A bit too much rain for Broome, Western Australia

@JudyEv (325818)
Rockingham, Australia
February 19, 2018 5:35pm CST
Cyclone Kelvin hit Western Australia’s coast recently and the beach resort of Broome got swamped with rain again. The town has now received a record rainfall of 1502 mls (59 inches) so far this year and it’s only February. The average annual rainfall is 615 mls (24 inches) and the lowest recorded rainfall was in 1992 when the town received 102 mls (4 inches) for the year. Broome is a popular tourist resort with Cable Beach offering 22kms of gleaming white sands fronting the Indian Ocean. Nearby, during low tide at Gantheaume Point, the red rocks reveal the tracks of dinosaurs. Broome is also famous for its pearls. Broome is on our list of ‘places to visit’ but I think we might try to miss the cyclone season. I know many of our American and Philippino friends regularly suffer cyclones but I think I’ll dodge them if I can. Are you one of those who go on ‘cyclone watch’ from time to time? The photo is of outback Australia.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
19 Feb 18
We had 200 mm of rain in January in my area, it is 124% more than an average year, and this month is also very wet. I can hardly imagine what can be 1502 mm. OMG!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
I'd be putting my floaties on! That is a huge amount of water in two months.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Feb 18
59 inches!!! I can't imagine.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
I can't either. That's over the whole area!
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130064)
• India
20 Feb 18
I have experienced a mini tornado right here at Solitaire. It did uproot trees and our water tank came down.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130064)
• India
21 Feb 18
@JudyEv Even the stand on which it was standing fell off
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 18
@allknowing Wow! That would have been quite a chore to get it all sorted and upright again.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 18
Gosh, bringing down a water tank would make a mess.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
20 Feb 18
What about in Melbourne, does it rain too like that? My sister-in-law and her family lives there. But there's no snow there as she told us. But it's so cold there, when my parents-in-law went there to visit her.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Feb 18
@JudyEv So, they have different weathers for each place in Australia. But generally, is it rainy?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
The weather in Melbourne never seems to be the same two days in a row. Certainly they sometimes get a lot of rain and quite severe storms but nothing like this. Our elder son lives in Melbourne.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 18
@SIMPLYD Do you mean Melbourne? Yes, Melbourne often gets rain but in summer can have some very hot days as well.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306351)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Feb 18
Beautiful picture. That's a lot of rain for one season. The most we get here is a tornado, and those are few and far between as Wisconsin isn't in tornado alley, there's a section of the US that gets many tornadoes every year, that area is generally known as tornado alley. Hurricanes never come inland, but stay on the coast.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (306351)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Feb 18
@JudyEv That's usually the way it goes. Some areas get hit harder than others.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
I've heard about the tornado alley and I knew some parts of the US are much more prone to tornadoes. There are a few hurricanes every year in our north. Some are worse than others.
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
20 Feb 18
Looks like Australia has a lot of wonderful landscape to boast.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
Yes, we do have some lovely areas.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 18
@JustBhem Oh, I didn't know that. Was she originally from the Philippines?
Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Feb 18
@JudyEv The woman I posted in my Discussion is from Australia too. People in Australia are very kind.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
20 Feb 18
No I have not seen any as we don't live in coastal area. Of course they are dangerous who would like to see them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
We are only 30 kms from the coast but in Western Australia they are mostly only seen well to our north.
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
21 Feb 18
That's a beautiful place that you have shared in your picture. Well, weather can't be helped. We only have to avoid them as much as we can.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 18
That's very true. We have a few storms here but not like the ones up north.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (134465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Feb 18
Outback Australia is a very beautiful place to go to.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
It certainly is and very different from the coastal regions.
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
20 Feb 18
Is that Ayers Rock in the photo?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
It's in that region but is actually the northern (I think) end of the Olgas, another fascinating rock formation not far from Uluru. Here's one of the Olgas and the big photo is the right-hand end.
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PLETHOS
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
20 Feb 18
Here, we just worry the next quake does not hit while sitting on the toilet.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
Haha, that would be pretty awful! Yuk, now I'll be having nightmares about it!
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Mandy
@x0MandyLynn0x (1056)
• Canada
20 Feb 18
All it's been doing here lately is raining. Good 'ol spring is near!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
Yes, it won't be long now. For us, it will be autumn but the hot summer will soon be over.
Shiva
@Shiva49 (26204)
• Singapore
20 Feb 18
I think excess rainfall is more welcome than the less . Of course normal will be ideal. I have not experienced severe weather like some go through regularly - siva
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 18
Certainly going through a drought is not to be wished for. We chose this area because there is always plenty of water here.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Feb 18
59 inches? That is a hell of a lot of rain!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Mar 18
I know! And that's all over the area, not just in one small part.
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