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Yes, and the reason is that raised houses with wide verandahs and 'wind tunnel' halls from front to back door are excellent for keeping cool during boiling hot
by Dylanlacey 16y ago
Yes, and the reason is that raised houses with wide verandahs and 'wind tunnel' halls from front to back door are excellent for keeping cool during boiling hot summers.
As for the dam management, the principles of operation are deliberately not subject to political whim, so were considered appropriate at the time. There was also more water then in 1974 AND a king tide, so there are some mitigating factors. Only the full inquest will really tell for sure.
- artpop 16y agoMore water or just no dam to save them from the worst of it?
- ahpeeyem 16y agoThere was more water this time around than there was in 1974, but the flood levels were higher in 1974 because there was no dam then. Wivenhoe dam[1] did work as flood mitigation, but there were concerns during the flood as the water level was spiking quickly towards maximum storage[2], so some water was being let out (apparently about half of what was going in). If the dam did get to full capacity its automatic system would have fully opened the flood gates, potentially making the flood situation quickly worsen even more. [1] http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/catch-store-treat/dams/wivenhoe-dam http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/catch-store-treat/dams/wiv... [2] http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/dam-levels http://www.seqwater.com.au/public/dam-levels See the interactive graph at the bottom of the page, you can choose to see only Wivenhoe's storage level history. Its level is almost back to 100% which is the normal water storage level, not the full flood mitigation level.