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Gridlocked posted:Hey goons, thank you for keeping the thread alive. I obviously haven't been around providing updates this last week. This is mostly because I've been out of it with other stuff, was hoping to return to it this week but Stay safe, bro. You know we've got your back. McSpanky posted:You folks have interesting problems TinderAus had to include a "I have a pouch yes/no" button after all the complaints Edit: as I was hitting the 'post' button I was chanting "Don't be a snype, don't be a snype" and welp, here we are
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Oh great, first it was alligators running loose and now we've got a flood of pissed-off funnelwebs it'll be a great season for redbacks too, all their predators are dead or fled
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I’ve picked up some mozzie bites already the past couple days in north shore Sydney in the rain. Mozzies love me unfortunately.
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RandomPauI posted:If the koalas didn't want chlamydia they shouldn't have had sex out of wedlock. It’s illegal to marry a koala you sick gently caress
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french island burning is a tragedy, they just released a bunch of captive-bred eastern barred bandicoots there 
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the gold coast has always been a rainy place, and within our lifetimes they would have had as much rain as they've had now, every day, over the course of several weeks, without flooding. this is the effect of clearing right before our eyes. the soil can no longer absorb the water quickly enough because all the trees that used to suck it up are gone, it gets waterlogged, and so it overflows this is where the new normal effect comes into play. it almost feels normal for the gold coast to flood. it's not normal. the gold coast used to be much wetter and still never flooded - remind all the boomers you know of that, most of them probably have childhood road trip memories
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the environmental situation in that part of the world is about to go insane, i hope you all understand that. this is a disaster beyond anything we've ever seen in this country, and we're only just getting the first aftershocks like the fish kills and the floods. if you live in the north nsw-south queensland, or have loved ones there, you need to start thinking seriously about your emergency plans
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Jan 18, 2020 12:37
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Aren't we only half-way through fire season, anyway?
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nankeen posted:the gold coast has always been a rainy place, and within our lifetimes they would have had as much rain as they've had now, every day, over the course of several weeks, without flooding. this is the effect of clearing right before our eyes. the soil can no longer absorb the water quickly enough because all the trees that used to suck it up are gone, it gets waterlogged, and so it overflows The level of cretinous development deals directly responsible for human deaths and unquantifiable ecological devastation on the Gold Coast specifically that will probably never come to light is daunting to think about. In the context of this specific post the flood plains that have all served as a natural overflow have been built up on and the shittiest suburbs of the gold coast are built over them. The canal system theoretically should work to replace them but in heavy rain systems like the one we just got you see the man made pipes to carry it to the ocean that run through a bunch of public parks get overloaded and suddenly every park that isn’t directly on the beach floods. It’s unreal.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294 Only known habitat of a small spider species is devastated and scientists are worried that it's extinct now.
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I truely believe if you could quantifiably measure the corruption of a local council in a satisfactory way the GCCC would clearly top the list. They don’t even get on the radar in SEQ for scandals that actually break the courier mail but I’m convinced this is only more evidence of their deep seated poisonous enmity to their residents bc only the most evil assholes could truely succeed at corruption on the level and scale they clearly have with the resources they have available to them and not be detected by news Corp
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I truely believe if you could quantifiably measure the corruption of a local council in a satisfactory way the GCCC would clearly top the list. They don’t even get on the radar in SEQ for scandals that actually break the courier mail but I’m convinced this is only more evidence of their deep seated poisonous enmity to their residents bc only the most evil assholes could truely succeed at corruption on the level and scale they clearly have with the resources they have available to them and not be detected by news Corp
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whatever happens over the next few years, whatever tragedies befall us, one thing you can always remember: a whole lot of very evil people are losing a shitload of money
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Hyperlynx posted:Aren't we only half-way through fire season, anyway? In Victoria Feb and March are usually the worst months, so sadly still got plenty of time left
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:That’s always been the case. But.... kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
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You Am I posted:In Victoria Feb and March are usually the worst months, so sadly still got plenty of time left do any rfs or sciencey goons have a good write-up or explanation for why different states typically have different fire seasons? I've lived in the subtropics all my life so I'm very used to november/december being the worst and then the rain hits and its usually fine after that but SA and VIC weather is so loving weird and such a different climate.
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Took a photo of Melbourne a week or so back to show a friend online how things were, and figured I'd share it here too. This is from around 8pm, when it got pretty loving bad (and yes I was wearing a mask at the time). You can juuuust make out the Moon over one of the buildings in the distance.
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RandomPauI posted:If the koalas didn't want chlamydia they shouldn't have had sex out of wedlock. Armadillos in the US carry leprosy. Peaceful fuzzy critters just can't win. My rain wish is used up. Now I'm hoping you guys get some new vaccines and improved infrastructure.
