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[blamebrampton]

See this pic? See that car in the right?


That's not our car. Our car is a bit further up the street, and so far the water has not made it inside. However, that is our bin bobbing merrily along at the back there.

Sydney does rain the way that London and Paris do snow ;-) We could prepare better for it, but why, when it so rarely happens? 

Am at home now, which has reassured the cats, who are looking to me for leadership. So far no need for any of my emergency house repair skills, though I have a tarp and towels at the ready should a leak spring. The guttering at the back has pulled off the house, but the water is flooding out away from the wall, so I will leave it for now rather than make things worse. We do, however, have a pool in our courtyard! And it didn't cost a cent!

A friend who lives locally offered me a lift home, I took one look at the traffic and said I would walk. I suspect she may still be trapped somewhere on Erskineville Rd. Meanwhile the paved square near my place is filled with the cars of people who have abandoned their quest to return home and have instead turned to the ample bosom of the Rose of Australia, where an enterprising publican has obviously been frying onions since the rains began this morning -- the scent is magnificent!

Sensible post later. News at nine!

Comments

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

I saw the flash flood warnings for Sydney - so Erskinville is flooding - looking at that photo just reminds me of summer/early autumn in Brissie and the Rocklea underpass constantly going under water, not to mention the downstairs of my old house. Hope you continue to experience a relatively trouble free rain event....

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

The water's gone down mostly now, thank goodness! Our wading pools are attractive, if not necessarily what I would have gone for given the choice. There were masked lapwings pecking about in the park outside the council estate this morning, and my shoes, with their 1.5 inch soles, are sodden ;-)

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Yipes!

Here in "rainy" London (which apparently does get less rain than Sydney, according to our local water company) we have a mini heat-wave.

Hope you and yours stay dry.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I believe that historically, Sydney has more rain than London. In my experience, it saves up several years' worth and then dumps it all at once. And yet there is no stormwater recycling, because New South Wales excels in wretched planning above all else ;-)

[wivern.livejournal.com]

Oh my God! What is it with the weather?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Climate change is SO real! Though Australia just has mad weather anyway. The most famous poem here has a line about 'drought and flooding rains', which are pretty much the only two options ;-)

[nuclearsugars.livejournal.com]

D:

Good luck with keeping your car dry? Also, I have this vision of you leading an army of cats against flash floods.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Follow me to the dry ground, my feline friends!

So far the car is not wet on the inside. I have given up on checking it -- it's not as though I can drive it anywhere!

[auntpurl.livejournal.com]

Holy shit! Stay safe!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Safe is easy! Dry may be more of an issue ... (Also, *sends hugs!* I have wanted to send you big and affectionate replies to your last couple of posts, but have been instead running to work and then coming home and being too stupid to be of any friendly use)

[not-an-elf.livejournal.com]

you know what I see in that pic? I see a railway switchboard with very wet feet. This is what we electrical engineers call a major design flaw.

It doesn't go zap today... but all the crud and moisture is in there now, gently corroding the steel, making the copper furry, reducing clearances, weakening insulation....

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... look, on the up-side, after this lot stops, it'll probably be another 15 years before it gets wet again ...

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

For a moment there I thought you moved to Poland, girl.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Then you and I could take tea in the dry! Excellent result!

[mayela-delarue.livejournal.com]

My event site is flooded and ruined for the weekend. I'm here at work relocating the entire thing to our town Hall and am reconfiguring the whole lay out. I think I'd rather be at your place with you and the cats. Here's hoping your feet stay dry.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Poor sausage! The cats are thrilled, because I have the heater on drying out my shoes, which means I am obviously planning on warming up my cats! I'd say pop in, but I have used up all my seating space with drying out clothes!

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

OMG - this looks awful! I hope the house and the car and you and the cats will stay safe.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's not so bad, the cars are all parked on the lower side of the street, our house is a bit up the hill from there: the water is mostly gushing past save for our little ponds ;-)

[rainien.livejournal.com]

If you see a bunch of animals lining up two by two, grab Mr. Brammers and get in line. The animals know where to go. :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We have two cats, I feel certain they will warn us!

[mummimamma.livejournal.com]

Crazy weather. Do you keep a boat in the backyard for these occasions?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We used to have a kayak, it may be time to buy another!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Cripes! Stay safe, please!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

All fine! Our house is UP the hill! Our car may end up soaked, but we hardly ever drive anywhere ...

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Cooo.. I'll be there in about 10 days, um...

At least Auckland is pretty much just damp all year round every year.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I'm SURE we'll have run out of rain by then! And I have some time off, let me know if you need a native guide!

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

oh my...

*hugs & offers you some hot chocolate*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

*Takes hugs*
*Hugs back*
*Leaves hot chocolate, had creamy sauce for dinner and urrrrrgh ...*

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Oh my. *cast multiple drying charms on you and your cats*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cats are fine, they are INDOOR cats, and today they have seen the wisdom of their fate and praise our name ;-)

I'm about to shower and change into jammies, after which I will have dry feet, yay!

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

My God - that's Erskineville? I hop ethings dry out for you soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Lake Erskineville, it has a certain ring ... It's gone down now. Though the marshbirds are up in the local parks: there were LAPWINGS!

[brissygirl.livejournal.com]

I hope the water doesn't flood the rest of your place. The courtyard will drain away eventually the rest of your house not so much.

I love Blondie's comments, he of course knows exactly what he's talking about but it still makes me laugh. :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Our house is raised up, so it will take a biblical deluge to come inside, unless the gutters start draining the other way ;-)

And yes, Blondie is the man you want to bring to your house before you buy it and say "Tell me what can kill us!"

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

Stay safe and dry. ;)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thoroughly safe! Mostly dry ;-)

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

oh dear!! :(

Take care, Brammers!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Eh, if the car is mankified, it is insured! The house is fine, and cats, so all is well! Thank you, dear!

[frayach.livejournal.com]

Oh my!!

That looks ugly! I hope it doesn't creep to your door.

Am at home now, which has reassured the cats, who are looking to me for leadership.

I think that right there is a sign of the apocalypse :D Take care, dear.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We're several metres above that, so all is well!

And I am a magnificent leader! I cannot be held responsible if cats have minimal following skills. But since there are only the two of them, they trust (rightly) that I will grab one under each arm in an emergency ;-)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Stay safe and dry, Brammers ♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

The rain has stopped this very second! Hurrah! Thank you, dear.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

HOLY COW. Stay safe, hon.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

So far, the bins seem to be the only casualty, and they have been rescued. The recycling bin has been sulking, I think it enjoyed its swim!

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Eep! That's a lotta water. Good thing you're up the hill and your car is not right in the middle of it. Stay dry!

[arcanetrivia]

So does this make up for all those wildfires?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Yep, that's pretty much how I remember Sydney - overcast most of the time, with me either sweeping water away from the house with a broom or (only time in life) walking barefoot on city streets because so soaked (and possibly having sunburn no that cannot have been the reason huh I forgot why). Sadly, we are currently having the same weather here, and it should have been the sunny mild lovely May. Oh, and houses randomnly exploded *looks at ceiling from time to time*