightening !....we'll stick to our earthquakes thanks

 

[andana]

Can someone lend me 6/10 million ? I'll give u a home.

Licola: Sale of tiny Australian town infuriates locals

Residents say the sale of Licola - population, five - jeopardises its future.

www.bbc.com

 

[koshari]

nice bit of rain, 12 mm the other day and 16mm last 24hrs...

 

[andana]

Why aren't outback windmills ( windpumps ) used all over? Wind blocked out by buildings and trees?
Wouldn't mind having some in this region.

 

[koshari]

26mm here and counting since 8:30...

 

[koshari]

power been off for 2 hours, no prediction of restoration, everyone hammering the outagetracker, think it was the right call to hook up the generator.

Original estimated arrival on-site​

09:12AMcurrently delayedFri 27 Feb
We're still assessing the outage and will update you when we know more.

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Reason for outage: Under investigation​

We're still investigating the cause of this outage.
This outage was reported at 07:42 AM, Fri 27 Feb.

 

[koshari]

Why aren't outback windmills ( windpumps ) used all over? Wind blocked out by buildings and trees?
Wouldn't mind having some in this region.

in our experience solar lift pumps are better, cheaper, less moving parts, far more scalable. can run em off ex rooftop panels that are cheap and readily available so much so you can offset a couple and get longer daylight tracking.
, other than occasionally pulling the pump up to clear the inlet screen they literally take zero maintenance.

A brushless pump and controller can be got for under 350 bucks and they will lift to 65 meters. parallel as many as you like up to a common manifold for increased flow and redundancy.

 

[andana]

in out experience solar lift pumps are better, cheaper, less moving parts, far more scalable. can run em off ex rooftop panels that are cheap and readily available so much so you can offset a couple and get longer daylight tracking.
, other than occasionally pulling the pump up to clear the inlet screen they literally take zero maintenance.

A brushless pump and controller can be got for under 350 bucks and they will lift to 65 meters. parallel as many as you like up to a common manifold for increased flow and redundancy.

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Thank you very much. That would be perfect. 12 hours of sun every day. Usually.

 

[koshari]

Thank you very much. That would be perfect. 12 hours of sun every day. Usually.

Less in middle of winter however the demand is less as well.

 

[andana]

Less in middle of winter however the demand is less as well.

Very little difference here all year round. Biggest problem is smoke season.

 

[koshari]

Lovely autumn day but little bit rowdy,

Neighbors below us have a congaline of tipper deliveries, across the road banging in fence posts and up the hill got the chainsaw on the go....

Probobly the day i should have sighted on the 30.06....

 

[koshari]

Winter is coming

 

[Disco Dew]

Winter is coming

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Do you deliver?

 

[Chip Scab1]

Winter is coming

Ready for it, I go for girth.

 

[koshari]

Do you deliver?

yep,





to the wood pile,

 

[koshari]

the little 35hp is getting a lot of love while diesel is north of 3 bucks.

 

[koshari]

Front row spring tynes upgraded from 25 to 32mm

 

[koshari]

Picking up the new farm bus tomorrow

 

[ferball]

Aren't they sposed to be properly built Land Rovers without the monstrous design flaws?

 

[koshari]

Aren't they sposed to be properly built Land Rovers without the monstrous design flaws?

The driveline is great. They do have a couple of little quirks though. The understeer out of corners isn't everyones cup of tea. Takes a little while to get used to.