Weather & Hail Warnings

[JENICH]

Just a few drops Len.
Gonna jump back into to pool

JENICH

 

[ChefDJ]

Had a brilliant storm last night in Pretoria East and today they're predicting more, so I will be hopeful. Every drop is needed and most welcomed.

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

We had some good rain in centurion last night as well.

 

[Boss Wit NOS]

heard on the radio this morning that possible hail this afternoon..

 

[ChefDJ]

Will be sure to keep a lookout.

 

[KarshS]

All the hype but nix....not even a breeze

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Saw this alert on storm watch

⚠️ ALERT: Storm moving in over the extreme south of Gauteng. Watch out for possible HAIL, HEAVY RAIN & FLOODING until 11pm.

 

[Gizmo]

Yeah, all I can hear are crickets...

 

[Arbee]

Yeah, all I can hear are crickets...

Lol. Dont be so hard on yourself, Gizmo!!

(Just kidding hey)

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[JENICH]

Crickets here too.
So bloody annoying

JENICH

 

[ChefDJ]

Okay, here's an accurate prediction...






Winter is coming.

 

[JENICH]

There's some thunder that can be heard not too far away

JENICH

 

[Gizmo]

Storm here!

 

[Gizmo]

That was alot of rain last night!

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

We had a few drops, nothing major. Had more rain fall on Sunday evening.

 

[Boss Wit NOS]

Just curious

but does anyone know if the rain is actually helping our situation here in jhb, as I believe that if it rains in jhb it doesn't help us as the catchment area for jhb is towards the vaal

does anyone know what the vaal dam levels are at currently??

 

[ChefDJ]

Technically our drainage systems should lead to any river that feeds the Vaal (at least this is how it's supposed to be). I heard this morning the Vaal dam has risen from 27% capacity to 37% which is brilliant, but still not near enough to what we need for next winter during the dry season, nevermind the current summer.

 

[RAArmstrong]

It's going to take 4 to 5 years to recover the damage the drought has caused

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[Lizzard]

It's going to take 4 to 5 years to recover the damage the drought has caused

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If those calculations is based on water then it is going to take a lot longer then that, we have reckless, inconsiderable, dumb F$#%^ who keeps wasting water :RedNo:

 

[Boss Wit NOS]

It's going to take 4 to 5 years to recover the damage the drought has caused

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If those calculations is based on water then it is going to take a lot longer then that, we have reckless, inconsiderable, dumb F$#%^ who keeps wasting water :RedNo:

lol so aggro so early in the morning, geeeshhh

 

[henriZA]

Technically our drainage systems should lead to any river that feeds the Vaal (at least this is how it's supposed to be). I heard this morning the Vaal dam has risen from 27% capacity to 37% which is brilliant, but still not near enough to what we need for next winter during the dry season, nevermind the current summer.

No, most of Joburg, Ekurhuleni, Krugersdorp, Pretoria and Brits drains to the Hartebeespoort dam and then feeds the Crocodile catchment area, we don't get drinking water from here. Harties releases to the Crocodile river which flows further north. The upper Vaal catchment includes Joburg South, Soweto, Springs, from Potch to Ermelo to Sterkfontein dam in the Free State, most of this area drains to the Vaal River which ends up in the Orange River. They have in the last week released water from Sterkfontein (which is a much deeper dam) to Vaal dam, which has increased it's level by about 5%.