Well Australia is again strutting its stuff in East Gippsland this time. After years of drought we have a solid East Coast Low happening with buckets of rain over the last week. We had around 150 Mls last week and have had nearly 100 mls over the last 24 hours.
Going to work this morning - in retrospect not a great idea - involved getting out of the 4WD several times to chainsaw fallen trees and moire times to drag branches from the road. Several sections of road had quite deep flows of water across them.
Many staff were stuck at home due to the floods and danger of traveling in the fierce winds. Warnings of being stuck in town for a few days if the rain kept up meant a rapid trip back home with even more water over roads, a couple more trees across the road to cut and remove... very exciting as all went well but a little scary too...
Rivers across the region are set to match past floods from 1990 and 1998. Such a contrast - we have had in a week about as much rain as we had eked out to us in around 6 months last year!!!
Paddocks are covered in water, ducks swim in the middle of the road to Wattlewood. The dam which was within a metre of being empty in early February is now within 30 cm of overflowing. The whole (gentle) slope of the property is awash with water - to the extent that even when rain stops for a while there is a solid sheet of clear water flowing between the grasses, mosses and matts of leaves..
Once again the ABC has been wonderful in providing up to date information. Of course there is also the internet with services giving updates on a regular basis.
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