You guys caught up with flooding in aust

[malleefarmer]

You guys caught up with flooding in Queensland over last 2weeks.
May not be newsworthy over there.

300000 yep 300k cattle lost thus far.

Just terrible drought 3 weeks struggling to feed cattle now can’t get to them.

Google if you want more info

[Guest]

You guys caught up with flooding in Queensland over last 2weeks.
May not be newsworthy over there.

300000 yep 300k cattle lost thus far.

Just terrible drought 3 weeks struggling to feed cattle now can’t get to them.

Google if you want more info

Bit early to call but things are pointing to major drought here in the west

[grassfarmer]

Yeah, I caught that on the BBC news a few days ago Mallee. I've never seen any coverage on North American media. Just brutal. I feel for the owners and the cattle. Hopefully it brings grass to the areas affected but unfortunately it's not going to happen overnight.

For an inside perspective check out this family's heartbreaking losses - search Jacqueline Curley on Facebook.

[burnt]

Benn following this, but like grassfarmer said, nothing from our "newscasters". Unbelievable how fast things change from one disaster into another.

[farmaholic]

Benn following this, but like grassfarmer said, nothing from our "newscasters". Unbelievable how fast things change from one disaster into another.

Some people would blame "climate change".

And I thought I did see a short piece of news coverage on this, it would likely have been CBC or CTV because I normally don't watch other news feeds, unless I stumbled across it somewhere else accidently channel surfing.

[GDR]

You guys caught up with flooding in Queensland over last 2weeks.
May not be newsworthy over there.

300000 yep 300k cattle lost thus far.

Just terrible drought 3 weeks struggling to feed cattle now can’t get to them.

Google if you want more info

Hadn't heard but checked it out, sounds awful. Why are the death losses so high so fast? Too flat and no high ground? Soil too sticky and getting stuck? Is there a firm base beneath your topsoil?
Gonna be hard on the grass and will take a while to come back from the looks of the pictures

You ok in your area?

[Horse]

Farma, I dont think there is any question,it is climate change, the argument is what is the cause of climate change. If its not change then its normal,,,

[GDR]

Farma, I dont think there is any question,it is climate change, the argument is what is the cause of climate change. If its not change then its normal,,,

Horse the problem is everybody jumps on the bandwagon of climate change wether they know what they are talking about or not. Which may have been what you just did also, sounds like there is long history of flooding in Queensland. (Not that i know what im talking about either) This is from wikipedia about Queensland flooding:


" February 1893 floods were the second and third highest water levels ever recorded at the City gauge, the highest being the*January 1841 flood*at 8.43 metres (27 feet, 8*inches).[5]*There was however some oral aboriginal history suggesting a flood level of nearly 12 m prior to the first European settlement."

So to say it isn't "normal" is convenient to the Climate change cause but likely not correct.

Devastating for sure.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Wow, I had no idea it was even happening, thanks for posting. Makes our whining about the recent cold snap seem petty.

And just to add insult to injury, I see another article stating that flood waters are bringing crocodiles and snakes too.

IN the facebook pictures, there is no vegetation, is that still from the drought, or did the floodwaters wash it all away, or is it really that sparse?

How much rain is involved? The video of the train tracks being submerged, is that purely from rain fall, or overland flooding from a river?

[malleefarmer]

One guy on station 150,000 acres had about 149990 acres under water

Rainfall and rivers.

Its reasonably flat alot of it

//www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-08/graziers-confronted-with-devastation-as-floods-kill-cattle/10793502 //www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-08/graziers-confronted-with-devastation-as-floods-kill-cattle/10793502