six days of rain. When I started this thread I was winging about not having any sun for about six days prior. Then it started to rain. Should have kept my big mouth shut. Sorry to all those who have been inundated.
How does predictive text get shout out of a perfectly legit word like shut?
-- Edited by msg on Tuesday 23rd of March 2021 11:44:36 AM
Aus-Kiwi said
12:26 PM Mar 23, 2021
Was just Txting family in NZ . Said its been 6 weeks since we came back from upper Hunter Valley . It was raining when we left . Felt hell sorry for the young tent campers there ! Been there is younger years ! Some get put off by these experiences ! Mattresses etc soaking wet ! Being inside at home . Most the day having lights on ! So overcast ! The dairy area I grew up in in NZ, Morrinsville in the Waikato is dry . No real rain this year ! As we often say . Raining here, dry over there !
yobarr said
01:41 PM Mar 23, 2021
hako wrote:
I'm shaking my head in disbelief at some of the comments re "suitable vehicles" going through flooded waters.
Good Luck.
???...please explain your thoughts.Surely you are not disputing that some vehicles are more capable than others? Cheers
-- Edited by yobarr on Tuesday 23rd of March 2021 03:30:25 PM
Rob Driver said
04:23 PM Mar 23, 2021
This clip is from the Daily Telegraph.
Sadly it shows the result of driving around road closed signs and a driver overestimating his skill and believing his vehicle is better than others.
Even the less intelligent amongst us would surely understand that safely crossing a flooded area where the water is hardly moving is a completely different proposition from attempting to cross a raging torrent? Perhaps not.Cheers
Rob Driver said
08:49 AM Mar 24, 2021
From the link in my above post, on the news on TV last night they interviewed the female passenger in that ute that was almost swept off the road while trying to cross a flooded section of the road and her explanation was that they had ordered Yiros takeaways and had paid for them so they werent stopping for a flooded road.
That is probably just a silly as having to drive through road closed signs on flooded roads to get to a bottle shop in the hope of getting cheap alcohol.
Unfortunately there are a lot of people these days that are drinking from the fountain of stupid.
Regards
Rob
yobarr said
10:21 AM Mar 24, 2021
bentaxlebabe wrote:
From the link in my above post, on the news on TV last night they interviewed the female passenger in that ute that was almost swept off the road while trying to cross a flooded section of the road and her explanation was that they had ordered Yiros takeaways and had paid for them so they werent stopping for a flooded road.
That is probably just a silly as having to drive through road closed signs on flooded roads to get to a bottle shop in the hope of getting cheap alcohol.
Unfortunately there are a lot of people these days that are drinking from the fountain of stupid.
Regards
Rob
At the risk of further confusing you,could I ask you to please advise how I was to get "cheap alcohol" from a bottle shop that was underwater? The cartons of beer that were being sold cheaply were obviously devalued in a previous flood,and had been sold weeks earlier. Understand? But I cannot comment on "...drinking from the fountain of stupid" as,unlike some,I do not have any experience there. Cheers
the rocket said
12:44 PM Mar 24, 2021
Me, me, me, me hooray
msg said
11:43 AM Mar 25, 2021
I am seeing intermittent sun today. More overcast than not but the sun is still shining
yobarr said
07:32 PM Mar 28, 2021
Update on situation...today it was very warm and sunny here,but my 150km round trip to have a look at the devastation showed many trucks and diggers working hard to clear the dozens of slips that are blocking roads.They have a massive task ahead just to open the roads,but many roads,such as the one pictured,will take a lot more work,me thinks? Further up this valley there are more than 30 families that have been completely cut off,with supplies being flown in by Army helicopters.I am not sure that these families still have an electricity supply,but there is no mobile phone reception up there,although my Celfi Go provided 4 bars for both my phone and my iPad. Hundreds of acres of farmland are covered in mud,with the grass not looking at all happy,while there are hundreds of 'round bales' of hay spread down the roadsides,and floating down the various rivers.These bales are in sealed plastic covers,but once the seal is broken,the hay becomes useless.Bit of a mishap today,because I decided to take a short cut through a state forest with 'Road closed' signs,and the 79 met its match when I got stuck in a deep mudhole...the mud and water was up around 200mm over the tray,but the 'sealed, canopy let absolutely no water into the back of the car...once I was out of the spit I opened everything up and I was surprised to find that all my tools,cooking gear,beer fridge,spares etc had survived,unscathed.The chap who built the canopy assured me that it would be 100% waterproof,and so it was! Cheers
P.S The first and last photos show the remains of the bridge that spanned this river before the floods arrived!
-- Edited by yobarr on Sunday 28th of March 2021 07:38:10 PM
six days of rain. When I started this thread I was winging about not having any sun for about six days prior. Then it started to rain. Should have kept my big mouth shut. Sorry to all those who have been inundated.
How does predictive text get shout out of a perfectly legit word like shut?
-- Edited by msg on Tuesday 23rd of March 2021 11:44:36 AM
???...please explain your thoughts.Surely you are not disputing that some vehicles are more capable than others? Cheers
-- Edited by yobarr on Tuesday 23rd of March 2021 03:30:25 PM
This clip is from the Daily Telegraph.
Sadly it shows the result of driving around road closed signs and a driver overestimating his skill and believing his vehicle is better than others.
The water was not even that deep.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/a-ute-is-almost-swept-off-the-road-near-the-gold-coast/13268896
Regards
Rob
Even the less intelligent amongst us would surely understand that safely crossing a flooded area where the water is hardly moving is a completely different proposition from attempting to cross a raging torrent? Perhaps not.Cheers
That is probably just a silly as having to drive through road closed signs on flooded roads to get to a bottle shop in the hope of getting cheap alcohol.
Unfortunately there are a lot of people these days that are drinking from the fountain of stupid.
Regards
Rob
At the risk of further confusing you,could I ask you to please advise how I was to get "cheap alcohol" from a bottle shop that was underwater? The cartons of beer that were being sold cheaply were obviously devalued in a previous flood,and had been sold weeks earlier. Understand? But I cannot comment on "...drinking from the fountain of stupid" as,unlike some,I do not have any experience there. Cheers
Me, me, me, me hooray
Update on situation...today it was very warm and sunny here,but my 150km round trip to have a look at the devastation showed many trucks and diggers working hard to clear the dozens of slips that are blocking roads.They have a massive task ahead just to open the roads,but many roads,such as the one pictured,will take a lot more work,me thinks? Further up this valley there are more than 30 families that have been completely cut off,with supplies being flown in by Army helicopters.I am not sure that these families still have an electricity supply,but there is no mobile phone reception up there,although my Celfi Go provided 4 bars for both my phone and my iPad. Hundreds of acres of farmland are covered in mud,with the grass not looking at all happy,while there are hundreds of 'round bales' of hay spread down the roadsides,and floating down the various rivers.These bales are in sealed plastic covers,but once the seal is broken,the hay becomes useless.Bit of a mishap today,because I decided to take a short cut through a state forest with 'Road closed' signs,and the 79 met its match when I got stuck in a deep mudhole...the mud and water was up around 200mm over the tray,but the 'sealed, canopy let absolutely no water into the back of the car...once I was out of the spit I opened everything up and I was surprised to find that all my tools,cooking gear,beer fridge,spares etc had survived,unscathed.The chap who built the canopy assured me that it would be 100% waterproof,and so it was! Cheers
P.S The first and last photos show the remains of the bridge that spanned this river before the floods arrived!
-- Edited by yobarr on Sunday 28th of March 2021 07:38:10 PM