Yes It Is Wet But No Dramas

The rain over the last 24 hours here on the Sunshine Coast has been steady rather than a heavy tropical downpour. We have had almost 150mls since 6 am yesterday but this has fallen steadily over the 24 hours. Right now outside there are a couple of blue patches of sky.

This steady rain has allowed the water to get away and this part of the world prepares well for heavy tropical rainfall. In the last storm we had the street out front flooded. There is no backup of any water in the street at all during this period of rain! All drains are working well allowing the water to get away

I did go round to a friend's place today and help her lower the water level in her pool. Her backyard is saturated but given a couple of drying days everything will be back to normal again. The main road to Brisbane is cut and traffic cannot get through. At one stage all roads to Brisbane were impassable. The photo above shows the backup of traffic trying to get up here from Brisbane.

I am now typing this a couple of hours later. Though cloudy the rain has stopped, the temperature is a little warmer and the towels are drying on the clothes line. The worst day of the rain is due tomorrow. Brisbane's water supply has jumped by about 7% to 66% in the last 36 hours with more water continuing to pour into the dams.