A Flood Averted

Elaine and Sue in Coronation Park below The Pines
We have just had the heaviest rain for a number of years. The last time it rained like this the stream overflowed around the house and water entered the bedroom. After that I fixed the 200mm pipeline from the dam which had become damaged. This can take much of the water from the dam with the overflow going down the furrow.

This afternoon the dam filled and overflowed the bank and came streaming down the pasture and some flowed through the wood shed but otherwise we were saved from real damage to our carpets.

There was damage all over New Zealand but we escaped the worst. Waipawa recorded 92mm in just a few hours though my rain gauge only recorded 72mm. I can't account for the discrepancy.

This is the intake box for the pipe. You can just see the 'dent' in the water in the picture above it.

The water from the pipeline that would otherwise have flowed around the house and into the bedroom.