Wet Xmas for QLD

[SilentDave]

Geez makes me think twice about flying over to visit family tomorrow, flying in to Brisbane and then driving up to Bundaberg for the 4 days and then back again. Maybe I should hire a boat instead or at least get a Falcon with floaties

[flappist]

I drove on the road to bundy yesterday and the sunny coast the day before.

The roads are in very bad condition with quite a number of potholed areas that have been slowed to 60km/h.

There was water over the road but not deep.

You can fly to bundy from bris.

[SilentDave]

was going to fly up but time restraints and cost were a big factor.

[tweeked]

Went up the Burnett Highway yesterday - was ok except for potholes in some sections

[Mr Hardware]

every day is skidpan day

[auxr]

Man - feel sorry for you guys, seems like Noah & Ark will soon be arriving, drive safe and stock the fridge up in case.

Totally different over here in the West, dry,dry,dry ( not trying to rub it in) but totally opposite to what you guys are experiencing, 38 - 39c forecast for the next week.

[pottery beige]

Very rainish and thunderish Gove peninsula NT right now.....

[pottery beige]

*and* Jack Danielsish....

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by auxr

Man - feel sorry for you guys, seems like Noah & Ark will soon be arriving, drive safe and stock the fridge up in case.

Totally different over here in the West, dry,dry,dry ( not trying to rub it in) but totally opposite to what you guys are experiencing, 38 - 39c forecast for the next week.

One extreme to another in this country, i dunno what is worse. But here in Brisbane is pretty good just overcast.

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by DJM83

One extreme to another in this country, i dunno what is worse. But here in Brisbane is pretty good just overcast.

Sunny Coast where I am is much the same. Pretty nice actually, not too hot, not too cold or wet.

[dave351cid]

its been raining here at miriam vale ( between bundaberg & gladstone) pretty much all day. emptied 75mm out about 6pm., that was since last night. my yard is one big frog pond.

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by dave351cid

its been raining here at miriam vale ( between bundaberg & gladstone) pretty much all day. emptied 75mm out about 6pm., that was since last night. my yard is one big frog pond.

Dont tell the French

[dave351cid]

lol, they can have as many as they want. noisy buggers ( the frogs i mean )

[SilentDave]

Drove from Brissie to Bargara last night and apart from the rain most of the way the only really bad patch was North out of Marysborough for about 15km. Found out this afternoon a cyclone had crossed the coast near Cairns.n

[Jim Goose]

Local news in NQ are again showing how much love there is during the holiday season.
People are trying to jump ques at closed roads, running through barriers, arguing with police, whinging there arent any toilets or facilities...
Seriously people what retarded planet are they from?
Since the dawn of creation of the Bruce Highway its known that in wet weather the highway closes.
Its been bucketing rain for 5 weeks now from Ayr to Innisfail.
There has been numerous news reports about the wet weather as well weather warnings about flash flooding being scrolled across most TV channels as well as the news papers.

And what did it amount to for the mental morons out there? They still left on their trip and now they all have a whinge that the police ruined their trip because they closed the roads...

Funnier (yes i laughed) was watching a P plater in his little silver car trying to cross a flooded causeway on the news. The car promptly floated away in the torrent and he had to jump for it. Obviously all the cars stopped by the side of the road were just sight seeing....

Its still bucketing rain here and its not likely to stop for a few more days.
Over 300mm has fallen in most areas here in the past 3 days.

[Road Games]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Funnier (yes i laughed) was watching a P plater in his little silver car trying to cross a flooded causeway on the news. The car promptly floated away in the torrent and he had to jump for it. Obviously all the cars stopped by the side of the road were just sight seeing....

Watched that on the news and i still cant believe it , the 4wd in front had water up to the bonnet

[dave351cid]

we had another 110mm last night and today so everything has gone past being water logged.
its started to float away now.




but atleast now i have a water feature around the shed



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[Jim Goose]

ooh bugga!....

Well if you work out where the water flows etc... you can plan for drains next time!

its kinda settled a bit here now finally.

[SilentDave]

Drove into Bundaberg this afternoon for a look around and one of the parks is that flooded that there were a few jet skis out and about, should of stopped for a photo but didn't want to hold up traffic and didn't want to park on the grass as the Falcon would still be stuck there.

[Jim Goose]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...26/3101962.htm

Qld mulls legal action for ignoring flood warnings

By Francis Tapim and staff

Updated 12 minutes ago

As central and southern Queensland braces for major flooding, authorities are considering legal action against people who blatantly ignore public warnings about driving, swimming and playing in floodwaters.

Ex tropical cyclone Tasha, that weakened into a rain depression yesterday, is dumping heavy rainfall up and down the state and police say people are swimming and driving into floodwaters.

An 18-year-old Rockhampton man was rescued on Sunday morning when he and two friends tried to cross a fast flowing creek.

Deputy Police Commissioner and disaster coordinator, Ian Stewart, says the teenager could have drowned.

"The incident at Rockhampton in the early hours of this morning shows that we still have people who aren't using their common sense," he said.

"That could have been an absolute tragedy.

"Three young men entered a swollen creek. One of them was swept away and we had to put the lives of rescuers at risk to try and save that person which they did successfully."

Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says it is important that Queenslanders listen to advice from authorities.

