Flood Warnings for us

[DaveB]

My Smartphone says it's +2C in Jozi at the moment (9 am) & I wouldn't argue with that. I've just been outside to finish off doing something in the garden and that's it- I'll be indoors for the rest of the day. Hot soup is the order of the day and there's the Italian MotoGP & Tour de France on TV this afternoon.

DaveM, I hope everything will turn out OK for the folks in PE.

 

[DaveM]

Well I had a look around my yard this morning no damage just very wet and lots of leaves and stuff in the yard. The pool is overflowing like I thought it would but now it seems that it may have a leak as the water level is dropping rapidly so I will have to keep a watch on that. I suppose I will only see the real damage when I am at work tomorrow riding around town. Still raining but not so hard now

 

[avion]

Yep, it's 1 C here now. Weather man keeps mentioning rain, but it's not coming - we could do with some actually, the dust is killing me.

Any further reports Dave?

...

 

[DaveM]

Nothing as yet just very cold now that the winds is coming off the snow. Here are some photos 2012 Garden Route & Eastern Cape Weather Conditions - July

 

[avion]

Ta for the pics. looks damn cold.

...

 

[DaveM]

It is and still raining so I think those photo were taken on Friday Saturday so I am sure we will see more updated pics on the site by tomorrow

 

[CarlS]

I'm glad to learn that the flooding is not any worse than it is.

 

[DaveM]

Yes we were the lucky one being on high ground

 

[CarlS]

I can relate to that!! I still cannot drive to my place on the public roads.

 

[Lucky-Les]

Hey Dave - have you dried out/thawed out yet?

 

[DaveM]

Looking much better thanks

 

[CarlS]

Lucky-Less, that looks COLD!

 

[DaveM]

Well have just been issued with a high alert of another flood warning over the next few days. The weather office has also said this is the wettest winter in 40 years. It has just started raining again so here it comes

 

[Rocky]

It's been just the opposite for us here - no rain for weeks - just the odd shower. Crops are drying up and lawns are brown.
Looks like some light rain over the next couple of days though.

 

[avion]

Dry as a bone up here Dave. Nothing but dust. Send Some our wa

 

[T-RIDER]

It looks that there is some rain comming to us in the Vaal triangle. Very cold in the morning. Hope it clears up on Friday, We are doing the RAT run to Sudwala

 

[CarlS]

We had been a week without rain. We got a good thunderstorm a little while ago. We needed it and it cooled things down.

 

[DaveM]

Oh man just heard on the news our main water pipe to the city has broken due to the floods. So they estimate we have 24 hours of water left. They say it may take around 5 days to fix it. So first thing in the morning its off to find a water pump

 

[CarlS]

That is not good news! Flooding and no water; ironic isn't it?

 

[DaveM]

Yes very but I have a load of water in my tank and pool to fall back on if I have to I can see I will be swimming in the middle of winter like I did the last time when we had no water. Nothing like a dip in the pool when it's running around 8 degree Celsius = 46.4 degree Fahrenheit