Thread: Bugger the rain

Effects of the rain.. Wandered out to look at Selwyn river near Coe's Ford just south of christchurch this afternoon. A wee river usually dry for most of the year - but not today. Running at 156 cumecs/tonnes per second flow rate. Photo is of the roadway straight across to other side - decided not to bother crossing!. 110m wide here and 200m+ a little further up: Now this is a tiny southern river. The Waimakariri, Hurunui, Waiau etc can reach 10-15x this flow, and the Rakaia a few years was up over 4000 cumecs or 27x this volume..

Note - a 4wd driver was chopper rescued from his truck in the north Canterbury Okuku river a week or so ago after trying to cross it at about same volume... Crazy!