Australian Politics Forum - Has the drought broken?

lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21530 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #15 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:26pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:20pm: Mosty of which will just wash off the topsoil and not soak into the ground Only in areas where there is nothing to stop it. That's why farmers are now putting in things to slow water down.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 155704 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #16 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:28pm lee wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:20pm: It has rained in WA in the last week. Let alone the last month. Has the drought broken in WA. No. But droughts are local/regional not whole of country. http://www.bom.gov.au/web03/ncc/www/awap/rainfall/totals/month/colour/latest.wa.... No rain to speak of, in WA.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21530 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #17 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:38pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:28pm: No rain to speak of, in WA. So between 50 and 100mm is nothing to speak of? Of course that's the tropics. Under an inch most elsewhere.
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Reply #18 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:47pm

lee wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:26pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:20pm:

Mosty of which will just wash off the topsoil and not soak into the ground

Only in areas where there is nothing to stop it.

That's why farmers are now putting in things to slow water down.

Congratulations you've found dams.

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No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57993 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #19 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 1:34pm It could pissz down for years and every Farmer would still call drought like a Dole handout. Going by how Australians Manage Water - it looks like that Drought will continue.
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Reply #20 - Jan 28^th, 2020 at 2:00pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:47pm:

Congratulations you've found dams.

Such a numpty. Farmers are putting impediments in streamflow to slow down the water so it gets a chance to sink in. It also lessens erosion, the thing that removes topsoil. Erosion also puts sediment into dams; lessening their capacity.

Now all that has to do is sink in for you. Wink

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Reply #21 - Feb 11^th, 2020 at 2:02pm

BoM's Outlook for January / February

"January is likely to be wetter then average across most of WA, the far north and south of the NT, and the western half of SA. Northern and central parts of Queensland, western and southern NSW, and northeast Victoria are likely to be drier for the month.
In February, this pattern is likely to weaken. A slightly increased chance of drier conditions remains in the east, but most of the rest of the country shows roughly equal chances of wetter or drier than average conditions for February to April. "

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/outlooks/archive/20200102-outlook.shtml

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Reply #22 - Feb 11^th, 2020 at 2:09pm

lee wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 2:00pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 28^th, 2020 at 12:47pm:

Congratulations you've found dams.

Such a numpty. Farmers are putting impediments in streamflow to slow down the water so it gets a chance to sink in. It also lessens erosion, the thing that removes topsoil. Erosion also puts sediment into dams; lessening their capacity.

Now all that has to do is sink in for you. Wink

Sorry was hard to figure out what you meant since you aren't a scientist.

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21530 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #23 - Feb 11^th, 2020 at 2:20pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Feb 11^th, 2020 at 2:09pm: Sorry was hard to figure out what you meant since you aren't a scientist. So you only understand scientists? And yet you haven't shown any propensity at all. Go figure.
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6171 Gender:	Re: Has the drought broken? Reply #24 - Feb 12^th, 2020 at 11:12am No, the drought has not broken. It will require months of steady rainfall to top up dams, create steady flows in rivers and to top up the groundwater that everything else depends on.
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Reply #25 - Feb 12^th, 2020 at 11:57pm

Belgarion wrote on Feb 12^th, 2020 at 11:12am:

No, the drought has not broken. It will require months of steady rainfall to top up dams, create steady flows in rivers and to top up the groundwater that everything else depends on.

I want to go for a walk down to the barrage to see the river levels. I have yet to see the other side of town in the last few weeks.

However, we have only had occasional rainfall from storms. We are still below average for rainfall. And I cannot imagine any regional towns outside the southeast corner of Qld that has had sufficient rainfall.

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