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I swear this is supposed to be summer...
Dec. 22nd, 2007 10:22 amThis weather is bizarre. The last couple of days we've had thunderstorms, rain, sun, more thunderstorms, torrential rain, a mini-tornado or two, and now just cold rain. Which makes a change from the extremely muggy warm stuff, I was beginning to wonder if the weather had mistaken Melbourne for Mackay. (Note to weather: do you see any sugar cane here? No, I didn't think so.)
Still, I'm really not going to complain about the rain, given the dams are at 39% and we need it!
The University where I used to work shut down for the Christmas period on Thursday. One of the guys I worked with dropped by to have a coffee and catch up. During the conversation his phone rang. His end of it went like this:
"Hi! Yep. Oh shit. Oh shit. Really? Oh... shit. All of it? How much? Oh shit. Now? Argh... OK."
Turns out that part of the roof of the lab had collapsed, there was 3 cm of water on the floor and the ceiling of the lab below had also collapsed from the weight of water coming through it. Oh and the lab head wanted him to drive back out through the flooded freeway to the University and check on all the freezers. Ah the joys of seniority!
The University was pretty badly hit as it turned out - part of the library roof also collapsed and the basement flooded (heh, and guess where theses are stored...) and there was flash flooding through several departments (and through the uni gym - well that'd clean out the muscle boys I suppose). It does bolster my theory that they should build a dam there, seeing as that's the point where all the storms come off the bay. It also kind of supports my "labs are on the first floor and above while undergrads are on the ground floor in case of flooding" theory - although that doesn't help if you've got a mini-tornado, obviously.
Yesterday I got an e-mail confirming the extent of the damage, and also that the lab will likely be out of commission for at least a month. Good thing the undergrads are off, cos everyone's moving into the teaching areas.
God only knows if we'll get snow again for Christmas this year, it could be 5oC and snowing in the mountains or 45oC and burning in the mountains. I'm hoping for something nicely in the middle, 25oC would be lovely, please.
Still, I'm really not going to complain about the rain, given the dams are at 39% and we need it!
The University where I used to work shut down for the Christmas period on Thursday. One of the guys I worked with dropped by to have a coffee and catch up. During the conversation his phone rang. His end of it went like this:
"Hi! Yep. Oh shit. Oh shit. Really? Oh... shit. All of it? How much? Oh shit. Now? Argh... OK."
Turns out that part of the roof of the lab had collapsed, there was 3 cm of water on the floor and the ceiling of the lab below had also collapsed from the weight of water coming through it. Oh and the lab head wanted him to drive back out through the flooded freeway to the University and check on all the freezers. Ah the joys of seniority!
The University was pretty badly hit as it turned out - part of the library roof also collapsed and the basement flooded (heh, and guess where theses are stored...) and there was flash flooding through several departments (and through the uni gym - well that'd clean out the muscle boys I suppose). It does bolster my theory that they should build a dam there, seeing as that's the point where all the storms come off the bay. It also kind of supports my "labs are on the first floor and above while undergrads are on the ground floor in case of flooding" theory - although that doesn't help if you've got a mini-tornado, obviously.
Yesterday I got an e-mail confirming the extent of the damage, and also that the lab will likely be out of commission for at least a month. Good thing the undergrads are off, cos everyone's moving into the teaching areas.
God only knows if we'll get snow again for Christmas this year, it could be 5oC and snowing in the mountains or 45oC and burning in the mountains. I'm hoping for something nicely in the middle, 25oC would be lovely, please.
