NZ-wide pass the tag

**FJRider** · 5th April 2010, 11:37

Originally Posted by BMWST?

the water off the spillway is higher than the power sation roof?!

Higher than the DAM ...

**Jantar** · 5th April 2010, 12:53

Originally Posted by BMWST?

the water off the spillway is higher than the power sation roof?!

Originally Posted by FJRider

Higher than the DAM ...

Yes, higher than the power station roof, but not as high as the Dam, although the spray was. The flood knocked out the concrete access bridge to the power station and the only access was down through the dam, then wade through ankle deep deep water from the dam to the control block. The water level got to within 100 mm of the point where the last of the us would evacuate the station.

**FJRider** · 5th April 2010, 12:58

How close did it get to the dam being a waterfall ... ???

**Jantar** · 5th April 2010, 13:49

Plenty of room left there. We could still pass another 1000 cumecs through the spillway and 1400 cumecs through the low level sluice.

**FJRider** · 5th April 2010, 17:08

Apart from the obvious "inconvenience" that extra 2400 cumec's would have caused ... I'm thinking that flood level indicator would have been a "tad" higher than it is now ...

**BMWST?** · 5th April 2010, 17:46

woooooo new international standard measurement; tad = 2400 cumecs

**FJRider** · 5th April 2010, 17:51

Originally Posted by BMWST?

woooooo new international standard measurement; tad = 2400 cumecs

**Clairsky** · 6th April 2010, 15:53

Originally Posted by BMWST?

so shrek/clairsky is the clifden bridge tag the north or south side of the river?(for the map) I have put it on the south side for the moment

Yes, on South side. Thanks for doing that, haven't advanced to putting it on the map yet!

**Jantar** · 6th April 2010, 16:15

OK. enough talking about floods. I left this tag over easter in case someone from outside the area wanted it, but it looks like It'll just sit there. So here it is.

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For a new tag, I figured that many KBers have passed this poor guy with his chopper in the miidle of a paddock, but how many have stopped to help him?

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**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 6th April 2010, 17:19

Originally Posted by Jantar

For a new tag, I figured that many KBers have passed this poor guy with his chopper in the miidle of a paddock, but how many have stopped to help him?

Stopped a few times... have a few photos... ahhh the tin man I was going to use the that as the tag on the others site... but then thought the bike fence would be funnier...

**FJRider** · 6th April 2010, 17:56

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Stopped a few times... have a few photos... ahhh the tin man I was going to use the that as the tag on the others site... but then thought the bike fence would be funnier...

I started a THREAD on this chap ...

some time ago though ....