NEWS
NEWS NEWS
Special Flood
Report
Greetings fellow members:-
Well here we are in our third flood for 2009 on the
Mid North Coast of NSW.
This flood is not as severe as the event of some 6
plus weeks ago however it has still isolated the townships of Bellingen and
Dorrigo and the damage further up the NSW coast and lower South East
Queensland has been widespread.
Our 70 cm service VK2RMG is still on air and is
currently operating on batteries. The letter 'B" is been sent in morse and the
output power is lowered to 10 watts to conserve batteries.
When the power to the Dorrigo region is restored
the site will revert to max output power.
I have attached to this new update some photos
taken earlier this morning in North Bellingen showing the current state of
affairs.
Till this flood event concludes be safe,
avoid all travel and do not under any circumstances enter any flood water no
matter how shallow it is. Been a member of the RFS I was at a debrief recently
and the number of persons that sustained tyre and steering damage to
vehicles in water as shallow as 100mm was very high. Flood waters also contain
snakes, sewer overflow and other undesirable objects. Four wheel drives were
been washed off roads with as little as 300mm of water across the road.
!
Always observe all
SES and Police Directions.
Till next time,
Be safe.....
Regards,
Gary Ryan
VK2ZKT
President MNCARG Inc
PH:- 66552990
