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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-06-04 05:34 pm
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An interruption to our scheduled service ...

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!

[identity profile] shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
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....

[identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] wivern.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my God! What is it with the weather?

[identity profile] nuclearsugars.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
D:

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

[identity profile] auntpurl.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Holy shit! Stay safe!

[identity profile] not-an-elf.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
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....

[identity profile] alex-s9.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment there I thought you moved to Poland, girl.

[identity profile] mayela-delarue.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] catsintheattic.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
OMG - this looks awful! I hope the house and the car and you and the cats will stay safe.

[identity profile] rainien.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
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
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[identity profile] mummimamma.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Crazy weather. Do you keep a boat in the backyard for these occasions?

[identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Cripes! Stay safe, please!

[identity profile] pinque.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Cooo.. I'll be there in about 10 days, um...

At least Auckland is pretty much just damp all year round every year.
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[identity profile] rickey-a.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
oh my...

*hugs & offers you some hot chocolate*

[identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my. *cast multiple drying charms on you and your cats*

[identity profile] i-autumnheart.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
My God - that's Erskineville? I hop ethings dry out for you soon!

[identity profile] brissygirl.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
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

[identity profile] libby-drew.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
Stay safe and dry. ;)

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
oh dear!! :(

Take care, Brammers!

[identity profile] frayach.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Stay safe and dry, Brammers ♥
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[identity profile] momebie.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
HOLY COW. Stay safe, hon.

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
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!
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[personal profile] arcanetrivia 2010-06-04 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So does this make up for all those wildfires?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/ 2010-06-04 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
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*

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