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"Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia’s eastern
seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult
to forecast.
What made the impact worse still was the fact that many of our flood gauges
were unreliable or broken. In some cases, residents simply didn’t know the
extent of the floodwaters rushing toward them.
As a resident of a flood-hit New South Wales town told us:
During that second flood we knew that gauge was wrong. It was wrong by
metres. On the night of the February flood, very few people could sleep […]
I remember looking at [warnings] and I’m thinking ‘What? How can that be?’
New federal funding for a better flood warning network is wise. But flood
gauges are only one part of a total warning system. Social factors also require
consideration."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
