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iq6000 · 01-10-2011, 05:32 AM

How about this flooding? The view out the train window both this morning on the way to work and this afternoon on the way home from work was incredible - especially crossing the North Pine River and the South Pine River (or should that be the North Pine Torrent and the South Pine Lake?)
I don't think SEQ water is very good at maths though:

Storage: Wivenhoe Dam
Full Supply Capacity (ML)*: 1,165,238
Current Capacity (ML): 1,728,590
% Full: 100.0

and

Storage: North Pine Dam
Full Supply Capacity (ML)*: 214,302
Current Capacity (ML): 222,685
% Full: 100.0

I think the dams are a bit more than 100% full.
They are having to let out so much water it is causing flooding - because king tides are expected in the next week, and the tides could cause even worse flooding if they can't hold some water back in the dam then.
Wow.
I did actually see some blue sky this afternoon - for a few minutes.

The sun, the sun.
Out for a moment, then it is done.

I think I have annoyed my husband though - he flies back from Darwin tomorrow and I usually drive in closer to the city so we can meet at a train station near the airport and travel home together. I told him I wasn't willing to drive my car there tomorrow in case the flooding makes it too difficult to get home again - he will just have to use his cab charge voucher to get all the way home in the taxi. I can tiptoe my car home along the ridgetops away from the water. It will mean a whole extra hour before we see each other again. It has been a month since we have seen each other - neither of us wants to endure an extra hour of separation.
Stupid weather.

Angela

I will have to have another go at updating my signature - I have read more than one book this year!

01-10-2011, 05:32 AM	#7082
iq6000 Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 5000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Deception Bay, QLD, Australia Device: ECO Reader, iPhone	How about this flooding? The view out the train window both this morning on the way to work and this afternoon on the way home from work was incredible - especially crossing the North Pine River and the South Pine River (or should that be the North Pine Torrent and the South Pine Lake?) I don't think SEQ water is very good at maths though: Storage: Wivenhoe Dam Full Supply Capacity (ML): 1,165,238 Current Capacity (ML): 1,728,590 % Full: 100.0 and Storage: North Pine Dam Full Supply Capacity (ML): 214,302 Current Capacity (ML): 222,685 % Full: 100.0 I think the dams are a bit more than 100% full. They are having to let out so much water it is causing flooding - because king tides are expected in the next week, and the tides could cause even worse flooding if they can't hold some water back in the dam then. Wow. I did actually see some blue sky this afternoon - for a few minutes. The sun, the sun. Out for a moment, then it is done. I think I have annoyed my husband though - he flies back from Darwin tomorrow and I usually drive in closer to the city so we can meet at a train station near the airport and travel home together. I told him I wasn't willing to drive my car there tomorrow in case the flooding makes it too difficult to get home again - he will just have to use his cab charge voucher to get all the way home in the taxi. I can tiptoe my car home along the ridgetops away from the water. It will mean a whole extra hour before we see each other again. It has been a month since we have seen each other - neither of us wants to endure an extra hour of separation. Stupid weather. Angela I will have to have another go at updating my signature - I have read more than one book this year!