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Old 10-02-2012, 08:01 AM   #1
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Default Penrith Floods

I know we're getting a bit of it everywhere at the moment.
Here's Penriths effort.

First few are Sinclair Fords new dealership apparently















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Old 10-02-2012, 10:35 AM   #2
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Far out mate.
That movie Day After Tomorrow is looking more like a documentry than a movie each day, the worlds weather has lost the plot.
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:49 AM   #3
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Some sparkies need a pat on the back there. How often does Penrith flood? I can't recall seeing it on the news before?
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Old 10-02-2012, 11:51 AM   #4
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Last flooding episode was around 2006/7.
South creek burst it's banks and water was over the bridge on Dunheved road and the Colonial golf course was under about 3 ft of water. FYI the creek runs about 5 metres below the bridge normally. Didn't effect the Penrith CBD as much as this episode.

My street was totally under water (only a few inches above gutter level) but most houses around my area (Werrington Downs) are typical 70's construction where floor level is 3-4 foot above the ground.

But this was prolonged heavy rain over a few days and it's subsided quickly.

Latest episode dumped 90mm in 2 hours last night. Was again dumping down this morning at 3am.
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Old 10-02-2012, 12:03 PM   #5
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fricken insane!
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Old 10-02-2012, 12:38 PM   #6
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I live in "the Derry" and I went down the back last night to watch the water from the dam over the back overflow like it always does, we did a AFA on the BRT at arround 9 and I never gave the rain another thought and went to bed, woke up thismorning to hear Kochie call Penrith "the Riff" (god hes a tossa) and then saw all the flooding on the news, I drove through the village thismorning and didnt see a lot Torkington & Nutt Rds copped it pretty bad and Carrington Rd was closed at the creek other than that it wasnt much to write home about
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Old 10-02-2012, 01:40 PM   #7
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It is the bad karma from the crewman being in a Ford ealership.
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It is the bad karma from the crewman being in a Ford ealership.
Looks like a VR/VS or have I missed something? - Could imagine someone shouting put the Fords on a hoist and drown the Commodore
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:01 PM   #9
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Londonderry copped the worst with 12 houses a total loss..........
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must have been in the kiweena crt (SP) torkington and Nutt Rds that little area
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Old 11-02-2012, 01:23 AM   #11
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I can believe I slept through all of this....
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Old 11-02-2012, 04:16 AM   #12
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Family friend's house got flooded out ... and lost his car as well in Londonderry.

I heard on the radio this morning (Triple M) about Sinclair ... as one of the guys there called in reporting the damage there. I haven't seen anything like that in the area since I have been up here ... it's pretty full-on.

In the Eastern Side of St Mary's ... and my wife said the rain was pretty hard most of the night ... kept waking her up. (I am on nightshift in Nth Ryde).

There was a youtube clip of someone driving home from Penrith the other afternoon back to North Richmond ... and the conditions even then was bad.

Picton copped it yesterday afternoon ... truck crash ... and main street/bridge flooded ... shops damaged. They haven't seen anything like it.
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Old 12-02-2012, 08:28 PM   #14
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Dam got big there, got quite big in Douglas park aswell, what happens when you live in a gully though.
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Old 11-02-2012, 10:10 AM   #15
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we lost almost every used car...bunch of new cars, stacks of spare parts, computers, personal belongings, all sorts of things... Pickles and Alliance out this morning taking all the cars which are unable to be sold again... Sad times.
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Old 11-02-2012, 02:02 PM   #16
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Hold on to your butts people... Storm is coming again.
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Old 12-02-2012, 12:03 PM   #17
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does anyone know if it affected northern penrith got family there.
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Old 12-02-2012, 12:16 PM   #18
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does anyone know if it affected northern penrith got family there.
Your probably best to call them.

Penrith area in general was hit pretty hard, cars floating down streets in some places.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBu33xlwfvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJ2pVwiEhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkUCTQooXoU <--- good vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzjlu5-qUmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjbWVVKzPfs

These video's should give you some idea if you haven't seen anything but photo's
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Old 12-02-2012, 02:27 PM   #19
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The world's weather is whack lately. Stay safe all.

*wish I could send some warm & sunny weather over to you all*
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Old 12-02-2012, 02:35 PM   #20
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Hmm...lesson to be learned here.

Better get me a hoist, keeps the car nice and dry according to them photos.
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Old 12-02-2012, 08:20 PM   #21
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mmmm it doesn't look like they were hit too badly thank goodness a natural disaster is something i wouldn't wish on anyone.
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Old 13-02-2012, 07:59 PM   #22
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If you live in a gully ... buy a boat.

I was in Eastern Creek this arvo ... and it came down solid for a good hour ... at least my in-law's paddock aren't dead flat ... but the place had rivers of water through it ... only last an hour though ... but 55mm in one hour (measured on their property) is a decent effort.

I live about 10 minutes away ... and my place was pretty dry.

M7 was a carpark at one point this afternoon.
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