The Storm is coming....

[golddiggerart]

Well looks like we're in for some major weather tomorrow.... 1 in 100 year event to hit... :Y:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/m...oding-to-kick-off-summer-20171129-gzvk4s.html

 

[numpty]

thanks Art, didn't know it's gunna be that big of a storm, batten down the hatches!

 

[BigWave]

Yep, the news is stating: "Victorians were warned not to go camping this weekend and were reminded that 15 centimetres of water on the road was all it took for a car to lose traction and float". "We're going to have major flooding problems around the state, probably many roads cut. I suspect it will be impacted as badly as most of us have ever seen".

 

[Rockhunter62]

One minute you will be having rain and flooding and then the next minute you will have the mosquitoes. Happy detecting folks. Best you give it a miss for a while.

Keep safe.

Cheers

Doug

 

[aussiefarmer]

Going to need a bigger sluice

 

[Bjay]

I hope its not too bad but as the bureau of met has admitted before low pressure systems are notoriously hard to predict,so they go with a worst case scenario. Also could be highly dependant on where the storms go as to rainfall totals. Glad Im on top of a hill just in case . Stay safe everyone .

 

[Diamo gold]

It's not sounding to good for us Mexicans , from the reports I'm seeing and reading it's meant to be real bad !
So I would recommend to everyone ( if you haven't already ) to get up and clean the gutters out and for people who's driveways run down towards there house to seriously consider getting your hands on a few sandbags just in case and to also have your mops , brooms and buckets at the ready ! And most of all stay safe and please don't attempt to drive throu flood waters

 

[Occasional_panner]

Remember the Y2K bug?

 

[Diamo gold]

Remember the Y2K bug?

Sure do , the thing with that was it never started unlike this storm that is already battering the likes of Beaufort !
DONT BE COMPLACENT !!!!!

 

[golddiggerart]

Going to need a bigger sluice

Mate if it's as big as they say it is then all the creeks and rivers are going to flood, I have my heart set on getting out for a pan before Christmas and
a flood is just what I needed to replenish an already awesome creek. :Y:

 

[RM Outback]

Well I'm off to Deer Park then out to Pakenham in the truck so the home leg is over the top from Pakky. Chucked the chainsaw in just in case. If the weather and road reports tomorrow arvo don't support my intention I'll be on the major freeways crawling and not happy. I don't like driving in the metro system at any time let alone during a 1/100 weather system.

 

[Diamo gold]

Well I'm off to Deer Park then out to Pakenham in the truck so the home leg is over the top from Pakky. Chucked the chainsaw in just in case. If the weather and road reports tomorrow arvo don't support my intention I'll be on the major freeways crawling and not happy. I don't like driving in the metro system at any time let alone during a 1/100 weather system.

Well that sucks big time , just stay safe out there.

 

[RM Outback]

No sickies on my books I work for myself and need to fulfil my end of the bargain in the contract. We'll see how it pans out hopefully not as bad as anticipated.

 

[Bjay]

The whole problem is with the crazy hype of storm events is that most of us here know what and how to deal with it if it happens, its all the rest of them that we have to worry about. Last time we got big rain totals here bout 30 years ago half the paddocks ended up in the dams. Bloody awsome fun back then trying to get the bike and paddock bomb through the mud ,only to get a clip behind the ear when they got stuck.
Bloody idiot what were ya trying to that for, Cause we could. Thats just what we did. Its happened before and will happen again

 

[Tathradj]

I don't think they are far of it some how.
Stay safe folk's.

 

[numpty]

Remember the Y2K bug?

yeah it's called bitcoin hahaha

 

[Bjay]

I don't think they are far of it some how.
Stay safe folk's.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2436/1512044116_mildura_bom.jpg

Looks good so far, may be a good time to peg a sluice in a dry creek bed for a day or two.

 

[Moneybox]

http://alpinerally.org.au/

18 hours until the Alpine rally starts. My son and several friends are there for the event.

They drove over from the west last week and my son Nic flew out on Tuesday. Hopefully the event will still go ahead.

 

[Occasional_panner]

My 4wd has a snorkle so no big deal for me, but for those that drive road cars or no snorkle fitted be aware the air intake is often low down or is a silly spot.
If you do drive through even shallow water fast it can bring water up to the intake and kill your engine.
Just take it slow and steady, but stay away from deep water if not sure just wait.
Have a look here how even a purpose built 4wd was destroyed in 10cm of water because he had no snorkle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QDSMnNqTWc

 

[brendomac]

Wow, I am lucky! I drove to and from Melbourne from the Illawarra last weekend for my daughter's cheerleading competition. Lucky it's not this weekend, I don't know how I would have gone getting there and back with that rain. Side note for those that are interested...Cheerleading is an awesome sport, its got a bit of everything health/fitness wise. And when you see those top level cheer teams go, amazing stuff.

I also wanted to stop for pan down in Vic too, sadly that was not a possibility ...