75% of New South Wales Under Water...

[loafer123]

...or at risk of flooding.

All over the news wires, but I can't believe it - that is one huge area with alot of hills.

Yet another example of hyperbole from one media outlet which goes viral...what do you think?

[Happy82]

http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/941.ht...


It suggests that they've evacuated a few areas

[Derek Smith]

Isn't this an annual thing. I seem to remember some Aussie barman talking about 'The Wet'.

[loafer123]

Their idea of "flooding" must be moist pavements!

[mattcov]

Dunno, when it rains there it hammers down for hours - far more intensive than here.

[Colonial]

Derek Smith said:

Isn't this an annual thing. I seem to remember some Aussie barman talking about 'The Wet'.

Different area. The Wet is a tropics thing. NSW is sub-tropical so it is not usual weather.

It's also not unusual. We get two weather systems dominating. El Nino, which is generally hotter, drier weather and La Nina, which is wet, cooler weather.

We are in the La Nina cycle at the moment.

75% of the state is currently affected by heavy rain. Only a very small percentage of the state is currently affected by any flooding.

[dmulally]

I can barely remember two nice sunny days in a row since early December. It is not exactly flood city but is getting close in a couple of areas. I even bought an umbrella for the first time in my life.

All I have to do is get my dog to be ok with getting his dainty paws wet and I will be fine. The little turd stares at me like I have thrown him on the fire.

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/sydney.shtml

[Colonial]

dmulally said:

I can barely remember two nice sunny days in a row since early December. It is not exactly flood city but is getting close in a couple of areas. I even bought an umbrella for the first time in my life.

All I have to do is get my dog to be ok with getting his dainty paws wet and I will be fine. The little turd stares at me like I have thrown him on the fire.

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/sydney.shtml

My parents dog is the same.

I've been doing the F3 3 or 4 days a week since mid Jan. I think I've not had the wipers one about 3 days in total.

I'm still manfully struggling without an umbrella.

[thehawk]

.... is a good start?

[dmulally]

Colonial said:

I'm still manfully struggling without an umbrella.

I bought it...but havent used it.

>squints<

[anonymous-user]

loafer123 said:

Their idea of "flooding" must be moist pavements!

Sydney has around 1,200MM a year whereas London doesn't even have half that.

Queensland got hammered last year and had serious floods in January 2011.

Plenty of rain in the tropics.