JiK

there's some relevant comments also in the "What's the weather like where you are?" thread. 3 feet of rain - yep, about a meter ... within 24 hours over much of the area affected by the rain clouds you can see.... if you saw the Toowoomba flash flood footage - that was from rain over only a small percentage of that area and about 6 inches in 30 minutes...

It's just starting to bite - the eye is nowhere near land yet ....

see http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR241.loop.shtml#skip

we are informed it's not as big as Katrina, but it's the biggest we have recorded in modern times out here...

I'm well clear ... we do have Catters up that way, I think...

There is a song Hey Rain by Bill Scott which illuminates Aussie attitudes to the weather .... :-)