I though that not long after the INFERNO (situation and tread ) ended I would be posting this !
Not only do we have a heavy wet season pattern happening , it started to circulate like a big inland cyclone .
And now a big over the sea cyclone has come down and is sitting off the coast close to here . Very far south for a cyclone .... the two systems seem to me moving together . Its already sodden , flash flooded ... SES and emergency getting more call outs than they where with the inferno !
Its only just set in. Already I suppose I am flooded in after constant rain last night . I should have gone out in the car yesterday and got supplies , but I didnt .
Just checked rain getting heavier , I have a creek running past back and front doors now .
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite
report says the cyclone will dissipate as it moves from the warm Coral Sea into the cooler Tasman Sea . Maybe , the biggest flood on record here was from a cyclone sitting just off the coast in the Tasman sea in winter .
Some images of a big flood here ;
Normal
a bit of rain
the one lane bridge out the valley near my place
note ; 'give way' sign
One year ... flood goes down .... no bridge .... goes down further .. where the hell is the bridge .... goes down further .... Oh look, there it is, still in one piece. on its side against the bank 200m downstream !
Oh- O !
We had a cable punt for 3 weeks - that was fun ! people just left their cars on whatever side they where stuck on with keys in them and we shared cars ..