Steve,
Somehow I doubt that the Murray will flood like 1956. The Darling floods have
been manipulated and a lot stored in the Menindee Lakes (still haven't got up
there yet) which I don't believe were available in 1956. On what I can gather
the current Victorian floods will end up here in Mildura in mid October (I hope
I am not away for work) and so will get to the junction of the Darling a round
that time. There has been talk of some of the Darling River water being
released to meet up with Murray water to give a better flush through to the
Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray mouth. I suspect there will be some flooding in
the Riverland but nothing like the 1956 floods. On what I can gather from
locals it will be around the same as the 1993 floods, which although good
weren't huge.
However, it will be good to see water going into creeks and wetlands that
haven't received water naturally since the early to late 1990s (might even see
some Black Box with a bit of water).
Cheers,
Peter
> From:
> To: ; ;
>
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:17:01 +0930
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Interesting 2010 rainfall Stat. continued!!
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I refer to a post I made in March this year concerning rainfall in the SEQ
> region in Feb. Noting that the last time we had this amount of rain was in
> 1956 - the same year the Murray flooded. (see below)
>
> Peter Fuller correctly pointed out that the '56 flood was from a combination
> of Rainfall in both the West NSW region and Northern Vic Catchment areas.
>
> Now we have flooding in Northern Vic, any thoughts on the Murray flooding
> now??
>
> Steve Potter
> m: 0407 398 234
> e:
>
>
> Interesting 2010 rainfall Stat.
> From:
>
> Date:
> Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:49:56 +1100
>
> Apparently the Darling will be in full flood due to the recent rainfalls,
> but the catchments that fill the Murray (southern NSW and northern VIC)
> hasn't received the same amount of rainfall.
> I'd say the 1956 event was sum of major rainfalls in both catchments, so
> it probably wont reach the same extent.
>
>
> Sis Ticolar <>
> 08/03/2010 01:36 PM
>
> Hi Steve -
> The Murray flooded. The water peaked at 12.3M at Morgan, breached all
> levees and was the highest flood recorded since white settlement.
> Cheers
> Sis.
>
>
>
> Steve Potter wrote = = = = = =
>
> Hi All.
> Here is an interesting 2010 rainfall stat for consideration.
> S/W Qld's current rain for March - 248mm.
> Wettest on record for March - 310mm.
> When? 1956. What event took place in 1956?
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve Potter
> m: 0407 398 234
> e:
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