Qld Water Wallies - moderated

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

Local Dam is 100% +
(Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?

As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water, pouring
over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news.
What a miserable joke on all of us. Save every drop?!?!

Our GCCC Mayor has feebly proposed to the evil water overlords (Qld Water
Commission) we be exempt from restrictions, well no, apparently just
lowered to level 2 or 3. Considering that the dam went from 58% to 100% +
in a of couple of weeks, what if another period of heavy rain, major
flooding next?
IIRC The acting premier words were to the effect that the level 6
restrictions wouldn't be lifted unless dam overflow posed a safety issue.

Can we now wash our cars and bikes with town water and a hose?
(A) Probably not, in fact I wouldn't be surprised even now that if you
used a hose (or buckets) to wash your car, you would get a hefty $$ fine,
even though you are using water that would presently be wasted.
Is this the ultimate in intergovernmental bureaucratic bullshit????
Sorry about the *BIG words. Stay tuned!

Looking out, it's occasional light rain today. Yesterday was mostly fine.

Al
--
When schools of fish were studied, it was found that the leaders had
brain damage.
We, the public should therefore demand a similar study be carried out on
our leaders.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Ext User(OzOne)]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:18:58 +1000, Albm&ctd
<alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:

>Local Dam is 100% +
>(Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?
>
>As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water, pouring
>over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news.
>What a miserable joke on all of us. Save every drop?!?!
>
>Our GCCC Mayor has feebly proposed to the evil water overlords (Qld Water
>Commission) we be exempt from restrictions, well no, apparently just
>lowered to level 2 or 3. Considering that the dam went from 58% to 100% +
>in a of couple of weeks, what if another period of heavy rain, major
>flooding next?
>IIRC The acting premier words were to the effect that the level 6
>restrictions wouldn't be lifted unless dam overflow posed a safety issue.
>
>Can we now wash our cars and bikes with town water and a hose?
>(A) Probably not, in fact I wouldn't be surprised even now that if you
>used a hose (or buckets) to wash your car, you would get a hefty $$ fine,
>even though you are using water that would presently be wasted.
>Is this the ultimate in intergovernmental bureaucratic bullshit????
>Sorry about the *BIG words. Stay tuned!
>
>Looking out, it's occasional light rain today. Yesterday was mostly fine.
>
>Al

How much water was in the dam before the 1 in 50 year storms?




OzOne of the three twins

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[Ext User(Daryl Walford)]

Albm&ctd wrote:
> Local Dam is 100% +
> (Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?
>
> As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water, pouring
> over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news.
> What a miserable joke on all of us. Save every drop?!?!
>
> Our GCCC Mayor has feebly proposed to the evil water overlords (Qld Water
> Commission) we be exempt from restrictions, well no, apparently just
> lowered to level 2 or 3. Considering that the dam went from 58% to 100% +
> in a of couple of weeks, what if another period of heavy rain, major
> flooding next?
> IIRC The acting premier words were to the effect that the level 6
> restrictions wouldn't be lifted unless dam overflow posed a safety issue.
>
> Can we now wash our cars and bikes with town water and a hose?
> (A) Probably not, in fact I wouldn't be surprised even now that if you
> used a hose (or buckets) to wash your car, you would get a hefty $$ fine,
> even though you are using water that would presently be wasted.
> Is this the ultimate in intergovernmental bureaucratic bullshit????
> Sorry about the *BIG words. Stay tuned!
>
> Looking out, it's occasional light rain today. Yesterday was mostly fine.

Seems like anyone with common sense would relax water restrictions but
then its controlled by a politician so there goes that argument:-)
I have 3 240lt wheelie bins full of rainwater that I use for car
washing, I bought some plastic "tank fitting" from Bunnings that allow
me to connect a high pressure cleaner to them, washing the car usually
uses about 60lts.



