Crikey it’s wet

[Litespeed]

On 08/03/2026 at 2:50 PM, facthunter said:

The Bats in the trees are Probably safe, unfortunately. Nev

Nothing wrong with bats, without them vast swathes of the country would lack many trees, they are our primary animal pollinators.

[willedoo]

The buggerup is supposed to hit the Cape tomorrow as a cat 5, wind gusts up to 315 kph they are saying. They're tracking it to hit the east coast just north of Coen and the west coast just south of Aurukun. 

[nomadpete]

I'm still awaitin to hear OME complain about all this dam rain......

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, nomadpete said:

I'm still awaitin to hear OME complain about all this dam rain......

It stopped at 10:00 am yesterday.  This morningI was able to do a load of washing and hang it out. It should be dry by lunchtime.

[facthunter]

What's Happening at the North of Australia Probably wont affect OME.Nev. 

[nomadpete]

46 minutes ago, old man emu said:

It stopped at 10:00 am yesterday.  This morningI was able to do a load of washing and hang it out. It should be dry by lunchtime.

Happy days!

[facthunter]

Take a holiday in North  Queensland. It will blow you away.  Nev

[old man emu]

I told you it was dry! I copped a dust storm today.

 

This afternoon a fast moving front passed over. The winds were very strong and had picked up dust from far away. I went outside and could feel the grit in the air. The sky was darkened, as if a thunderstorm as about to hit. I looked up into the dust cloud and was sure that I saw a bolt of lightning. I felt sorry for the horses in the paddock next door as they stood with their rumps to the wind and their tails blowing about.

 

As relief, after the dust cloud had passed it began to rain. Not torrentially, but enough to wet the top of the soil. That little bit will further help the feed in the paddock grow a bit more. At least there is some green where there has been brown for so long.

[onetrack]

We have been blown inside out here on the left coast for the last 4 days. It seems a very large and very intense high pressure system in the Bight is responsible for it. 

I can't recall such vicious and constant SE/E winds for so many days, in a long time. But this afternoon, the wind died away to virtually nothing, and it is a total relief to be able to do something outside without getting turned inside out. 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by onetrack