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Try to play nicely...
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LIONS then DAYLIGHT;399209 said:Im back, yes Im baaacckkkk, baaaccckkkkkk
back in black.
mas cambios;399218 said:I wouldn't be so sure of that.
lewissaffin;399490 said:What do you call a South African with 100 to his name?
The bowler.
Not so much Rockhampton, they were flooded but not so badly. It was more Emerald/Chinchilla/Blackwater area if you look want to look it up.What happened in Rockhampton? Was that rainfall or something to do with coastal flooding coming in-land?
Up north they build most things flood and cyclone proof. They've even been given a name to the style the "Queenslander". Most of them are old wood houses with big verandahs and up on stilts. They look flimsy but they withstand just about everything and are very cool in the summer, although incredibly cold in winter (not that that is much of a worry). The new buildings don't seem to withstand as much, though, which makes me wonder why the ignore the fact there are 100 year old houses (a lot for Australia) still standing perfectly when the new ones are falling down?Sounds like one of those places you need to have new builds on stilts? Do they do that - or do they just stomach the floods every 20 years or so? Don't know if our news ever reaches you, but with the supposed 'Global warming' all our weather's a bit crook and seems to be set to get worse, yet they still build new housing estates on flood plains next to rivers. When it happens you get all the residents on the tele - looking gutted that their house sat bang next to a river built on what was a water meadow sounding surprised and looking for sympathy that their house and contents are ruined. I don't get it myself why would you buy a house on a flood plain or next to a river that floods unless it was on stilts or on a rise that survives the floods.At least most of the people I've seen on the tele and on the net over in QLD seem to accept that it's something that happens there.
I've only been to QLD once for a holiday in the late 90s and we got caught in the Townsville floods, had to spend a couple of days just sitting in the casino hotel. When it rains up there it RAINS!
Do you normally get much rain where you are? Don't know any of the climate patterns over there.You wouldn't bloody believe it but the very afternoon after I wrote this we got biggest thunderstorm then downpour I've seen down here for at least 10 years. Didn't realise the central drain in middle of the roof was partially blocked then overflowed causing water to start pouring out of my ceiling vents and light fitting. Thankfully it stopped just before it got too bad, 5 - 10 minutes more would've been I would've been in real trouble.
Apparently it was 1/5th of the year's average in about 15 minutes. It really is a strange feeling praying for rain to please stop when usually we are so short of water.
2 minutes to climb up and pull the leaves out will now means at least a day or 2 of patching and painting
(yes I realise this is silly whinge when there is people with really bad water problems.)