BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: artbrooks
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:33 AM

Take care, watch out and keep clam, Ozzies.

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:31 AM

the road pics are horrifying - the first pics show a huge gap between cement highway sections. On the left side the surface appears to be sheared off in a relatively straight line, the right at a diagonal. Later pics show a further huge bite taken out of the left side.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:19 AM

The road was built up about 30-50 feet or more (looked like 'deco' - decomposed granite fill) - the drain for the small creek under subsided - allegedly had been doing so for some time, causing a dip in the highway - it just collapsed under them while driving - they apparently got out of the car and got the 3 kids out of their car seats, but none of the 5 made it.

That was unusual, most deaths in heavy flooding rain are caused by inexperienced drivers driving into rapidly moving water that is more than 4 inches deep - they don't realise that will sweep them off the road! More occurrences recently due to 4WD SUVs.... they think they can drive thru anything - like the ads....

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: freda underhill
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:17 AM

My sister is a nurse who lives near barrington Tops and works at Maitland hospital. She was meant to work in Maitland on Friday night but had to turn back & go home because the road was flooding.

The last time i came close to rain like this was in the mid-80s. I'd been visiting someone at Long bay Jail, and it had been raining for two days. when I came out later in the afternoon, Anzac Parade was flooded. I had to wade across it, thigh deep, to get to the bus stop on the other side. Several people were waiting at the bus stop, in the torrential rain. When the bus came over the hill we cheered - but the water was so deep it appeared to be "surfing" the road. When i got on, the water was swishing in and out of the bus, and all the seats were saturated.

yup, it's a great song, Giok!

freda

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:14 AM

pics of grounded coal ship & road subsiding in these links
1st lot of storm links posted to The Annex (scroll down)

2nd lot of storm info posted on The Annex

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:10 AM

I did hear one poor family were drowned when their car was washed away in a creek, and that the total deaths so far is 9 people. Must have been real bad.

Love the song Freda.

Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 09:07 AM

Maitland last had such massive floods 32 years ago - think that was when a news cameraman died in an overturned boat - there was some previous discussion in the recent thread "Happy Australia Day" - several hundred thousand homes without power at height of storm - a coal ship was blown aground - 2 others looked like in trouble, but stayed afloat - there are about 50 ships waiting off Newcastle to load coal normally.

Subject: RE: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: freda underhill
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 08:51 AM

Thanks Giok - the wild storms have been unbelievable. In the Hunter Valley 4,000 people are being evacuated ahead of major flooding expected tonight - expected flood level of 11.4 metres near central Maitland. 75, 000 houses in the Hunter, central coast and Sydney's northern suburbs, remain without power.

Hey Rain!

Hey Rain, rain coming down on the cane,
On the roofs of the town.

Rain in my hair, rain in my face - muddy old Innisvale's a muddy wet place, hey rain, hey rain.

Bloke from the west nearly died of fright 'cause the river rose thirty-five feet last night, hey rain, hey rain.

Johnson River crocodile living in me fridge, and a bloody great tree on the Jubilee Bridge, hey rain, hey rain.

Rain in my beer, rain in my grub, and they've just fitted anchors to the Garradunga Pub, hey rain, hey rain.

Wet season skies have sprung a leak from Flying Fish point to the Millstream Creek, hey rain, hey rain.

Wet season sky so black and big, and an old flying fox in a Moreton Bay fig, hey rain, hey rain.

It's the worst wet season we've ever had; I'd swim down to Tully - but it's just as bloody bad, hey rain, hey rain.

- A North QLD song written by Bill Scott.


Sydney has been saturated - 3 days of bucketing rain and more to come.

freda

Subject: BS: Storm hits Eastern Oz
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 08:37 AM

Hope you Muddies in Sydney and Newcastle are OK. It sounds like you had one heck of a nasty storm yesterday.
Check in here, and state if all present and correct.

Giok