| Author | Message | ||
     Wolfridgerider |
Hey Chili and Vamp... you guys dry? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_as/as _australia_flooding | ||
| Daves |
Was wondering the same thing. I talked to a customer of mine from Aus yesterday and he was high and dry. Hope for the same for Chili and Vamp. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I've sent them email... hope everything is OK | ||
| Buellkowski |
Watered-down Chili and a Damp Vamp. Let's hope it's not so... | ||
| No_rice |
i was just getting on here to start a post asking how all our upside down friends are. i know vamp was saying they were still dry and had awhile before they would get wet if they did. and i chatted with jodie(joesbuell) for awhile this weekend and he said he was dry but basically surrounded by water shutting down most of the roads. said the woman was having a heck of a time getting home. something along the lines of 8 hours... | ||
| Jaimec |
Based on Vamp's postings on Facebook, it SOUNDS like they are stocking up for floods, so I'm guessing they hadn't been hit YET, but... | ||
| Babired |
yeah I thought of them when I saw it on CNN. I hope you two and your little ones are okay | ||
| Doerman |
I talked with Chili on Skype yesterday. All's well with them. However, their riding territory and conditions have been curtailed a bit. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Morning folks! We're safe and dry, thanks for asking. Where we are I don't think it's possible for it to flood, but keeping an eye on the stormwater drain in the next street over just in case. Maybe we might end up with a very soggy backyard. Very eery morning here. The rain has stopped for the moment and the sun is actually out, and I can't hear a lot of traffic considering it's a wednesday morning. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Yesterday they officially announced that they expect the peaks in Brisbane and Ipswich to be worse than the 1974 floods, and the number of homes expected to be effected keeps rising. Yesterday they were saying about 9000 homes. I've just seen news on the TV showing the main street of Ipswich CBD and it's well and truly underwater and slowly rising. They are shutting down power to high rises in the CBD this morning as they expect the first peak at high tide around 2pm this afternoon. The peak at tomorrow's high tide is expected to be worse though. Wivenhoe Dam was constructed after the '74 floods to help prevent some of this, and it probably would be a lot worse without it. It's currently at somewhere around 190% capacity. By comparison it was at around 60% 12 months ago and we were under water restrictions! | ||
| Court |
Yikes . . stay dry and we're all thinking of you guys. Remember . . put the amp up before you plug it in . . .  | ||
| Vampress |
Hehehe... As Chili says, we are looking all good, but unfortunately not so for a great deal of the rest of the country. It could be a lot worse than flood where waters subside and stuff dries, but some people have lost the lot. Houses and cars washed away, family missing or dead. Some very scary images on the news yesterday, with full sized metal shipping containers just picked up and swept away by the waters. The full effect didn't start to sink in for me until the waters rose in Brisbane itself, but parts of the country have been under water for days leaving people stranded, evacuated, homeless and looking at a massive clean-up at the other end. People go into stupid panic mode and empty the shelves at the supermarkets of all the staples. In this case-matches, batteries, eggs, bread and chickens? But today is the first sunny day we have had in a while, so hopefully it sticks around and dries things out a little.  Thanks everyone for the concern. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Hehehe, will do Court!  Some footage from a guy called newspete from this morning: River is starting to rise quickly in the CBD as high tide approaches, but it's good to the Australian sense of humour still in force:  Flooding is still effecting many towns across the state, with a few expected to see major flooding for the second time in 10 days. The flooding has also spread across the state border into northern NSW with the Clarence River expected to peak around 9pm tonight. There is some good news though - Ipswich forecast peak has been revised to 1m less at 20.5m. While the death toll from the horrific flash floods in Toowoomba, Gantham and Lockyer Valley now stands at 10, the missing persons number has been reduced to 58. 7 more Army helicopters have been made available today. With the good weather this is a big help to search and rescue efforts in the Lockyer Valley for those missing. The chopper pilots have been amazing - on monday night two EMQ helicopters plucked 40 people off houses in the storm during the flash flooding. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Flash flood car wash..........the hard way. http://www.wimp.com/flashflood/ | ||
| Glitch |
Glad to hear y'all are the for the most part dry. We're just down here dealing with this awful global warming. You must remember, we don't really get snow here, so we have NO equipment for snow removal. It's a real mess. | ||
| Zac4mac |
I didn't think of the Quick Board. D'Oh! Glad to hear all is good with the Mansills. I just saw what was going on yesterday and got concerned. Tim(No_rice) put up a link to this thread, Thanks Tim. Our weather here is seasonably cold, well a little colder than normal, with snow-packed secondary roads. If I could get out of my neighborhood, it'd just be a cold ride, not slippery/scary. Hope the heat's not too bad with all the water, now come the mosquitos... Miss y'all, be well Zack | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Hang in there guys, it'll melt eventually! What is going on in the world!?  I just read a little about the floods and landslides in Brazil, horrific stuff. | ||
| Oldog |
chilli just caught this today at 5:00 am just getting in. I see that you and V are OK, (delighted! ) hang in, still in arkansas, snow in lawrenceville, ga just a dusting stops every thing just like leland nc, no way to remove it. we had about 6" sunday / monday currently working 7/14 work the good 4 letter word..... | ||
| Cataract2 |
Here in Germany it's all melted. It was going real cold and snowing like mad back in Dec. This month is just turned to rain and warmed up to the 30/40F range. Now all the snow has melted and some parts of Germany are getting flooding. Oh well, least it's not snowing. Wishing my bikes were registered now and insured for the road. I'd ride on the nice days. Ah well, got my new Tecmate Optimate 6 maintainers for my bikes to keep the batteries charged after the | ||
| Etennuly |
I too was thinking about you'all "upsidedowners" when I saw the news the other day. Glad to hear you are OK. Wow! Wishing the best of recoveries to those affected. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Hope you guys are thawing out now The worst of the flooding here is over and the clean up has begun. I'm heading into the city tomorrow to check on some clients buildings and see how much our gear is effected, and see for myself how much damage there is. It's interesting the things you don't expect - A building I'm working on had it's basement carpark (garage) flooded, lots of cars wrecked etc. What I didn't expect was the diesel tank for the generators ruptured. Fire Dept still won't allow the building to be re-opened yet 'til they've finished cleaning up. There's a residential building across the street and they have the hide to complain about the diesel smell. They should count themselves lucky! The floods have now headed south and Victoria is copping it at the moment  Here's a link to some amazing aerial shots showing how much water there was in Brisbane/Ipswich: http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods /beforeafter.htm | ||
| Glitch |
Damn, I'm no longer bitching about our weather. They should count themselves lucky! They may be, it's just that raw diesel is a sickening smell. Look in your e-mail tonight Chili, there may just be something you'll be interested in | ||
| Andymnelson |
lol @ "should we...move our cars?" | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
"Look in your e-mail tonight Chili, there may just be something you'll be interested in " Excellent! Looking forward to it  |
