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Reply #15 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 12:04am
 
It peed down rain the other day. 100mm in an hour. Some places got up to 150mm in an hour around the Berserker region. My suburb got around 50 to 100mm in an hour. South Rockhampton must have got over 100mm in an hour -- judging by their flooded streets. But the airport only registered 25mm in their official rain gauges. Perhaps they should move the gauge, or have another rain gauge over the north side of town, and do an average reading. I doubt this town has had only 900mm for the year.
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Reply #16 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 6:55am
 
Mattyfisk wrote on Dec 6th, 2017 at 5:03pm:
freediver wrote on Dec 4th, 2017 at 6:27pm:
Bring back the good old days when people would die every time there was freak weather, eh?


Well, in those dirty tinted countries, sure.

Not here.


Can't help yourself can you?

That's not sarcasm, it's not funny and it's not relevant.

3 out of 3 for you ......'rayyyyyyy  Roll Eyes
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Reply #17 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 7:00am
 
The_Barnacle wrote on Dec 6th, 2017 at 8:37pm:
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Dec 4th, 2017 at 6:21pm:
WHAT a Ferking Joke the BOM is... 


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But many parts of Victoria, particularly around in Melbourne, got little more than constant drizzle over the weekend.


Still haven't learned to post a link yet I see Mechanic. You should ask an adult if you want to learn how.

Of course Mechanic is hysterically wrong. Many places did get floods in Victoria over the weekend. My own rain gauge in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne recorded 93mm in the space of 48 hours. Many parts in the NE of the state had 200 mm.
In fact the forecast was pretty accurate except that it happened further east than was forecast which is actually pretty impressive.

So why do The Mechanic and Longy run such a campaign against the Bureau of meteorology? Maybe its something to do with their Global Warming denial  Grin Grin Grin


Grin Grin 93 ml in 48 hrs ..... only just 4 inches in 48 hrs.

that's not rain ......... it's mist.  Grin
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Reply #18 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 11:17am
 
Gnads wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 7:00am:
The_Barnacle wrote on Dec 6th, 2017 at 8:37pm:
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Dec 4th, 2017 at 6:21pm:
WHAT a Ferking Joke the BOM is... 


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But many parts of Victoria, particularly around in Melbourne, got little more than constant drizzle over the weekend.


Still haven't learned to post a link yet I see Mechanic. You should ask an adult if you want to learn how.

Of course Mechanic is hysterically wrong. Many places did get floods in Victoria over the weekend. My own rain gauge in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne recorded 93mm in the space of 48 hours. Many parts in the NE of the state had 200 mm.
In fact the forecast was pretty accurate except that it happened further east than was forecast which is actually pretty impressive.

So why do The Mechanic and Longy run such a campaign against the Bureau of meteorology? Maybe its something to do with their Global Warming denial  Grin Grin Grin


Grin Grin 93 ml in 48 hrs ..... only just 4 inches in 48 hrs.

that's not rain ......... it's mist.  Grin


you have to remember gnads..

4 inches is a big deal to some people ... wink wink...  Wink
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Reply #19 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 11:23am
 
they said that the "rain event" would be state wide...

300mm...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

gale force winds...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

plummeting temperatures...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

Hail stones like golf balls...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

don't go outside...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

people will lose their lives...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

rush out to the supermarket and stock up on food etc...  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

its a 10 out of 10 storm event!!!  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

RUN FOR THE HILLS Henny Penny!!!!!!!  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

and what did we get?

misty rain, slightly elevated winds and nice mild temperates of around 18c...

the BOM is full of shiit trying to make itself relevant...

ffs... they need their funding pulled...

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Warning of a ‘threat to life’ as vast rain event bears down on southern Australia


SANDBAGS are being distributed and there are warnings lives could be lost as a “high impact weather event” prepares to hit.

THE Bureau of Meteorology has warned of a weather conditions that could threaten lives as Australia’s south east stares down what is being dubbed a “vast, intense, high impact weather event.”

Premier Daniel Andrews has urged Victorians not to put themselves in harms way and divert the stretched resources of the emergency services.

And it’s not just Victoria — just about every capital could get drenched. Parts of NSW could get “more than a month’s rain in 36 hours”. Victoria, Tasmania and NSW are now officially on flood alert.

There are now fears three months of rain could fall in just a few days across Victoria with 300mm mooted in some areas as a front powers through southern Australia aided by tropical moisture further north. The State Emergency Service is handing out sandbags in Melbourne for worried residents.

Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior meteorologist Scott Williams said much of the rain could come in one dumping, raising flooding fears.

“It is an event that poses a threat to life, there will be a massive amount of lightning, there will be roads cut, flood waters,” he said on Thursday.

“Those thunderstorms will gradually all weld into a massive, great rain band, and that band will spread down across the state on Friday night and Saturday morning.

“This is a vast, intense, high-impact event for this state. I think this event will turn farms into lakes.”  Cheesy

The BoM issued an unprecedented severe weather warning for heavy rainfall for the entire state of Victoria
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Reply #20 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:00pm
 
Looks entirely reasonable to me, given the outcome.
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Reply #21 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:47pm
 
freediver wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:00pm:
Looks entirely reasonable to me, given the outcome.


the outcome to 99% of Victoria was a light mist and just enough wind to untidy your hair...

fair dinkum..  Roll Eyes
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Reply #22 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 3:12pm
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:47pm:
freediver wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:00pm:
Looks entirely reasonable to me, given the outcome.


the outcome to 99% of Victoria was a light mist and just enough wind to untidy your hair...

fair dinkum..  Roll Eyes


As FD said, better to be safe than sorry.

They always forecast the worst possible scenario now, in order to avoid lawsuits from insurance companies.

And, they'll never admit they got it wrong, as that would be used in court.

It's all about covering their arses, legally.

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Reply #23 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 4:29pm
 
Go without mowing the lawn for 2 months. Spring comes around and I have to mow the lawn just about every week.
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Reply #24 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 10:32pm
 
President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:47pm:
freediver wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:00pm:
Looks entirely reasonable to me, given the outcome.


the outcome to 99% of Victoria was a light mist and just enough wind to untidy your hair...

fair dinkum..  Roll Eyes


Now who is being hysterical? The entire eastern half of the state got over 5cm of rain. Are they supposed to produce those rainfall maps before the storm hits? Or do you think common sense might be a god substitute?
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Reply #25 - Dec 8th, 2017 at 1:57pm
 
The storms fronts the east coast of Australia experiences from time to time are a reason why you can't build an electrical network where your main sources of power are only solar and wind.
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Reply #26 - Dec 8th, 2017 at 9:59pm
 
Actually, if you want hysterics, check out higgins storm chasing. It keeps showing up on my facebook feed.
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Reply #27 - Dec 11th, 2017 at 6:25am
 
freediver wrote on Dec 8th, 2017 at 9:59pm:
Actually, if you want hysterics, check out higgins storm chasing. It keeps showing up on my facebook feed.


I have them on my facebook page. The good weather information they give goes unappreciated. Apparently, the critics don't like the Back of Bourke accent the storm chasers have when presenting their videos.
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