Bligh predicts flood higher than 74.

[rayke1938]

Anna just on channel 7 and announced that they are predicting flood levels in Bne and Ipswicher greater than 1974 levels.

Cheers

Ray

[Terry H]

I'm curious as to how this is so.

Campbell Newmann had a 'current prediction' moments ago for Thurs of 4.2m in the Brissy,

1974 was 5.45.

Hvae they come up with some new figures? and what are they I wonder?

[Terry H]

From BOM:

"At the Brisbane City Gauge (lower end of Edward Street and at Thornton Street),

moderate flood levels of about 3 metres are expected tonight with the 3am high

tide. Higher flood levels to 4.5 metres (major) are expected with the high tide

on Wednesday afternoon (3pm). River rises will continue into Thursday with

levels higher than 1974 expected. The 1974 flood peak was 5.45 metres at the

Brisbane City gauge."

/>http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20805.html

Stay Safe guys.

[AFO]

I'm curious as to how this is so.

Campbell Newmann had a 'current prediction' moments ago for Thurs of 4.2m in the Brissy,

1974 was 5.45.

Hvae they come up with some new figures? and what are they I wonder?

yes, lastest figures are higher than what the Lord Mayor quoted and are predicting to be higher than the 1974 figures

[Terry H]

Yea I saw that, as per my 2nd post.

Not looking good at all.

I'll be able to troll lures around in my backyard from the kayak if it gets that high.

[jeff f]

i'm going to be on an island

[Swagger]

Yea I saw that, as per my 2nd post.

Not looking good at all.

I'll be able to troll lures around in my backyard from the kayak if it gets that high.

Might nail a thready!

Hope there won't be bullies in the streets of brisbane

[Terry H]

Just went for a drive around the area (windsor)

Breaky Creek (Enoggera Creek) cut off Northey Street. You could have taken a boat down there a couple of hours ago.

Saw some spots I went eel fishing off a few years ago (few small bridges)... Well, I saw raging water, I didn't actually see the footpath bridges, as they were fully submerged.

As for the bullies, I'll go put out a set bait now, as when the tide comes in, the sharkies might come in with it! Score!

Ok, jokes aside. We're in a low area, but hopefully sufficiently tucked away from the river... Hopefully. Time will tell!

[Keen-as-fisho]

Hope there won't be bullies in the streets of brisbane

I was just saying that to my olds.

[Terry H]

River peaked at 2 metres today, which is .5metres above highest high tides...

[Cowfish13]

This may be useful to a few people as well

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/list-of-brisbane-streets-expected-to-be-affected-by-this-weeks-floods-20110111-19met.html

[Terry H]

Good to see the two streets parallel and next to us are in the list...

[Bri The Pom]

The markets at Rocklea were evacuated today at 1.00 predicted to go under,we moved all gear to the upper floors.

[rayke1938]

If the predicted heights are accurate there will be a lot more damage than the 1974 floods. There are so many more new houses built on land that went under and the majority are low set.

Then there are all the units that have replaced old queenslanders where all the parking is in basements.

Just hope rain stops now. I could not bear to see a repeat of the loss and devestation that I witnessed after 74.Back then the average price of a 3 bedroom house was around one years wages and people had a bit of a chance to get on their feet again. Different story today.

Cheers

Ray

[taib]

could this be the first time bligh is right?

[Terry H]

Lets hope not :cheer:

[bullzeye]

certainly is sad to see. i hope it doesnt get to what they reckon. but with wivenhoe at 190 and supposed to overflow at 225. at the rate its going well be looking at a big disaster. all us able men need to get out there and lend a hand. i think it will

[dassa]

The problem is that for to long people (goverment) put to much faith in wivenhoe saving brisbane from floods well WRONG!With the water joining the brisbane river below wivenhoe and the breamer to peak at 22metre's

[Terry H]

latest update on SEQ Water was that they were hoping Inflow = Outflow within 3 hours of the notice (at 6pm) At this stage, they said water releases will be about 688,000 Megalitres a day.

Ignoring any future inflows, thats enough to completely empty the dam from its full flood mitigation capacity in 4 days.

That's an extraordinary amount of water.

PS has anyone checked out the river height?

It's now low tide, and its sitting higher (and the City Gauge) than it usually sits at high tide...

[chonna]

power is going to be cut to the city tomorrow morning!!

[Swagger]

Bremer river is currently at 15mtrs. Thats still another 7 mtrs to go, goodness gracious me

[goldnugget]

http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/seast.shtml check river conditions, then on a triangle to show current heights....Ipswich Bremer at 15 mtrs, Mt Crosby Brisbane river 22 mtrs.

[buzzid]

check your area on this interactive flood map.

/>http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=-27.3632,152.9816&z=2&m=6

[goldnugget]

That interactive map is okay for sea-level rises but does not take into consideration inflows from inland which will not show up on that map, which is the cause of the situation that is developing.

[Keen-as-fisho]

could this be the first time bligh is right?

She couldn't predict the cold if she was in a snow storm. Don't forget those two get told what to say. What I am more concerned about is what they are going to do money wise to clean up and help the families that lost there homes, not much was done about up north, the locals had to rely on charity. Its sad to see the government talking but not putting the money were the mouth is, charity starts at home! rant over, just sick of seeing those two on the tv spinning bs. Having said that hopefully the insurance companies wont turn around and say, 'act of god', so they get out of covering claims.

[Doobsy]

check your area on this interactive flood map.

/>http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=-27.3632,152.9816&z=2&m=6

Cheers for that link mate.

Has put my mind at ease for the time being. We're stuck in Sydney and feel helpless.

[Gad]

only minutes ago Campbell Neuman on channel 9 report down graded the peak height for Brisbanes expected peak tomorrow. Also another scumbag caught trying to steal a boat from Brissy river....geeeze can we declare them feral animals and put them in + sights