QLD Flood Disaster discussion

chicaboo · 13-01-2011, 03:22 PM

My comments were aimed at everyone talking smack. I'm not going to engage in a debate over how to wrap the cities and towns up in cotton wool to flood/disaster proof them, as for the most part it's a futile task. The QLD government will revise their flood zones over the coming months and years, and implement new design guidelines for buildings, roads and all other infrastructure. This is usually done at a council level, and the laws will be different from precinct to precinct... The current flood design guideline for residential developments is Q25+500mm. This may be revised to Q100+500mm? Who knows? The engineers in council will meet and discuss what steps need to be taken, and the greater community will be none the wiser, while sprouting off stupid Monday's Experts comments. In short, you don't meed to worry about it, as it's an ever evolving contingency plan, that will always continue to be revised as long as there are more disasters to come.

Gav.

13-01-2011, 03:22 PM	#14
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	My comments were aimed at everyone talking smack. I'm not going to engage in a debate over how to wrap the cities and towns up in cotton wool to flood/disaster proof them, as for the most part it's a futile task. The QLD government will revise their flood zones over the coming months and years, and implement new design guidelines for buildings, roads and all other infrastructure. This is usually done at a council level, and the laws will be different from precinct to precinct... The current flood design guideline for residential developments is Q25+500mm. This may be revised to Q100+500mm? Who knows? The engineers in council will meet and discuss what steps need to be taken, and the greater community will be none the wiser, while sprouting off stupid Monday's Experts comments. In short, you don't meed to worry about it, as it's an ever evolving contingency plan, that will always continue to be revised as long as there are more disasters to come. Gav.