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jdk1
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Re: Busy day tomorrow

Post by jdk1 » 24 Dec 2013, 19:04

22-250jock wrote:glad to hear you're ok mate

got to work this morning to find eight trees down in the garden(one of which is a 60ft eucalyptus), no electric, panes of glass missing from the greenhouses, poly tunnel nearly gone, and the two lakes close to going over the dams :wtf:
don't remember it being that bad since 87

plenty of work to do, clearing up when we get back in the new year :think:

cheers john
And i thought we got it bad :shock: , thats going to keep you and gary busy for a while mate , was there any damage to the house itself ?

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22-250jock
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Re: Busy day tomorrow

Post by 22-250jock » 24 Dec 2013, 19:39

had a leak in the kitchen, but nothing too serious............recon the wind was just blowing the rain back under the tiles,
56mm in the rain gauge this morning (in 24hrs) on top of what we've already had in the last week (138mm in 7 days)

the electric was still off when I left at 4.30
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― Edward Abbey,

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jdk1
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Re: Busy day tomorrow

Post by jdk1 » 24 Dec 2013, 20:25

22-250jock wrote:had a leak in the kitchen, but nothing too serious............recon the wind was just blowing the rain back under the tiles,
56mm in the rain gauge this morning (in 24hrs) on top of what we've already had in the last week (138mm in 7 days)

the electric was still off when I left at 4.30
Thats good news then no damage to the house , so december is now monsoon season then :crazy:

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Re: Busy day tomorrow

Post by 22-250jock » 24 Dec 2013, 20:31

yep :(

its a bugger!, cant see us getting any lamping in for the next week, grounds just sodden now............and more to come thurs night/friday :wtf:

going to have webbed feet at this rate :crazy:
“When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.”
― Edward Abbey,

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Re: Busy day tomorrow

Post by jdk1 » 24 Dec 2013, 20:42

We were out on sunday evening and couldnt believe how wet the ground was so i dread to think what its like now :thumbdown:

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