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Reply #45 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 8:24pm

GordyL wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 8:01pm:

Kat wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 7:58pm:

Monster storm?

Hah!

On-and-off light rain and light to moderate wind here.

Enough to ruin a weekend outdoors, but nothing to write home about.

A fizzer.

Daughter missed 2 games of netball, one was going to be a real grudge match. Ive had a moody 9 y/o on my hands all day Wink

My condolences.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 17241 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #46 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:14pm And then there was silence. Not a drop on the tin roof for 15 minutes. I hope it's gone, the radar shows it moving offshore now..
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Reply #48 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:50pm

Aussie wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:23pm:

Setanta wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:14pm:

And then there was silence. Not a drop on the tin roof for 15 minutes. I hope it's gone, the radar shows it moving offshore now..

It really was a fizzer. But.....I'd rather be told some crap is coming, than not.

If it had stayed onshore it'd be a whole lot worse. We are drenched, the whole yard and under the house had 6 inches of water. If you look at the river height plotting I posted on the previous page, it will rise for another 12 hours without more rain. They called it, it was an ocean in the sky spreading downpours over thousands of miles. It could have been as bad as they predicted with different winds.

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Reply #49 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:55pm

Setanta wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:50pm:

Aussie wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:23pm:

Setanta wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:14pm:

And then there was silence. Not a drop on the tin roof for 15 minutes. I hope it's gone, the radar shows it moving offshore now..

It really was a fizzer. But.....I'd rather be told some crap is coming, than not.

If it had stayed onshore it'd be a whole lot worse. We are drenched, the whole yard and under the house had 6 inches of water. If you look at the river height plotting I posted on the previous page, it will rise for another 12 hours without more rain. They called it, it was an ocean in the sky spreading downpours over thousands of miles. It could have been as bad as they predicted with different winds.

Yeas. Agreed. BOM is learning that it is best to maximise (and act......I am referring to dams) than minimise.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 17241 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #50 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:01am I wonder how they are going a bit further south. Check the Grafton radar on the previous page. It's still raining here, just not torrential as it has been most of the day.
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Reply #51 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:07am

Setanta wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:01am:

I wonder how they are going a bit further south. Check the Grafton radar on the previous page. It's still raining here, just not torrential as it has been most of the day.

All we had up here (despite all the doom and gloom) was a downpour over a couple of hours.

Still....I'd rather they alarm me than tell me all is well.

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Reply #52 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:18am

Aussie wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:07am:

Setanta wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:01am:

I wonder how they are going a bit further south. Check the Grafton radar on the previous page. It's still raining here, just not torrential as it has been most of the day.

All we had up here (despite all the doom and gloom) was a downpour over a couple of hours.

Still....I'd rather they alarm me than tell me all is well.

Our levee is 10.2 metres with a 10.1 early overflow to try and direct the water through a less built part of town, through car parks.. I think we're safe though. 7.8 metres is my guess.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 17241 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #53 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 12:29am More reasonably heavy and steady rain... It may not be over yet.
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Reply #54 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 3:45am

Setanta wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:14pm:

And then there was silence. Not a drop on the tin roof for 15 minutes. I hope it's gone, the radar shows it moving offshore now..

Had a fair shower and then rain in Rockhampton. Must have been up to 40mm of rain last night, and it was good to soak the ground a last time before we get that cold, dry weather expected of June and parts of July.

Hope the farmers got a good soaking.

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Reply #55 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 3:54am

Lord Herbert wrote on Jun 4^th, 2016 at 11:04am:

That's not a bad app., Redneck - but I have one that's even more accurate than the professional forecasters.

"What is it?" you ask.

Snails.

Snails climbing up the neighbours' wall. They know DAYS in advance of the multi-million dollar Met Department that a 'Big Wet' is coming - and they tell you how much to expect by how high they position themselves up the wall.

Never fails.

The snails can feel it in their bones. Cool

It's always the ants for me. The start gathering in massive numbers, and they look for a good place to hide. It is usually a couple days in advance of the rain.

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Reply #56 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 7:53am

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 3:54am:

It's always the ants for me. The start gathering in massive numbers, and they look for a good place to hide. It is usually a couple days in advance of the rain.

That's true. I used to get these tiny little ants trooping into the kitchen and setting up camp around the sink, but I haven't seen them for years now.

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #57 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:20am rains stopped, suns shining .... turned out to be a fizzer
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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #58 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:22am John Smith wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:20am: rains stopped, suns shining .... turned out to be a fizzer Sydney's getting hammered.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Monster storm approaches East Coast Reply #59 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:24am GordyL wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:22am: John Smith wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:20am: rains stopped, suns shining .... turned out to be a fizzer Sydney's getting hammered. Sydney always gets hammered.
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