Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

You see thats the difference I think - somehow expats think that if we get a bit of drizzly weather that it's "peeing down" . No way, no how is 15mm of rain considered "peeing down" its just drizzle that does nothing except dampen the ground a bit!

2 or 3 inches (50-75mm) in a day is "peeing it down" & we need about 2 weeks worth of those sort of days to fill the dams down here.

Next!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by youngy73

i had 600 mm in one month last year

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

You see thats the difference I think - somehow expats think that if we get a bit of drizzly weather that it's "peeing down" . No way, no how is 15mm of rain considered "peeing down" its just drizzle that does nothing except dampen the ground a bit!

2 or 3 inches (50-75mm) in a day is "peeing it down" & we need about 2 weeks worth of those sort of days to fill the dams down here.

Next!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

You see thats the difference I think - somehow expats think that if we get a bit of drizzly weather that it's "peeing down" . No way, no how is 15mm of rain considered "peeing down" its just drizzle that does nothing except dampen the ground a bit!

2 or 3 inches (50-75mm) in a day is "peeing it down" & we need about 2 weeks worth of those sort of days to fill the dams down here.

Next!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by youngy73

i had 600 mm in one month last year

Originally Posted by Wol

I experienced 17" in one day in Florida about ten years ago, on top of a month of fairly constant wet weather.

Now *that's* a wet! (With apologies to Paul Hogan...)

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

How many inches?? Now you 2 are just bragging .

Ohhh hang on, you're talking about rain LOL .

Seriously - thats what we need, especially in the catchments where its needed! 33 years ago next week we were in the worst flood ever in Brisbane, now we are literally shrivelling up as we speak .

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

How many inches?? Now you 2 are just bragging .

Ohhh hang on, you're talking about rain LOL .

Seriously - thats what we need, especially in the catchments where its needed! 33 years ago next week we were in the worst flood ever in Brisbane, now we are literally shrivelling up as we speak .

Originally Posted by annqldau

Looks like it's all hitting UK again instead of Aus

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...247855,00.html

Originally Posted by The Pink Panther

yes it is mate! 125 kmh winds (although they have eased now) and 1 bloke killed round the corner (Bridgnorth, Shropshire) when a tree fell on his 4x4! The expected downpour hasn't really arrived yet but we have been assured that this will continue till after dark (about 4.30). Deep joy!!

Originally Posted by annqldau

Read about him on sky news... sad I have a Sky news ticker and it brings up breaking news and he was on it.

Originally Posted by The Pink Panther

Tell you something, despite wishing my life away (waiting to get to QLD) I'm actually glad we aren't flying today!!

Originally Posted by annqldau

See seven killed in UK and more in Europe must have hit hard in places.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...003402,00.html

Plus it seems Aus should have built it's dams in Bergen..."In Norway, the west coast city of Bergen had notched up 82 consecutive days of rain by today".

Originally Posted by MrsDagboy

now we are literally shrivelling up as we speak .

Originally Posted by The Pink Panther

hmmmm. got off lightly just spending four hours removing smashed fence panels and digging out old posts really!

Originally Posted by annqldau

Seems the weather has gone completely mad world wide, Germany had storms over the whole country and USA has had snow in areas that don't normally get it and major ice storms in ones that do.