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30th March 2017 08:44 PM
#2101
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30th March 2017 09:26 PM
#2102
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30th March 2017 09:28 PM
#2103
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Yep. Got a beer from the fridge in the "undercover" patio, and got some moisture on me. Very stressful.
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30th March 2017 09:32 PM
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30th March 2017 09:34 PM
#2105
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30th March 2017 09:36 PM
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30th March 2017 10:03 PM
#2107
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Originally Posted by
backintheswing
You guys coping ok ?
I don't need any more beer tonight, thankfully.
I doubt that there is anyone in Brisbane going through what some of the people up North are thankfully.
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30th March 2017 10:38 PM
#2108
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The rain may have caused the Broncos to lose tonight, so I can understand the stress in the posts made by Brisbane residents tonight.
Ballina was lucky, with less than 100mls, but Lismore was up to 297 since 9.00am at last look, with the CBD and other low lying areas being evacuated. Apparently the town levee was probably going to be breached tonight.
I was in Lismore today, and I wasn't going to hang around just to see some floodwaters.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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24th June 2019 05:52 PM
#2109
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Not strictly a rain post, but it has rained all day in Ballina today, so it was best to bump this thread rather than find another appropriate thread.
Along with the rain, the max temperature was 13 degrees today.
Without actually looking up temp records, I think this has been by a few degrees the coldest day in the almost six years I've lived here. I don't remember any max below 15 previous to this.
Once or twice a year in Sydney we used to get a max 11 or 12, but I moved to the semi-tropics to get away from this sort of thing.
Just as well there was lots of golf on Fox today. Brrr.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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24th June 2019 07:28 PM
#2110
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Played in rain with a forecast max of 9 the other day , pretty sure it didn’t make the max , teeing off tomorrow at 8 am temp will be 2 .
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1st March 2022 09:08 AM
#2111
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1st March 2022 01:21 PM
#2112
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Thanks for asking.
I experienced my first ever Evacuation Order this morning. The evacuation order was for low-lying areas of Ballina, which includes where I live.
I complied and left my house for higher ground.
Upon further investigation, it transpires that houses like mine aren't under threat, but any road that is normally affected by king tides was going to be affected much worse than before. Which turned out to be true. So I was cut off from any access to main roads by car. This is only really important for people with medical conditions, because nobody can get in to help in an emergency.
Not nearly as bad as Lismore, but a bit upsetting to my normal routine. I may have to consult the tide charts before committing to play golf for a few days.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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1st March 2022 01:26 PM
#2113
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Originally Posted by
jimandr
Thanks for asking.
I experienced my first ever Evacuation Order this morning. The evacuation order was for low-lying areas of Ballina, which includes where I live.
I complied and left my house for higher ground.
Upon further investigation, it transpires that houses like mine aren't under threat, but any road that is normally affected by king tides was going to be affected much worse than before. Which turned out to be true. So I was cut off from any access to main roads by car. This is only really important for people with medical conditions, because nobody can get in to help in an emergency.
Not nearly as bad as Lismore, but a bit upsetting to my normal routine. I may have to consult the tide charts before committing to play golf for a few days.
Good stuff.
Are you back home now or will you camp out in a school hall for a few days?
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1st March 2022 05:08 PM
#2114
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Originally Posted by
4Puttpete
Good stuff.
Are you back home now or will you camp out in a school hall for a few days?
I posted from home at 1.20pm, after I had to leave my car in the shopping centre car park and walk home by an indirect route.
It's a high tide problem only. 3 feet of salt water over the road at 10.00, dry at 3.00pm. 4 wheel drive cars driven by stupid drivers were getting through the worst of it, and their bow wave was causing further damage to shops and houses in the path of the water.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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1st March 2022 05:15 PM
#2115
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Another rain casualty, the NSW senior amateur, scheduled for next week in Forster Tuncurry was cancelled today. The huge Ozgolf contingent is gutted.
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6th March 2022 05:45 PM
#2116
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Originally Posted by
jimandr
I posted from home at 1.20pm, after I had to leave my car in the shopping centre car park and walk home by an indirect route.
It's a high tide problem only. 3 feet of salt water over the road at 10.00, dry at 3.00pm. 4 wheel drive cars driven by stupid drivers were getting through the worst of it, and their bow wave was causing further damage to shops and houses in the path of the water.
I am finally back online, 5 days later, so an update is appropriate.
The situation in Ballina turned out to be a lot worse than my original prediction, as anyone watching the news will know. The night after I posted the Richmond River broke its banks at high tide, which everyone says has never happened before. The CBD and West Ballina were inundated, including the communications infrastructure. Patchy phone coverage for three days, no internet for 5 days, and there is still no mobile internet.
Apart from the comms problems I wasn't affected any more than previously, with the roads closed for five hours at a time during high tide.
The worst thing was the lack of supplies. The supermarkets were closed for three days, and when they reopened they didn't have the staples of meat, bread and milk. Until Woolies, with its instore bakery, reopened, it looked like I would have to start up the dream diet of chocolate and lollies for breakfast and possibly lunch if I couldn't face frozen fish fillets more than once a day.
All is relatively back to normal. Ballina wasn't affected as badly as Lismore, but a lot of houses have a lot of cleaning up to do.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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6th March 2022 06:09 PM
#2117
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Good to hear you are ok Jim. Is a tad Damp here in Padstow, but nothing like you guys up there.
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6th March 2022 08:28 PM
#2118
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I'm glad to see that you didn't have too much problems, Jim. There is nothing stopping you from going ahead with the chocolate breakfast anyway.
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6th March 2022 09:18 PM
#2119
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Seems the wet hit further south this year so far. Around Cardwell/Mission Beach they are shy 400mm on the usually levels MTD.
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6th March 2022 09:41 PM
#2120
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Originally Posted by
jimandr
I am finally back online, 5 days later, so an update is appropriate.
The situation in Ballina turned out to be a lot worse than my original prediction, as anyone watching the news will know. The night after I posted the Richmond River broke its banks at high tide, which everyone says has never happened before. The CBD and West Ballina were inundated, including the communications infrastructure. Patchy phone coverage for three days, no internet for 5 days, and there is still no mobile internet.
Apart from the comms problems I wasn't affected any more than previously, with the roads closed for five hours at a time during high tide.
The worst thing was the lack of supplies. The supermarkets were closed for three days, and when they reopened they didn't have the staples of meat, bread and milk. Until Woolies, with its instore bakery, reopened, it looked like I would have to start up the dream diet of chocolate and lollies for breakfast and possibly lunch if I couldn't face frozen fish fillets more than once a day.
All is relatively back to normal. Ballina wasn't affected as badly as Lismore, but a lot of houses have a lot of cleaning up to do.
Good to hear you can now have your chocolate and lollies for breakfast on toast like a civilised person.
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30th March 2022 02:03 PM
#2121
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For anybody wondering, we've just had our second East Coast Low in 3 weeks. 280mm of rain overnight.
It may not be as prominent on the news, but this one was/is worse than the other one. The effects won't be so bad because most were prepared, and some still aren't in their flood-prone homes after last time.
I am currently flooded in because the roads out are blocked, but the internet works this time and there is cricket to watch on TV, so its not all bad.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
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31st March 2022 02:39 PM
#2122
Victorious Captain
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Wasn’t wondering at all…..but hope everyone up there stays safe!
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7th April 2022 02:02 PM
#2123
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Went to Adelaide for 4 days...
The ground was dry... haven't seen that since... October?
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7th April 2022 03:18 PM
#2124
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Originally Posted by
virge666
Went to Adelaide for 4 days...
The ground was dry... haven't seen that since... October?
Play any golf?
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