Gulf Island Building.

cocobolo

Just under 3 hours to go here Jim.

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I think you need to be over 39 to get that one.

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email in from our friends down in Sydney in Australia...

If the east coast of the US thinks they have it bad, there is an area down in OZ which is larger than France and Germany combined which has sustained enormous flooding.

22 towns have been evacuated, water is up to the roofs, a number of lives have been lost, it's a major tragedy.

The anticipated repair bill so far is around 8 Billion $.

300 mm of rain in 24 hours, which is 4 times the normal rainfall for the entire month. In some areas, the water level has not peaked, and isn't expected to do so until next Tuesday.

Usually, they celebrate NYD down at the beach. Doesn't look like it this year.

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That's horrible. I hope your friends are alright.

They talked about it on the radio today. I've never heard of such a huge area flooding like that.

I don't mean to sound stupid, but how many inches are there in 300mm?

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cocobolo

Something like 25.387 millimeters to the inch, or about 305 millimeters to the foot.

Any way you slice it, that's a bunch of water.

All the city water systems have become contaminated because they are now underwater. It's a really major disaster.

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Gettin' closer, now it's happy new year to all the folks in the mountain time zone.

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cocobolo

And a very happy new year from Coco to everyone on the DIY Chatroom.
It's now officially 2011 on the west coast

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BigJim

I did make it to your New Year but I am tired of watching Will Rogers reruns so I'm goin to bed, Good night and the Happiest of New Years to you buddy. Say good night Gracie...

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LarryCo

Keith, I wanted to say thanks and happy new years to you eh? (That's was said in my best Canadian accent! ) I recently was given a link to your thread and have been reading it intently. I enjoyed reading through it and wanted so badly to reply along the way but it since it probably wouldn't have made sense due to where I was with it I didn't. Now that I'm at the end of my journey I can finally say thanks!

Really great thread!

Oh, I almost forgot, happy new year!

BigJim

I just missed it 1/1/11 at 11:11 that won't happen again at least not here. Yes it will, in a 100 years. Oh well.

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cocobolo

LarryCo...first may I thank you for dropping by to the thread, and secondly for the happy new year.

The very same to your good self.

If you want to comment on any particular part, just click on the quote button and ask away. That way it will be perfectly in context.

Thanks again.

Keith

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cocobolo

Thanks Jim...it's a good thing I didn't have to hang on for another three hours..I wouldn't have made it.

2011 has dawned here with a beautiful - but very cold - bright sunny morning. Heavy frost covering everything outside and the water barrels have a good layer of ice.

It's going to be a great year!

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