It is really hard to believe the amount of water we had this last weekend. Records show we had over 625mm in as little as 6 hours, which not only breaks all Mackay historical records, but Australian records as well. For those who understand some civil engineering geek speak, it equates to almost a Q500 event (1 in 500 year occurance interval). This can't be proved though, because of a lack of historical data.
The damage to parts of Mackay was substantial. A couple we know had the flood waters rise through their house, up to the light switches. The flood itself happened so fast that from the time it overtopped the kerb & channel, to the time it hit the light switches was a little under 20 minutes. Given the short amount of time, there was little most could do, but watch.
Our house, and subdivision in general, went unscathed. These photos were taken from the garage, and show the water up to our front boundary.
These photos are of our back yard (apologies for the poor photography, but the light was poor, and I was having to take it through glass to protect the camera from spray).
Poor Sam couldn't get out to go to the toilet (luckily the little trooper just held on until the waters receded). He kept stepping down into the water and jumping back up on to the deck.
Fortunately the sun is now shining.
The damage to parts of Mackay was substantial. A couple we know had the flood waters rise through their house, up to the light switches. The flood itself happened so fast that from the time it overtopped the kerb & channel, to the time it hit the light switches was a little under 20 minutes. Given the short amount of time, there was little most could do, but watch.
Our house, and subdivision in general, went unscathed. These photos were taken from the garage, and show the water up to our front boundary.
These photos are of our back yard (apologies for the poor photography, but the light was poor, and I was having to take it through glass to protect the camera from spray).
Poor Sam couldn't get out to go to the toilet (luckily the little trooper just held on until the waters receded). He kept stepping down into the water and jumping back up on to the deck.
Fortunately the sun is now shining.
