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Dec. 9th, 2010 11:03 amWhen the storm broke late last night (everything before one am was dramatic lead-up), there were interesting noises to investigate. My favourite was a giant 'glurp, glurp, glurp' outside my bedroom window. A monster was apparently emerging from the depths. I am very well-acquainted with monster-emerging-from-the-depths noises, if any of you wish to quibble with my diagnosis.
When I looked to find the monster, I discovered that the driveway for the flats was at least six inches deep in water. That water had a single drain to go down and vulgarly pushed its way down, giving a big gulp from time to time. Every time there was a glurp, a furl of water would ripple outwards, valiantly fighting the incoming (vulgar) tide. A half hour later, there was just a small puddle. This is an advantage of being 650 metres above sea level.
The other oddity is that the street side of my flat was almost completely dry. My patio looked as if a light rain had fallen, but that was all. One one side the sky was black with red tinges and the rain was bucketting down and on the other, the sky was a normal midnight sky, and the peaceful streetlight cast everything silver. I walked back and forward, checking out both sides until the storm shifted and there was nothing more to look at.
I wouldn't be downstream from Canberra right now. It's still raining here so they're still flooding. And they don't get glurps.
ETA: Even a little lower than where I am and there's trouble. Here's the Queanbeyan river (courtesy Nicole): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDupjOHFc48 which has contributed to Queanbeyan being declared a natural disaster area. I was right about there being a monster lurking. Queanbeyan friends, if any of you are affected and you need stuff (including dinner), let me know? Matthew - your family is so totally having a bad week.
When I looked to find the monster, I discovered that the driveway for the flats was at least six inches deep in water. That water had a single drain to go down and vulgarly pushed its way down, giving a big gulp from time to time. Every time there was a glurp, a furl of water would ripple outwards, valiantly fighting the incoming (vulgar) tide. A half hour later, there was just a small puddle. This is an advantage of being 650 metres above sea level.
The other oddity is that the street side of my flat was almost completely dry. My patio looked as if a light rain had fallen, but that was all. One one side the sky was black with red tinges and the rain was bucketting down and on the other, the sky was a normal midnight sky, and the peaceful streetlight cast everything silver. I walked back and forward, checking out both sides until the storm shifted and there was nothing more to look at.
I wouldn't be downstream from Canberra right now. It's still raining here so they're still flooding. And they don't get glurps.
ETA: Even a little lower than where I am and there's trouble. Here's the Queanbeyan river (courtesy Nicole): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDupjOHFc48 which has contributed to Queanbeyan being declared a natural disaster area. I was right about there being a monster lurking. Queanbeyan friends, if any of you are affected and you need stuff (including dinner), let me know? Matthew - your family is so totally having a bad week.