Records

[James McDonald]

Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Keith Antoine wrote:
>> With the natural disasters we in OZ have had this year that have set 
>> records, I thought that they were over.
>> Just a short while ago when I was reporting on the floods in North 
>> Queensland and mentioned a figure of
>> approx 1000mm in a fairly short period of time, that were were over 
>> that. Well we were not just yesterday
>> we had very heavy rain in SE Qld, but a small town of KIN KIN some 
>> 100 K north got 700mm in 5 hrs,
>> and of course total devastation for the loss of 1 life and a pub.
>>
>> Qld still is in drought if you travel west and north some places no 
>> rain for 4 years so its a place of total contrasts.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for the update.  Amazing stuff.  Sorry to hear about this 
> horrible weather and devastation. In the US, we call 6 inches an hour 
> a good-sized river.  Meanwhile, the rain in California has done it's 
> usual April shut-off, not to restart again until November.  But I must 
> tell you that Oz has the greatest names for small towns anywhere.
>
Yeah. I come from Yarunga Creek about 20 minutes from Bowral which is 
near the city of Woolongong. There is currently a Brigadoon festival 
taking place in Bundanoon.

Kin Kin... Wagga Wagga, Walgett, Gimpy.