The rain is coming

fire03rescue · January 13, 2007, 08:28:39 AM

in about 6 - 8 weeks
I was at the Mt Bold fire and a farm said don't drive over there you will get bogged.
I asked why he said
That a natural spring is near and when this part of his land gets water logged it is the change of seasons in about 6 weeks and he had been on the farm for a long time.
I guess only time will tell
also on the radio the other day, the ostriches are starting to lay their eggs and they only do this if the season is going to be good, just another story

Robert-Robert34 · January 13, 2007, 08:57:22 AM

RAIN..... What is rain :? i've forgotten what it looks like :-P

Camo · January 13, 2007, 10:32:15 AM

Quote from: Robert34 on January 13, 2007, 08:57:22 AM
RAIN..... What is rain :? i've forgotten what it looks like :-P

Rob the lower south east received 10mm the other day im sure you have seen it recently.

Robert-Robert34 · January 13, 2007, 06:25:05 PM

Reading the Advertiser last Thursday i seen that there are predictions of South Australia getting floods once the el-nino breaks :-)

5271rescue · January 13, 2007, 07:09:14 PM

Had rain here new years eve when the mount strike team was heading to bangham,poor guys on the back...

Camo · January 13, 2007, 07:38:06 PM

Quote from: 5271rescue on January 13, 2007, 07:09:14 PM
Had rain here new years eve when the mount strike team was heading to bangham,poor guys on the back...

I was driving :-D

were you at the station in the engine bay when we drove past?

5271rescue · January 14, 2007, 05:21:04 AM

yep mate I was we had just sent our 34 to a lightning strike and the region spare would not start so we did not roll......

mattb · January 16, 2007, 12:50:27 PM

QuoteI was at the Mt Bold fire and a farm said don't drive over there you will get bogged.
I asked why he said
That a natural spring is near and when this part of his land gets water logged it is the change of seasons in about 6 weeks and he had been on the farm for a long time

Ha ha, I think I know who you are talking about, would this be the same guy that came up and abused my crew for taking a 5 min break (this was around 11pm after we had been working our butts off). Amongst his tirade I remember him mentioning something about a natural spring and rain coming.

His neighbours said he was a little nuts and we shouldn't take him too seriously...

RescueHazmat · January 16, 2007, 03:34:34 PM

Looking at the Weather maps, rain is expected in the north tonight.. Quite a considerable amount..

bajdas · January 16, 2007, 07:55:05 PM

SES North region have upgraded operational status because of risk of flooding on Thursday and Friday. New BoM website shows the potential really well http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/watl/rainfall/pme.jsp?model=amnt&date=2007011912&state=sa&district=

SA Firey · January 18, 2007, 02:02:37 PM

150mm at Tanami Station on the news last night.Picture of a farmer standing in his sheep pen with water above his waste.....Gold :-D

5271rescue · January 18, 2007, 02:58:47 PM

will wait and see if we get any rain they are saying may be 5 to 10 mm of rain here in the south east....

SA Firey · January 22, 2007, 08:17:56 PM

Well it did come we got 52mm here and Hawker had reports of 125mm to 220mm of rain which washed out the floodways and now there are 4 metre holes in the road :-o

Would have boosted Hawkers call rate with all the flooding jobs

JC · January 23, 2007, 05:27:22 AM

It was good to see rain, rare sight up here at roxby, had 70mm in 4 hrs, along with the best lightning storm i have ever seen. It was still 25deg during the night, felt like darwin.

Camo · January 23, 2007, 03:27:56 PM

I dont think anyone is too worried about the damage the rain caused.....The rain itself outweighs the damage it seems

5271rescue · January 25, 2007, 03:48:41 PM

it was nice to get rain filled my water tanks and watered the garden and we did some sandbagging in the wee small hours :|