why would u wanna live in the big ol boring city when u can live here where if its not one natural disaster its another...
we've had almost a week solid of steady rain and in the last 24hrs over 6" has fallen in ballina

well i had to evacuate work early today but even in the hour it took to get everything ready the water had crossed the road in several spots
got my feet wet on the drive home tho
thank god someone thought to install removable rubber plugs in the floor of cars these days

Wow reminds me of last year (2007) around easter down here.. thats what our roads looked like!!
Really makes you feel small and vulnerable to nature huh?

So the rivers have expanded

7mtr peak apparently....

Tazz

its amazing how much it can rise in just a couple of hours
i just went down to pick up dinner and its risen almost 2M just in a few hours

ive heard the police rescue get called out to 8 stranded vehicles since i got home

Heard about this on the way home from Iluka today,Was at lismore on wednesday came home early from holidays because of all the rain,Arrive home in nowra now its raining here AAARRRGGGHHH.

i got out just in time, i get out via north lismore @ 4:30 the dunoon rd was already 1 foot deep and rising.. no other way home for me..

Hi

That's the price of living in paradise, hell comes to town sometimes, at least there's no hail this time. Keep dry and safe everyone.

Steve

heres kyogle this morning peak level 18.1m

did a little youtube vid.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU_KjeOyyV0 

how long does it take for a town to recover from something like this?

depending on how high it gets can be several weeks.
atm the pumps are running which is keeping the water out of the CBD and the flood levy pushes it all over the otherside of town
but once it gets to a set level they have to get eveyone out of the CBD and open the floodgates
i was down town stickybeaking one year when they did that the water comes up that fast its dangerous if u dont get out in time

it shows how mad the climate is at the moment ,drought one month flooding the next

so should i cancel our dinner reservations for tonight in lismore.. seriously

how bad was it at the show grounds when u came in?
cos i dont think its gonna rise much more than wat it is at now

fresh off the BOM

Issued at 4:13pm on Saturday the 5th of January 2008

Flood Warning Number : 12

Some isolated moderate falls have been reported in the Wilsons Valley in the 3 hours to 3 pm Saturday and predictions at Lismore have been slightly increased to reflect this.

At 11:30am a major flood peak of 18.1 metre was recorded on the Richmond River at Kyogle and was falling slowly at 3pm. This is the second highest flood peak on record at Kyogle. Major flooding, similar to the April 1989 levels, is expected at along the lower Richmond River.

A moderate flood peak is expected at Lismore this evening.

For emergency assistance contact the
NSW State Emergency Service on telephone number 13 2500.
FloodSafe advice is available at http://www.ses.nsw.gov.au 

River Height Predictions


Lismore - Peak near 9.6 metres AHD around 9 pm to midnight today
with moderate flooding.

just came back from dinner definately a good metre or so higher than midday today. When coming back out around 8ish it was probably a teeny bit higher. THe showgrounds don't get too effected by the rivers i think, just the flats there. But no water over Tweed/Dunoon Rd at the showgrounds..