News & Events The floods

[Coledinho]

I agree.

Id say your trolling people dieing and going bankrupt by actually thinking this is a disaster and the events in Pakistan/China arnt. Anyway thats my last say in the topic. Ill let you live your insular lives

 

[woopedazz]

Id say your trolling people dieing and going bankrupt by actually thinking this is a disaster and the events in Pakistan/China arnt. Anyway thats my last say in the topic. Ill let you live your insular lives

Where has anybody said Pakistan/China isn't a disaster

 

[carltonblue]

Epic troll is epic!
I don't know if you are from Bay13 or not but if you are; go back. If not I suggest you acclimatise yourself as you would fit in quite well.

 

[Bourky23]

I'm a hydrographer, working for the company that has the govt contract to install and maintain the river gauging stations in Victoria and measure the volume of water going down rivers etc. Fair to say I know a bit about this. Been working my arse off all week.

For the record, a river is deemed to be in flood (minor, moderate etc warnings) based on a set river height. e.g. if the Mitchell River reaches a height of 'x' at site 224217B then the river is in flood.

These warnings are set at specific heights because we know at that at that level the water will, for example, cover roads, flood paddocks or even enter a township.

To conclude, a flood warning is not based on comparisons to historic or overseas events, monetary loss, lives lost or psychological trauma, as Coledinho seems to suggest.

Good luck to everyone who's gotten their arse wet over the past week.

Maffra

 

[Bourky23]

Embers ain't a troll, just misunderstood.

 

[woopedazz]

He/She isn't trolling.

 

[flashmanvc]

Maffra 2010 Premiers.

Eagles enjoying the glory years.

 

[Effes]

Maffra 2010 Premiers.

Eagles enjoying the glory years.

Glenmaggie making people a bit nervous?

 

[Gravyman]

It's absoulutely shocking to be honest, we have main road closures for the next week maybe longer, main routes to surrounding towns are closed and it does create a large hassle, and there is honestly too much water.
But i guess what they really needed was balance.

 

[flashmanvc]

Glenmaggie making people a bit nervous?

All under control at the weir, there's a few gates open but not enough coming in to cause concern.

 

[no orange peeler]

I'm guessing you're a keyboard warrior and havent actually been to any of the areas declared a natural disaster zone, have you?

I drove from Melbourne to Canberra last weekend and stopped off in Gundagai to check out the Murrumbidgee River. It was unbelievable the amount of water flowing through there. And it was all headed to Wagga. Wagga is seriously flooded out. Cant really imagine what it's like for more flooded areas further up north.

I know there's a couple of Albury posters on here and I was thinking last weekend how lucky that place is. Last summer, Beechworth was hammered by Black Saturday and this summer, Wagga is flooded out. And, Albury in the middle misses out somehow.

yep you dead right we were lucky last year with fires both north and south of us and has been the same with the flooding. Over the weekend i drove from my home at Albury to my parents place funnily enough in Queanbeyan. The sights along the way were unbelievable. Then when i got to see the mess that Queanbeyan was in when i got there was even more unbeliavable.
Fairly insensative for some posters on here to be bagging farmers. These guys work and live in the toughest working conditions of any job to put grub on all of our tables. I know a lot of farmers and these conditions are causing a dramatic rise in suicides. Tough life on the land that we all benifit from

 

[rayven]

Epic troll is epic!
I don't know if you are from Bay13 or not but if you are; go back. If not I suggest you acclimatise yourself as you would fit in quite well.

No troll, just failed to put it into perspective diplomaticly for all what is happening at this time..........

 

[rayven]

I was told by a reliable source last year that the Murray was going to flood, the evidence presented was compelling and stood the test of time. The guy who made the prediction did so based on the Pelicans at the arse end of the Murray were nesting as high as they could, which they don't normaly do ( also strange because thier was no water at that point)

Same bloke rekons we aint seen nuffin yet!

Still aint seen nuffin yet!

 

[The Passenger]

Embers ain't a troll, just misunderstood.

embers = coledhino???

that would explain a few things

 

[Bourky23]

embers = coledhino???

that would explain a few things