How Wet Can You Get

It looks like they have recovered pretty well from the last cyclone.

Who did they use to size the gum boot?? Must be a pretty tall chap

Kev

Spare a thought for those of us that live here.
We've had 240mm this week and it's still officially the dry season.

While on this subject the Gold Coast and Brisbane always comes to mind, I have said many times that Brisbane WILL get a flood again and next time will be worse, especially the Gold coast with all the flashy Canals and homes , imagine the scerio when a big low comes in like 1974 or worse with King Tides and big loads of rain in Gold Coast Hinterland , I certainly would not like to be living there ..
The same as below would be a real disaster
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Wanda was a weak cyclone when it crossed the coast near Maryborough.
The winds associated with the system reached their peak in the night after landfall, with Tewantin and Caloundra recording 50 knot easterly winds and Cape Moreton averaging 56 knot easterly winds. Torrential rain followed, and in the 5 days to 9 am on the 29th of January falls reached 900 mm in the Brisbane area. Mt Glorious recorded 1318 mm. The Bureau of Meteorology's observation site in Brisbane recorded 314 mm in the 24 hours to 9 am on the 26th January. The 1931 flood levels were exceeded at 9 am on the 27th January. Heavy rain in the 24 hours to 3 pm on the 27th of January caused the major flood. In the Brisbane and Ipswich region 6007 houses were flooded, 56 of these were destroyed or condemned. Damage costs on the large scale were $200,000,000 (1974). 12 people drowned in Brisbane and Ipswich, and several elderly people suffered fatal heart attacks while being evacuated. Major floods also affected the Gold Coast and northeast New South Wales. 700 people were evacuated from caravan parks at Broadbeach. About 1000 people were evacuated from the Gold Coast canal estates of Miami Keys, Moana Park, Rialto, Mermaid Waters, Florida Gardens and Burleigh Waters. Houses were inundated with water up to 1.5 m deep. Evacuations also occurred along the coastal strip at Surfers Paradise where waist deep water flooded streets near the river, Miami, Nobby's Beach where water came up to window sills and to the tops of caravans and Bundall Road Southport where floods spread over the Isle of Capri and Sorrento. Evacuations were carried out at Biggera Waters, Hollywell and Paradise Point. 200 people were stranded on Hope Island and Nerang was completely isolated. A total of 2500 Gold Coast people were evacuated. The Nerang River rose to a record level of 9.91 m. Heavy swells caused severe beach erosion along southern Queensland and northeast New South Wales coasts. The South Nobby recording station recorded significant swell heights to 4.5 m. The maximum storm surge associated with Wanda was 1.0 m between Noosa and Double Island Pt.

Thats some rainfall Doug.
Send some south for the rest of us please. :-)

Hi Doug

We have lived on the Gold Coast since1961, and have seen a few
floods, the 1974 flood was enough for us, we have built or purchased houses on high land ect, no where near canals, and rivers,
the way the government has let developers construct canals and
build units ect with sub level basement carparks is criminal, Even the river mouths are silted up at the southern end of the coast, and
with enough rain and a decent tidal surge, we will finally get Surfers
Paradise cleaned out, I dont know how people will cope with out
Flood Insurance.

Cheers
Daza