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$50 more American for your safety on behalf of my partner. Good luck to all.
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Scomo and shillsong can't take credit for the rain in nsw because I washed my car the day before the storm hit so I'm taking credit. My building uses a recycled water system
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https://ab.co/2TBZhbD Aerial photos showing the damage to our wonderful landscape
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The legend of Nelligen has spoken https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/the-firefighter-whose-denunciation-of-australias-prime-minister-made-him-a-folk-hero
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quote:A couple of weeks earlier, the Prime Minister commented that Rural Fire Service members enjoy going out and fighting fires. He’s just got no understanding of what it’s all about. We don’t enjoy fighting bushfires and saving people’s homes. We do it because we have to. He’s got no understanding of what real people in Australia go through. And he doesn’t care anyway. Any real man would never have left the country while his country was in turmoil king of Australians
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You Am I posted:In Victoria Feb and March are usually the worst months, so sadly still got plenty of time left And we got storm rain at least a month early compared to the last couple of years (I know because get reminded when clearing a storm drain of leaves and other detrius washed down the hill from my neighbours).
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some pretty wild weather in Melbourne currently. We've had a thunderstom, complete with hail & big winds. Just hope the lightning doesn't cause any issues and the water gets where it needs to be.
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slothrop posted:some pretty wild weather in Melbourne currently. We've had a thunderstom, complete with hail & big winds. Just hope the lightning doesn't cause any issues and the water gets where it needs to be. We just got a bit of hail as the rain started to come in. They were big little fuckers too. edit: Oh wait, here comes more  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:We just got a bit of hail as the rain started to come in. They were big little fuckers too. Here's a photo I snagged off FB:  The thunderstorms are going to be even worse tomorrow and the BOM has released a flood warning for areas which were affected by bushfires quote:Significant portions of the catchments in the flood watch area have been affected by bushfires which will result in faster and stronger river responses to rainfall. Areas not affected by fires are generally dry and little runoff is expected with forecast rainfall. Edit:  http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV21035.shtml The CBD, Caulfield, Glen Waverley, Frankston and Seaford will be getting smashed by more giant hailstones right about now, Altona, Williamstown and Tyabb are gonna cop it in about 20 to 30 minutes. Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Jan 19, 2020 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Here's a photo I snagged off FB: I can personally confirm that there were hailstones that size. A fair number of them too, stay safe if you're in the path either storm, it's a real wet one.
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very weird. I didnt even realize there was a thunderstorm and I was on the north side of the cbd.
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Synthbuttrange posted:very weird. I didnt even realize there was a thunderstorm and I was on the north side of the cbd. If you draw a line directly north from the CBD the storms have pretty much stayed on the right hand side of that and not touched the left hand side. I'm on the north side of the CBD as well and we've been hearing a lot of thunder but have hardly seen any rain at all. http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml#skip Edit: over 700 incidents listed at http://emergency.vic.gov.au that's a lot of poo poo hitting a lot of fans  
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Here's a photo I snagged off FB:
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:If you draw a line directly north from the CBD the storms have pretty much stayed on the right hand side of that and not touched the left hand side. I'm on the north side of the CBD as well and we've been hearing a lot of thunder but have hardly seen any rain at all. Most of them are "other", so probably power out or minor things. I'm not at all surprised at all the house flooding calls though, a shitload of rain rolled right on through. Kew and Glen Iris seem to have copped the worst of it by the looks of things, and judging by the patterning I'd wager there's a street or two fairly submerged right now in those suburbs.
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Yeah, I'm in Kew and power's been out since I last posted - so about 3pm. Makes you realise how much you rely on it and how annoying it would be if it was out for a few days. Going to take the dog out for a walk and hope it's on when we get back, otherwise it's ubereats for dinner
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Snagged from FB again: Holy poo poo. I keep waiting for the news footage of Max Von Sydow's fu-manchu-moustachioed face appearing in your skies. " ...and now I gotta mash up some Paul Parker footage with "juuuust a maaan/with a man's courage" from that theme song
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Over 1000 incidents reported for Vic now If you zoom in on the map you can see the path the heaviest part the hailstorm followed, coming in at Warrandyte, moving west into Heidelberg and Doncaster, turning south at Kew along through Camberwell and Malvern into Caulfield.  If you zoom in even further in any of those spots the incident map looks like this:  That's not even all of them, the incidents with blue + check marks have several reported incidents if you zoom in closer
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My parents shed got hosed up by the hail, and I heard a window break at my place but wasn't my car at least. A friend's got no power still At least the smoke's gone?
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I just read the article about Paul from Nelligen, it reminds me of WW1 to be honest. You have people on the ground doing their utmost while the people in charge just don't give a gently caress it seems. I hope you guys stay angry and get some real changes done.
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