tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post836123796034798105..comments2023-12-30T01:39:18.742+11:00Comments on The House(s) of Fran_mart: You don't need to be a weatherman ...Flabmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-13314297514078603072010-02-14T07:23:51.124+11:002010-02-14T07:23:51.124+11:00Denis
You've picked the soil type rather well...Denis<br /><br />You've picked the soil type rather well. Around the house there is a fair amount of granite (lumps of quartz everywhere). Further up the property, where the photos of Canyon Creek were taken, it is a very clayey soil or outcrops of shale.<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-13829087730704221702010-02-14T00:28:08.686+11:002010-02-14T00:28:08.686+11:00Hi Martin
My daughter tells me they got a large d...Hi Martin<br />My daughter tells me they got a large dump of rain in Dickson (Nth Canberra) last night, and more forecast this afternoon.<br />As for the "forecasts" the Bureau is deliberately over-warning these days, in order to "cover their backsides" should there be damage or loss of life from floods, etc.<br />Your photos show much more run-off from your rain than I got from 300 mm in on day. <br />The difference is the soil type.<br />Our soils are highly porous, and rain soaks in much more readily.<br />Your yellow clay and decomposed granite soils (that's what they look like, anyway) are very hard and do not absorb water readily. Hence more and faster run-off. It can take a week of rain before we get run-off. The soil needs to be totally saturated before run-off occurs with us.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com