[BITList] Off Topic - Townsville

[John Feltham]

G'day Harry,

On 05/02/2009, at 11:21 PM, Harry Tadd wrote:

<< By the way John, Townsville has been in our papers lately apparently
surrounded by flood water and Dengue fever mosquitoes. >>

Here is what I have been sending out to friends most of today, so if  
you have seen it before, press the Delete key.


Floods in Townsville.

So far so good. We live on the side of a hill so there is little  
chance of us getting flooded out. Marijke (eldest daughter) on the  
other hand lives right next to Ross River.

Joanne (youngest daughter) lives two streets below us but not too far  
from level ground.

Fresh milk has run out in all the shops. I expect that bread might be  
the next. We have a stock of Ryevita and similar stuff so we should be  
alright.

We've had it if we lose the electric power. We have two fridges and  
freezers. We can live without the air conditioners.

More rain is expected and there is a 'King tide' coming next week.

On the local news tonight they said that the local dam flood gates  
have been opened to release water - 470,000 litres per second is  
flowing right now, into Ross River and out to sea. Thats 103,385  
gallons per second.

We are cut off from the North, the South and the West, but if we had a  
boat we could travel to the East!



FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BURDEKIN RIVER Issued at 4:13 PM on Thursday the  
5th of February 2009
by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane.
Major flooding has peaked in the upper Burdekin River at Sellheim and  
moderate flood levels have peaked at Burdekin Falls Dam.
Moderate flooding will continue downstream along the lower Burdekin  
River to Inkerman Bridge during tonight and Friday.
Major flood levels in the Upper Burdekin River at Sellheim peaked at  
20.5 metres at 7pm Tuesday. The river level at 8-15am was 16.47 metres  
and falling, which was about 3 metres over the Macrossan Bridge.
At 3pm, the Burdekin Falls Dam was flowing at 6.66 metres over the  
spill way and steady at its peak.
In the lower Burdekin River downstream of the Burdekin Dam, moderate  
flood levels are rising very slowly downstream from Dalbeg to Inkerman  
Bridge. At 4pm, the Burdekin River at Inkerman Bridge gauge was about  
11.3 metres and rising very slowly. It is expected to peak at about  
11.5 metres Thursday night (tonight) causing only moderate flooding.  
The river level at Inkerman Bridge will commence to fall very slowly  
during Friday.


ooroo

If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door.

Anon.



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