Daryl

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <1uo5o3930af119tmm344al7mq1ardv01tu@4ax.com>, OzOne says...
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:18:58 +1000, Albm&ctd
> <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>
> >Local Dam is 100% +
> >(Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?
> >
> >As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water, pouring
> >over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news.
> >What a miserable joke on all of us. Save every drop?!?!
> >
> >Our GCCC Mayor has feebly proposed to the evil water overlords (Qld Water
> >Commission) we be exempt from restrictions, well no, apparently just
> >lowered to level 2 or 3. Considering that the dam went from 58% to 100% +
> >in a of couple of weeks, what if another period of heavy rain, major
> >flooding next?
> >IIRC The acting premier words were to the effect that the level 6
> >restrictions wouldn't be lifted unless dam overflow posed a safety issue.
> >
> >Can we now wash our cars and bikes with town water and a hose?
> >(A) Probably not, in fact I wouldn't be surprised even now that if you
> >used a hose (or buckets) to wash your car, you would get a hefty $$ fine,
> >even though you are using water that would presently be wasted.
> >Is this the ultimate in intergovernmental bureaucratic bullshit????
> >Sorry about the *BIG words. Stay tuned!
> >
> >Looking out, it's occasional light rain today. Yesterday was mostly fine.
> >
> >Al
>
> How much water was in the dam before the 1 in 50 year storms?
>
Lots more than we had in the dam before the 1 in 1000 year storms a
couple of years back. It went from 28% to over 80% that time.. and
strangely before event that you could wash your car.
gotta go, back tonight.

Al
--
When schools of fish were studied, it was found that the leaders had
brain damage.
We, the public should therefore demand a similar study be carried out on
our leaders.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:22:59 +1000, Albm&ctd blathered on in :

> In article <47832db6$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, topcat@analley.com says...
>>
>>
>> OzOne wrote:
>> > On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:18:58 +1000, Albm&ctd
>> > <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Local Dam is 100% +
>> >> (Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?
>> >>
>> >> As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water,
>> >> pouring over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news. What a
>> >> miserable joke on all of us. Save every drop?!?!
>>
>>
>> if the dam is spilling...it`s (gasp) FULL, chockers,replete, wtf???
>>
> It's fukken true, I tell you :-)
> We entered some stupid agreement where our dam level is somehow linked
> to all dams levels producing an average whereby we don't really have an
> overflowing dam, it's just ... well not water but probably feldspar.
>
> Al

Scammed again.
I probably shouldn't mention it - BUT - water restrictions are close as
dammit to a Tax.
And they Will Not Be Removed by advantage taking GovCo - there's just too
much money to be made by the advantage taking GovCo Toadies.
Their Mad Turd Regenerating scheme is already Late and Over-Budget and
it's early days yet.



--
Toby

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:35:20 +0000, RainbowWarrior blathered on in :

> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote in message
> news:MPG.21ed5c15c5004a6798a0ba@news.readfreenews. net...
>> Local Dam is 100% +
>> (Q) Can we wash our vehicles with town water?
>>
>> As predicted Hinze dam (our local supply) is now wasting water, pouring
>> over the spillway, shown on last nights TV news. What a miserable joke
>> on all of us. Save every drop?!?!
>>
>> Our GCCC Mayor has feebly proposed to the evil water overlords (Qld
>> Water Commission) we be exempt from restrictions, well no, apparently
>> just lowered to level 2 or 3. Considering that the dam went from 58% to
>> 100% + in a of couple of weeks, what if another period of heavy rain,
>> major flooding next?
>> IIRC The acting premier words were to the effect that the level 6
>> restrictions wouldn't be lifted unless dam overflow posed a safety
>> issue.
>>
>> Can we now wash our cars and bikes with town water and a hose? (A)
>> Probably not, in fact I wouldn't be surprised even now that if you used
>> a hose (or buckets) to wash your car, you would get a hefty $$ fine,
>> even though you are using water that would presently be wasted. Is this
>> the ultimate in intergovernmental bureaucratic bullshit???? Sorry about
>> the *BIG words. Stay tuned!
>>
>> Looking out, it's occasional light rain today. Yesterday was mostly
>> fine.
>>
>> Al
>
> Perhaps they are planning to pump half the water to another less full
> dam or increase the load on that dam.. Not sure if they have the
> infrastructure to do it.

They don't - the fabled 'Grid' ain't there yet.




