Aug-21-2010, 04:20 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Aug-21-2010, 04:24 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
I don't come on this thread much as I think it would be the only one I visited if I did...things, some good and mostly not-so-good, are always happening to me!
Loved the pic of your snow, Nuytsia. Funny, I had this image that it snowed a lot, all over Tasmania, and NOT receiving snow in the winter was the rare thing! I had the same idea for the Netherlands!
I know of quite a few instances here in Queensland where train tracks have buckled due to high temperatures, so, you're 'on the right track' with that, Nuytsia and Liquid Ice
! I've even heard of tracks buckling down in Brisbane, which has far lower temperatures than up here in the north-west of the state but were far higher than the norm for that region at the time.
Rail closures happen here all the time due to rain, though it is usually in times of flood or due to rising creeks and rivers. When my eldest son was twelve, he was coming home with other school mates and was caught in the middle of nowhere on a train between flooded creeks, though thankfully it was only for a few hours.
Many years ago I used to have our stores (groceries etc) delivered by train from Rockhampton to a train siding a few kms from our homestead. It was much cheaper and easier than driving all the way into town to shop. One day the train derailed and our groceries with it...it certainly made life interesting, particularly as we were experiencing wet weather and couldn't get to town to replace it all!
A paper from USQ regarding buckling, if you're interested!
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/6174/1/Ole_2008.pdf
Loved the pic of your snow, Nuytsia. Funny, I had this image that it snowed a lot, all over Tasmania, and NOT receiving snow in the winter was the rare thing! I had the same idea for the Netherlands!
I know of quite a few instances here in Queensland where train tracks have buckled due to high temperatures, so, you're 'on the right track' with that, Nuytsia and Liquid Ice
! I've even heard of tracks buckling down in Brisbane, which has far lower temperatures than up here in the north-west of the state but were far higher than the norm for that region at the time.Rail closures happen here all the time due to rain, though it is usually in times of flood or due to rising creeks and rivers. When my eldest son was twelve, he was coming home with other school mates and was caught in the middle of nowhere on a train between flooded creeks, though thankfully it was only for a few hours.
Many years ago I used to have our stores (groceries etc) delivered by train from Rockhampton to a train siding a few kms from our homestead. It was much cheaper and easier than driving all the way into town to shop. One day the train derailed and our groceries with it...it certainly made life interesting, particularly as we were experiencing wet weather and couldn't get to town to replace it all!
A paper from USQ regarding buckling, if you're interested!
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/6174/1/Ole_2008.pdf
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