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Holey Toledo is right [USER=48903]@Loja man[/USER] . Nope not missing anything in the conversion. And - the rain gauge does have to be tipped out, recorded, then replaced each time for the next deluge .

If you 'google' flood event North Queensland and have a bit of a read, you'll get a good picture of the calamity. And there's more to come, we hear this morning. Thank goodness for the break in the weather over the last day though; it's given a chance for the waters to drain away for the next lot.

As I said, we consider ourselves fortunate; a lot of folks have lost everything. My total of 1100mm (43 inches) pales next to the region just to the north - they received 1700mm - that's 66.9 inches! It's been an absolute rain bomb - neighbours recorded 456mm (17.9 inches) in a single downpour lasting just short of a day. That town's devastated, loss of life, property, inundated and cut off from all access.

We'll do a bit more cleaning up today during the breaks.

Cheers, Pete

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<blockquote data-quote="aussie pete" data-source="post: 2800868" data-attributes="member: 55987">Holey Toledo is right [USER=48903]@Loja man[/USER] <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Nope not missing anything in the conversion. And - the rain gauge does have to be tipped out, recorded, then replaced each time for the next deluge <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="👍" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" />.If you &#039;google&#039; flood event North Queensland and have a bit of a read, you&#039;ll get a good picture of the calamity. And there&#039;s more to come, we hear this morning. Thank goodness for the break in the weather over the last day though; it&#039;s given a chance for the waters to drain away for the next lot.As I said, we consider ourselves fortunate; a lot of folks have lost everything. My total of 1100mm (43 inches) pales next to the region just to the north - they received 1700mm - that&#039;s 66.9 inches! It&#039;s been an absolute rain bomb - neighbours recorded 456mm (17.9 inches) in a single downpour lasting just short of a day. That town&#039;s devastated, loss of life, property, inundated and cut off from all access. We&#039;ll do a bit more cleaning up today during the breaks.Cheers, Pete&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]381386[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]381387[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aussie pete, post: 2800868, member: 55987"] Holey Toledo is right [USER=48903]@Loja man[/USER] :). Nope not missing anything in the conversion. And - the rain gauge does have to be tipped out, recorded, then replaced each time for the next deluge 👍. If you 'google' [I]flood event North Queensland[/I] and have a bit of a read, you'll get a good picture of the calamity. And there's more to come, we hear this morning. Thank goodness for the break in the weather over the last day though; it's given a chance for the waters to drain away for the next lot. As I said, we consider ourselves fortunate; a lot of folks have lost everything. My total of 1100mm (43 inches) pales next to the region just to the north - they received 1700mm - that's 66.9 inches! It's been an absolute rain bomb - neighbours recorded 456mm (17.9 inches) in a single downpour lasting just short of a day. That town's devastated, loss of life, property, inundated and cut off from all access. We'll do a bit more cleaning up today during the breaks. Cheers, Pete [ATTACH type="full"]381386[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]381387[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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