"We had a swift water rescue in the early hours of the morning in Rockhampton - people taking unnecessary risks, people lucky to be alive," he said.

"Don't walk through water, don't drive through water.

"We have had far too many instances over past week or so of people taking unnecessary risks."

Last week a man was prosecuted after he allegedly ignored a road closed sign and entered flood waters near Mackay.

Twenty people have died in flood related incidents in the past two years.

Bloody hope so....

[74_XB_Ute]

Absolutely Jim....I watched the Swiftwater rescue guy get the kid on TV...Looked like the rescue bloke went under to hold the kid above the water.

[Jim Goose]

Yup.. and all it does is tie up valuable reasources and wastes money on people who are too stupid to wait...

Also found it a bit um...dis-heartening to hear that there were tilt tray operators charging up to $150 to cross flooded roads because only trucks and 4WD allowed to cross in certain areas.

If this is true... then one really has to wonder at how low some operators are?
Considering that it costs around $40 to cross most of the city here and they are charging tripple that for a few hundred meters?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Also found it a bit um...dis-heartening to hear that there were tilt tray operators charging up to $150 to cross flooded roads because only trucks and 4WD allowed to cross in certain areas.

If this is true... then one really has to wonder at how low some operators are?
Considering that it costs around $40 to cross most of the city here and they are charging tripple that for a few hundred meters?

Are you talking about rescue or providing a ferry service? If the latter, then user pays is fine by me.

[ELGT4me]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Yup.. and all it does is tie up valuable reasources and wastes money on people who are too stupid to wait...

Also found it a bit um...dis-heartening to hear that there were tilt tray operators charging up to $150 to cross flooded roads because only trucks and 4WD allowed to cross in certain areas.

If this is true... then one really has to wonder at how low some operators are?
Considering that it costs around $40 to cross most of the city here and they are charging tripple that for a few hundred meters?

But as you said Jim, if you knew the road was flooded & you carried on regardless? Well a fool & his money are soon parted, a big thank you to the rescue guys who put their life & time on the line to save these "people" who should know better.

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by Scott

Are you talking about rescue or providing a ferry service? If the latter, then user pays is fine by me.

No a ferry service....
User pays yes ok, but $150 to travel maybe 500m ???
Like i said it doesnt cost more then $40 or $50 to get a tilt tray within the city limits here.

And I wonder how insurance goes if somehow the truck goes into a big pothole or drives off the road and into deeper water?

As ELGT said, a fool and their money are soon parted

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

ooh bugga!....

Well if you work out where the water flows etc... you can plan for drains next time!

its kinda settled a bit here now finally.

yep. i thought/ knew i had some drainage work to do around the shed. have to remove a bit more of the natural sand and get in some decent gravel to make a driveway right around. that was next job after finishing the shed if it ever stops raining and i get some time off work at the same time.

the big wash out in the bank was a bit of a surprise this morning . didn`t need that or the neighbours tree across the fence just behind it. more work.

[SSD-85]

Well my driveway is untraversible by anything other than fourbie. So im stranded till it dries out a little.

[dave351cid]

was on te "7 news" tonight something about a young bloke that drove his car past other parked cars so he could take photos of the flooded roadway. his car washed away and cops had to help him and take him home. must have wanted a real close up pic and his zoom lens wasn`t working. idiot.

[Jim Goose]

To top off the stupidity we have this story from Ipswich....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...27/3102312.htm

Airheads try to take mattress on 30km flood run

Updated 13 minutes ago
TV still of Ian Stewart, Deputy Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service,


Three teenagers from Ipswich in Queensland have been arrested after trying to use an inflatable mattress to ride floodwaters to central Brisbane more than 30 kilometres away.

Two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old were caught jumping into the swollen Bremer River this afternoon and attempting to ride the current downstream to Southbank in Brisbane's CBD.

Police received 10 triple-0 calls reporting the teenagers, who made it 15 kilometres downstream.

They have since been charged.

Meanwhile, a rescue helicopter was used to rescue two adults and two toddlers who were forced to cling to trees after their car washed away in floodwaters at Leyburn south-west of Toowoomba.

SES crews on the ground were unable to reach the stranded family.

Earlier, a 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old brother were rescued at Proston north-west of Brisbane when they were swept from the flooded Stuart River bridge.

The incidents add to the growing frustration of authorities who say people continue to ignore warnings to stay out of floodwaters.

Queensland Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Stewart today issued a further warning to motorists.

"We've been putting these warnings out time and time again - don't take the risk, consider your personal safety - turn back. It's better to arrive alive than what the alternative is," he said.

"My message is very, very plain - you don't have to take the risk. A couple of hours' delay can save your life."

There has been more than 20 people rescued by swift water teams in the past few days.

This morning police charged a 28-year-old man for driving into floodwaters at Tanah Merah on Brisbane's southside.

They say the exercise tied up numerous police and rescue personnel.

The State Emergency Service has received more than 1,000 calls for help in the past 24 hours, mainly in the state's south-east.

Let them drown i say.... again a waste of resources and money because people are too stupid to realise what their doing is going to cause harm to themselves or those who have to rescue them.

[flappist]

Yeh because teenagers normally never do stuff like that.

I know I didn't........well more than a few hundred times.

Don't you ever worry about drowning, the water could never be deep enough to endanger you on your high horse.......