News & Events The floods

[Coledinho]

So 1800 deaths and 39 billion dollars is not a flood?

You dont know what event im talking about do you...

 

[woopedazz]

You dont know what event im talking about do you...

You meant to say $81 billion, but I forgive you. You don't know what you're talking about do you?

Also it was closer to 1,800 deaths. Could you define a flood for us?

 

[rhinowce]

Im not the one comparing a loss of carpet to a loss of life here. Sure its a problem, but disaster hardly.

When 1900 people die and your left with a 40 billion dollar cleanup bill, thats a flood and a natural disaster. What you experienced is nothing more than a storm, with extra water involved

you sir are a ****head a few people have lost their lives in the floods, not a natural disaster you say half of the states crops have been washed away or ruined and you reckon its nothing more than a storm..

 

[BandF]

I dont know what im talking about do I...

Why don't you quit while you are miles behind. What a stupid thing to try being argumentative over. Seriously

 

[carltonblue]

Im not the one comparing a loss of carpet to a loss of life here. Sure its a problem, but disaster hardly.

When 1900 people die and your left with a 40 billion dollar cleanup bill, thats a flood and a natural disaster. What you experienced is nothing more than a storm, with extra water involved

You probably think because the river peaked at 9.6metres that that means its 9.6m past the levee bank. Feel sad for you that you can't recognise this is a disaster.

Badder logic!
There's a bird that gets bred at Macquarie Island and when its old enough to leave the nest it migrates to Russia...........comes back to breed
No one shows it the way nor sells it a GPS. It just knows!
Elephants can smell a water hole deep into the kalahari deserts summer, hundreds of k's away!
The White Shark can navigate itself from one continent to another always turning up when baby seal season is on.....please show me its diary.......

All those things occur naturally - with no impact from mankind. This flood was helped along by actions of mankind. Dams.

 

[Sasquatch]

Coledinho is a born tool!

His posts in this thread confirms it.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Coledinho:

 

[woopedazz]

 

[Bourky23]

All i'm gonna say is thank christ for Lake Hume...

if the dam wall busts, Albury/Wodonga is ****kkkkkked.

 

[Bourky23]

to put it into perspective, Lake Hume had stuff all water in it 6 months ago (like 37% full or something) but now it's at capacity and they've had to let some water out it's that full..

considering the Lake is five times the size of Sydney harbour, I think you get the picture.. there is a ridiculous amount of water here at the moment...

 

[Sasquatch]

All i'm gonna say is thank christ for Lake Hume...

if the dam wall busts, Albury/Wodonga is ****kkkkkked.

Yep!!!

 

[rayven]

All those things occur naturally - with no impact from mankind. This flood was helped along by actions of mankind. Dams.

The Murray has been in flood for quite some time, you've lost me with this dam thing, have they all been emptied back into the system and not from copius amounts of sustained rainfall?

 

[Bourky23]

because the dam is full they have to let it back into the system, otherwise the wall breaks and everyone is ****ed

 

[woopedazz]

They actively releasing it or is it pouring over the spillway?

 

[Bourky23]

bit of both, the dam is ****in monsterous so they only release water from it when there is geniune concern it could bust..

they've only just started to let water out of it and the area is flooded as is..

if it keeps raining it's only going to get worse..

 

[stmookeyj]

Meantime up here (which as usual is conveniently forgotten by Sydney centric news bulletins and agents), I look out the back door and I see the river is still not quite up to the peak they suggested of 7.8m.

 

[carltonblue]

The Murray has been in flood for quite some time, you've lost me with this dam thing, have they all been emptied back into the system and not from copius amounts of sustained rainfall?

What Clarkey said.
Without the dams the rivers still may have flooded - but in different parts and at a different time of year. I'm not to sure about the logistics of it to be honest - but birds would not know manmade dams are letting water out of them and its floating downstream and its going to flood them.

 

[Coledinho]

I never said its not a terrible thing.

Its just not a disaster. The word gets so overused nowadays its losing all meaning. Instead of whinging about lost crops, and 4 deaths which were caused by rain and not floods, count yourselfs lucky you live in a place like Australia which handles such "crisis" with ease and very little major losses.

Its not a good thing sure but dont talk about it like its a worldwide tragedy.

 

[rayven]

Its not a good thing sure but dont talk about it like its a worldwide tragedy.

It is to the people directly impacted, but you do have a point , especialy the recent floods in china that largely went unreported but effected miliions and millions and millions!

 

[carltonblue]

I never said its not a terrible thing.

Its just not a disaster. The word gets so overused nowadays its losing all meaning. Instead of whinging about lost crops, and 4 deaths which were caused by rain and not floods, count yourselfs lucky you live in a place like Australia which handles such "crisis" with ease and very little major losses.

Its not a good thing sure but dont talk about it like its a worldwide tragedy.

It is a disaster. Been declared it. May not be as disastorous as other disasters but its still a disaster.
Actually carry on, I'm sure Coledinho is right and everyone else is wrong

 

[Coledinho]

Its a disaster for economic purposes only. Its caused damage to the economy but we are hardly rebuilding lives and creating mass graves like they have been in Pakistan, China and Bangladesh in recent times

 

[woopedazz]

Its a disaster for economic purposes only. Its caused damage to the economy but we are hardly rebuilding lives and creating mass graves like they have been in Pakistan, China and Bangladesh in recent times

Just define what a flood is pussy.

 

[flashmanvc]

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.

 

[Coledinho]

Just define what a flood is pussy.

River/Dams breaking its banks is pretty much it isnt it? A flood that causes a natural disaster is something that causes large losses in life and property. Apart from overwatering a few crops and making the food poorer quality I havnt seen any of these things occuring

 

[woopedazz]

I'm trolling people dying and going bankrupt.

I agree.