Galah Sessions

[whiteballz]

People aren't always right by their cars.

[csl177]

Sure... but wasn't that taped at an apartment complex? Hard to believe cars were there but owners not at home.
Especially in that weather. BTW, watch in future for "repaired" flood-damaged cars for sale.

[clutch-monkey]

last year the toyota loading yards were inundated. so many water damaged landcruisers for sale

[clutch-monkey]

FYI the dam was at 74.2m at lunchtime

Wivenhoe Dam emergeny 'fuse plug' spills at 75.2M as the fuse plug dissipates when it gets so high as it's built with soft material like sand so that when water reaches that point, the sand washes away allowing the water to escape:

Secondary Spillway
Type Ogee crest spillway with limited
concrete lining controlled by fuse
plug embankments
Number of Fuse Plug Embankments 3
Size of each Fuse Plug Embankment Bay 1 (centre) 34m wide
Bay 2 (LHS) 64m wide
Bay 3 (RHS) 65m wide
Initiation Levels Bay 1 (centre) EL75.7
Bay 2 (LHS) EL76.2
Bay 3 (RHS) EL76.7

So its like a disposable wall, first one will dissolve @ 75.7, and thats 34m wide. the next one (LHS) is 76.2m, and the last is 76.7. at that point there is 165 meters of "spillway", say good bye brisbane

to make it even more eery the sudden dump of water from all 5 sluice gates being opened last night (+ the fuse plug if it gets there - which looks likely..) will pretty much have a head on collision with a king/high tide tomorrow.
where will the collision occur? right where the river passes through the CBD

[whiteballz]

I love Brisbane

But you guys are f*cked for a long time to come from this.

In other news, I want hi-def footage of king tide + flood head on.

[clutch-monkey]

withcott pub got taken out by a house. lol. surreal
bay area is unaffected so far, inner brisbane is evacuating with only minor damage thus far but we'll see how that turns out tomorrow.

[whiteballz]

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[clutch-monkey]

amazing pics here:
Australian flooding - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Seasonal flooding across eastern Australia has been widespread and devastating this spring - their wettest on record. Cyclone Tasha came along two weeks ago, and dumped even more water on Queensland. Hundreds of thousands of people in an area the size of France and Germany combined are now affected, and at least nine people have been killed so far. Authorities are working to evacuate some communities and airlift supplies to others as the water level is expected to continue rising over the next two days and 38 regions were declared natural disaster areas. Collected here are photos from the recent flooding around Australia and its effect on residents and animals

helicopter pic is badass.

[f6fhellcat13]

Good luck to you and the rest of Queensland, clutch.
At least your family is fond of hopped-up Beetles, and those are known to float well.

[pimento]

No one moved their cars knowing the creek was rising that fast?

The guy with the 4WD came out, locked the diffs and buggered off.

Looked like a workplace to me, but I watched it without any sound.

[Cyco]

Any of it falling to the west of the range, or is it all coastal?

[clutch-monkey]

yep, dalby got hit again. mid-west is catching it too.
not sure where this pic came from:

[whiteballz]

That is a good link.

Video: Model shows Brisbane in 'extreme' flood

[clutch-monkey]

1: this is the subaru forrester from that first vid
2: queensland raceway.. swamp boats all round
3: JDMST meet november
4: same location this morning

[whiteballz]

Go drifting in ankle deep water..

That would look awesome.