King Tides

Submitted: Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:14
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ALL througout the FLOOD dramas in BRISBANE and the CLARENCE RIVER they habe been saying that we are having KING TIDES I believe these tides dont happen till next week as the tides comewith the full moon.
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Reply By: Von Helga - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:48

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:48
Hey I'll bite
a King tide of 2.65 m is predicted for 1037 hrs on 21 Jan

at 0551 Sat 15 Jan the tide will be predicted at 1.98m

and 2.55 M by 0911 Wed 19 Jan

So they are rising each day till the actual king tide, all of which will have an effect on how much water exits the Brisbane River system in the coming days
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Reply By: guy007 - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 13:29

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 13:29
Hello,

KING tides are created when the sun and the moon are in alignment with the earth and pull together.
ie, If the moon is on the horizon and the sun is on the horizon[Does not matter which horizon] then they are aligned and will pull together to create a KING tide.
When say the sun is overhead and the moon is on the horizon then they cannot pull together and you get smaller or NEAP tides.
They occur usually twice a month each.
regards
Guy
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Follow Up By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 14:17

Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 14:17
Actualy you have described Spring tides:

King tide is the popular name for an especially high tide. The phrase is used mostly in Australia and other Pacific nations.

In the lunar month, the highest tides occur roughly every 14 days, at the new and full moons, when the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun are in line. These are called spring tides.

On Australia's East Coast, the highest tides occur during the winter months of June, July and August, and the summer months of December, January and February. The highest of each of these periods (i.e., one in winter and one in summer, totalling two per year) are known as the king tides.

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Follow Up By: Member - Matt M - Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 14:22

Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 14:22
You've been hanging out with Norrie again, haven't you Pete?
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Follow Up By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 15:30

Friday, Jan 14, 2011 at 15:30
I have lost touch with Norrie - but he was a good mate. It is amazing how much of his excellent advice has stuck in my mind. However the info above came from wikipedia.

I still have a copy of the mariner's handbook at home - and a star globe that somehow became the captain's property when they were discontinued in preference for those silly plastic widgets.

On tides, I remember the first time I was in Broome as X of the Witch. We arrived at the top of a king tide and I stepped off the main deck onto the wharf and took off with fisheries. When I came back 6 hours later I though the boss had sailed without me - only the satnav antenna was visible above the wharf. Do you remember using the extension ladder from the boat to the bottom of the wharf ladder there?

And then there was that time during the shake down for the 'gong when that clown made us jump off the wharf at Darwin at low tide ...

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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 13:37

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 13:37
I think the journos have King tides confused with High tides.

Just like the other day when Paul Pisali mumbled a bit and they reported that

he said levels would get to 80 or 90 metres when he actually said 18-19 m

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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 14:13

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 14:13
Or the reporters that had their voice over on the youtube video repeated on the news. The video was the one showing the rapidly rising creek washing cars away. A driver of a GQ patrol ran up to his car, locked the hubs and drove away. The reporter told how the driver let down his tyres ( in 3 seconds !!) so it wouldn't float away then dorve away.

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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 14:26

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 14:26
Those filming originally were private people who obvoiusly wernt 4wd 'ers.





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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 15:15

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 15:15
That's true Graham, they can be excused, but the professional reporters when it was repeated with their voiceover on ABC could have got it right.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 15:30

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 15:30
Thats because they employ parrots who know no better than spout off whats put in front of them.

Like the one on Nine just now going DOWN the river from the mouth to the CBD.

For Gods sake spare me.

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Follow Up By: Capt. Wrongway - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:30

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:30
Does it matter who said what? The guy was very lucky to have just enough time to move his rig, and be still alive to talk about it!
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:42

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:42
Probably not but if they are going to report things they should be accurate I agree he was lucky, unlike the other poor devils.

However when all day they were saying the Ipswich levels would be under 20m and some dipstick who just bleated on about 80m was irresponsible and could have alarmed people in Ipswich uneccessaryily, when a little thought and checking an improbable figure would have fixed it.

Some of them obviously dont listen to what their associates are saying.

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Follow Up By: bato270 - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 20:45

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 20:45
How smart you must be Graham H !!! Always so quick and smart to criticise other peoples and decisions others are making..... Amazing.
Happy travels to all (even you)
Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 21:04

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 21:04
So its alright for them to distribute totally erroneous information like that in what is already a stressful situation.

I thought journalism was supposed to be an honourable factual proffession.

I wasnt the only one to question it either.

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Reply By: Mikee5 (Logan QLD) - Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:31

Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:31
Any high tide has become a king tide to the media, any road closure became a 'lock-down' and the best was bringing sea anchors to secure the moggill ferry - these are a parachute thing and would not stop anything.
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