--
Toby

[Ext User(OzOne)]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:08:03 +1000, Albm&ctd
<alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:

>In article <o3h6o31p15mfa1t7ej9njg51uupolo6gml@4ax.com>, OzOne says...
>> On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:26:48 +0000 (UTC), Toby Ponsenby
>> <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >As for Ozone in a later post replying to thise one as well, the rain
>> >'events' of the moment are 1 in 25 year shots, not one in 50.
>>
>> OK, that's good...Global warming mapping has shown less rain in the
>> south and more north so you may be lucky.
>>
>Isn't it all El Nino and La Nina
>Did so called 'global warming' cause the federation drought?
>
>Al

No....




OzOne of the three twins

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[Ext User(Patrick)]

Bernd Felsche wrote:
> Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>> OzOne says...
>>> On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:26:48 +0000 (UTC), Toby Ponsenby
>>> <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>>> As for Ozone in a later post replying to thise one as well, the rain
>>>> 'events' of the moment are 1 in 25 year shots, not one in 50.
>
>>> OK, that's good...Global warming mapping has shown less rain in the
>>> south and more north so you may be lucky.
>
> Global warming via greenhouse gases theoretically has the mid/upper
> troposphere warming more rapidly than the surface. i.e. the "warm
> blanket". Measurements seem to show that the surface temperatures
> are rising. That proves the AGW hypothesis false.
>
>> Isn't it all El Nino and La Nina
>> Did so called 'global warming' cause the federation drought?
>
> Absolutely.
>
> Give the popular baseline for what's normal, anything more tepid
> than a little ice age is global warming.

A study done on silt levels in old coral reefs (more silt in the old
coral, the more rain that year) showed that the last 200 years have been
about the BEST in the last couple of thousand weather wise.

NORMAL for northern Australia is 30 to 50 year droughts followed by 10
straight years of floods.

[Ext User(E. Newnes)]

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:38:20 +1100, Patrick
<doctorpat@spiced-luncheon-meat-bigfoot.com> wrote:


>A study done on silt levels in old coral reefs (more silt in the old
>coral, the more rain that year) showed that the last 200 years have been
>about the BEST in the last couple of thousand weather wise.

I hope that they programmed their model to take into account the
changed silt loads that resulted from the ripping out of millions of
trees to make way for sugar cane and dairy farms over the last 200
years.

>NORMAL for northern Australia is 30 to 50 year droughts followed by 10
>straight years of floods.

Which part of Northern Australia exactly?

[Ext User(Bernd Felsche)]

Patrick <doctorpat@spiced-luncheon-meat-bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Bernd Felsche wrote:
>> Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>>> OzOne says...

>>>> OK, that's good...Global warming mapping has shown less rain in the
>>>> south and more north so you may be lucky.

>> Global warming via greenhouse gases theoretically has the mid/upper
>> troposphere warming more rapidly than the surface. i.e. the "warm
>> blanket". Measurements seem to show that the surface temperatures
>> are rising. That proves the AGW hypothesis false.

>>> Isn't it all El Nino and La Nina
>>> Did so called 'global warming' cause the federation drought?

>> Absolutely.

>> Give the popular baseline for what's normal, anything more tepid
>> than a little ice age is global warming.

>A study done on silt levels in old coral reefs (more silt in the old
>coral, the more rain that year) showed that the last 200 years have been
>about the BEST in the last couple of thousand weather wise.

Warming up quite nicely.

>NORMAL for northern Australia is 30 to 50 year droughts followed by 10
>straight years of floods.

That correlates fairly well with my personal recollection.
I've been here since 1968.

btw: Next solar cycle appears to have started. Should have an
indication of the cycle's maximum intensity by May.
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[Ext User(atec77)]

Bernd Felsche wrote:
> Patrick <doctorpat@spiced-luncheon-meat-bigfoot.com> wrote:

>
>> NORMAL for northern Australia is 30 to 50 year droughts followed by 10
>> straight years of floods.
>
> That correlates fairly well with my personal recollection.
> I've been here since 1968.
>
> btw: Next solar cycle appears to have started. Should have an
> indication of the cycle's maximum intensity by May.
Well 10 and 6 metres is working quite well these days so the falres
must be quite solid .