Flooding

**pevergreen** · 01-11-2011, 04:12

No gas at all in this area.

Video is processing, but:

There normally about 5-6 metres of grass before the trees and stuff, and its about 6-10ft higher than normal.

That was nearly 2 hours ago. Roads are being cut off around us. We may not be able to leave the area eventually.

**Hooahguy** · 01-11-2011, 04:23

That is some brown water you got there.

**naut** · 01-11-2011, 04:25

That's a monumental amount of water.

**PanzerJaeger** · 01-11-2011, 04:39

Are you prepared for the total breakdown of social order?

**Fragony** · 01-11-2011, 09:16

Haul in some Dutch engineers when it's over, plenty experience dealing with it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97gwh6KQz0

**pevergreen** · 01-11-2011, 10:27

An hour ago.

**Fragony** · 01-11-2011, 10:55

If a tiny stream like that gets you into trouble, where does it come from anyway Australia has no mountain area's. Water is really bad you can rebuild everything affected by it, all wood and concrete is going to have to be replaced or it will rot away. Nice job on not building some basic barriers costs only a fraction of the damage done now

**pevergreen** · 01-11-2011, 11:10

Yeah, thats why we are the 'smart state'

All the people across the road leaving.

Tiny stream indeed. >_>

If a tiny stream like that gets you into trouble, where does it come from anyway Australia has no mountain area's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dividing_Range

The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km (2,175 mi) from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria and turning west, before finally fading into the central plain at the Grampians in western Victoria. The width of the range varies from about 160 km to over 300 km.

The river goes into a dam, Wivenhoe dam:

Wivenhoe Dam is already at 173 per cent and levels are rising. Its maximum capacity is 225 per cent.

Last night releases from Wivenhoe's five gates were at about 236,000 megalitres, but that level will be increased today.