If anyone has any news from birders in the Lockyer Valley/Helidon/Toowoomba area would be great to hear from you. I’ve tried to contact several individuals and heard nothing, apparently Grantham is a disaster area, houses have been swept over a kilometre.
I’m sure that you will be seeing reports on the media in the coming hours but be prepared for some bad news…..
Tom
Looks like it will be to no avail anyway (Wivenhoe Dam flood mitigation)…latest news is that BNE will probably have a peak in excess of the 1974 benchmark on Thurs whilst Ipswich’s Bremer River could peak around 22m…2m higher than 1974…….hang on folks!….Also, we too are very concerned about Bill and Eileen and have grave fears for them , let alone Abberton (which is almost certainly gone I would suspect….hoping that I am wrong of course)…Our Burnett River in Bundaberg looks like peaking again at about 5m on Thurs if we have no further heavy rain in the catchment…this will again cause inundation of some residences and businesses flooded 2 weeks ago…some of which have just finished their clean-ups…Our mayor has just been on the radio suggesting that they stop fixing things up because of the impending floodwaters….ahhhh Bill PS The sun has been out all day today here and as far as I know all local birders here are high and dry (and safe)
Best wishes to all those affected. We are thinking of you all and praying for good news.
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“100%” refers to the nominal storage capacity of 1.15 gigalitres. For flood mitigation, a further 1.45 gigalitres can be held back, which could be called either “200%” or “210%” depending on how you measure it.
The amount of water being held back is certainly no joke; a week ago the level was “only” 102.1%, so an additional 0.85 to 1.15 gigalitres of water have arrived, mostly in the past few days. That’s roughly two Sydney Harbourfuls!
140% full? I heard “nearly half full” earlier today. Apparently it can reach 200%, so does that mean the “half full” means 50% or 100%? Either way, it’s filling incredibly quickly. I’m not joking with all these percentages, by the way, even though they sound silly.
I just read it’s at 175%, and that article is dated 12.05pm.
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No one seems to have heard from Bill and Eileen. And now I have just read that there is an evacuation order for Dayboro, which is where Tom lives. Tom, are you OK?
Here in Beerwah (Sunshine Coast hinterland) we are cut off, but so far are managing to stay dry. I’ve been brooming the water past the front door to keep the house dry. Still pouring, but hopeful. Very worried about Bill and Eileen. Tom?
Jill
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According to Crikey’s live blog of the flood situation, Vodafone and Optus are having problems in Queensland. Emergency services have requested that only emergency calls are made, as lines are getting blocked.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/11/inland-instant-tsunami-devastates-southern-qld/
Tom, et al, Sorry about the truncated previous post. As I said, they have had approx. 100 mm in that area since 9 AM. I have just looked at the Sydney Morning Herald website and there are terrible scenes of water and damage throughout the area. Communicar=tions will be difficult with all that water in the Telstra system. I just hope that those who built Wivenhoe Dam knew their stuff, with what Anna Bligh describes as “an 8 metre wall of water” heading towards it, and it is at 140% capacity. It certainly a dark time for a lot of Queenslanders and my thoughts are with all affected. A terrible, terrible disaster.
Carl Clifford
Has anyone heard from Bill & Eileen Jolly or John Hadley? I’m hoping that they have been evacuated but they are in the thick of it at the moment. Fortunately have spoken to Michael Atzeni from the Helidon area, he is OK but the power is cut.
If anyone hears any more news can you keep us posted?
Tom
Tom,
I have just looked at the BOM radar for Brisbane and most of that area has received around 100mm since 9 AM. I think communications are affected by gro
If anyone has any news from birders in the Lockyer Valley/Helidon/ Toowoomba area would be great to hear from you. I’ve tried to contact several individuals and heard nothing, apparently Grantham is a disaster area, houses have been swept over a kilometre.
I’m sure that you will be seeing reports on the media in the coming hours but be prepared for some bad news…..
Tom
Yes, being right on Lockyer Creek they will have to be in trouble. Any news of them ? I just tried calling but Telstra said the lines are congested.
Tony
We’re thinking of Bill and Eileen Jolly, for starters………….. Peter Madvig
Yes it look terrible! Thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. Very sad to see.
David Stowe
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yes, I can see what you mean. Last night Lockyer Creek was reported as being 2.5 metres higher at Gatton than the previous record in 1893.
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