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General Category => Weather and Water Updates => Topic started by: Sweetwater on January 18, 2012, 02:54:30 AM

Title: Stanley River / Somerset Dam flooding / inflows - Video
Post by: Sweetwater on January 18, 2012, 02:54:30 AM

Video shows flood water coming downthe Stanley River into Lake Somerset & water being released from Somerset Dam into Lake Wivenhoe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yixW6lHz-4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yixW6lHz-4#)

For full screen view go to
http://youtu.be/7yixW6lHz-4 (http://youtu.be/7yixW6lHz-4)

Title: Re: Stanley River / Somerset Dam flooding / inflows - Video
Post by: StevenM on January 18, 2012, 06:38:25 PM

I did that same route about 3 weeks ago Fitz

bit more water there this time.

See the front page of the QT today?

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/01/18/wivenhoe-dam-put-on-alert-for-more-releases-severe/ (http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/01/18/wivenhoe-dam-put-on-alert-for-more-releases-severe/)

Its madness you know. I cant believe all of the hulla bullou.

Even captain bligh on the radio and Tv saying people are traumatised when they hear rain on the roof these days. They have some one to call.

It just shits me the over reaction.