What's the temperature where you are???

[chrissynemetz]

53°F clear and calm
12:53 p.m.

 

[chrissynemetz]

60°F sunny and calm.
4:34 p.m.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

4:45 PM
80F
12% humidity
sunny

 

[Ponypoor]

It has been rather mild here, around the freezing point, hardly any snow left, overall it’s been a mild winter. And I am happy about that not being a winter person!

 

[Nomadicus]

57° and feels like 58°

 

[Nym]

Wednesday 31st January 9.54a.m. Grey and gloomy, some drizzle. Light wind 7.4 / 13kph SSW, Hg 64%, Temp is 22.8c heading for 23c / 73F. Cloudy. High chance of showers, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening.

Moon is 73%

Laidley resident Michelle McKenzie was wading through rising floodwater to rescue chickens from their inundated pen when she realised she had walked into a nightmare.

"Unfortunately, as I was walking through the water, which was about thigh-high level, I started realising I was not alone ... and I had quite a few snakes swimming around with me," Ms McKenzie said.

They included a one-metre eastern brown snake.

"I managed to ripple the water far enough that it went around me, otherwise I could have been in quite a bit of trouble."

She said there were lots of others, all desperately trying to find high ground.

Ms McKenzie said her son Broden, who turns 17 this year, came to help her with the chickens.

"As we got to the coop gate there were actually snakes coming in through the gate with the water, which was quite high," she said.

"It was almost up to my waist by that stage."

She said they went around behind the coop and tried to catch the chickens from behind.

She said they grabbed two before her son let out a big yell.

"A young juvenile eastern brown managed to get up on the perch and struck at his hand," she said.

Rescue abandoned​

Ms McKenzie decided it wasn't worth a snake bite to rescue more chickens.

She and her son then waded back through the water, avoiding the snakes, to the staircase of their high-set home.

"I was thinking, hopefully none of them were in the mood to bite me," she recalled later of her retreat from the chicken coop.

Ms McKenzie said she counted 16 snakes at point.

"I did count the snakes, I was quite concerned because there were quite a few large ones and they were kind of climbing up the wooden railings towards my house," she said.

"There were about six quite large ones and then there was quite a few smaller ones, a lot of them swimming around in the water, trying to find safety up on the wheelie bins and all sorts of things, tyring to climb up on anything they could that was floating in the water.

"I kept an eye on the large ones until we actually evacuated the area."

She said she filmed a snake climbing on wooden rafters under her house.

Chris Jennings, from Lockyer Valley Snake Catchers, identified it as an eastern brown after Ms McKenzie called him to help.

He later did a search of the property but didn't find any.

Ms McKenzie said she hoped they all retreated away as the water receded.

Quick rise​

Ms McKenzie said she was aware there were snakes around the property but didn't realise there were so many.

She was among the Laidley residents who were forced to evacuate their homes on Tuesday morning as floodwater rose.

Businesses in the main street, closest to the creek, had water and brown sludge running through them as the street was closed and water rushed over the bridge.

Ms McKenzie moved to her house just after the last big flood in 2022.

She said while she was prepared, she was shocked by how quickly the water rose.

"By 8.30am it was up to the second step and 40 minutes later it had already come to the fourth step. It rose very rapidly," she said.

 

[Ponypoor]

Wednesday 31st January 9.54a.m. Grey and gloomy, some drizzle. Light wind 7.4 / 13kph SSW, Hg 64%, Temp is 22.8c heading for 23c / 73F. Cloudy. High chance of showers, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening.

Moon is 73%

Laidley resident Michelle McKenzie was wading through rising floodwater to rescue chickens from their inundated pen when she realised she had walked into a nightmare.

"Unfortunately, as I was walking through the water, which was about thigh-high level, I started realising I was not alone ... and I had quite a few snakes swimming around with me," Ms McKenzie said.

They included a one-metre eastern brown snake.

"I managed to ripple the water far enough that it went around me, otherwise I could have been in quite a bit of trouble."

She said there were lots of others, all desperately trying to find high ground.

Ms McKenzie said her son Broden, who turns 17 this year, came to help her with the chickens.

"As we got to the coop gate there were actually snakes coming in through the gate with the water, which was quite high," she said.

"It was almost up to my waist by that stage."

She said they went around behind the coop and tried to catch the chickens from behind.

She said they grabbed two before her son let out a big yell.

"A young juvenile eastern brown managed to get up on the perch and struck at his hand," she said.

Rescue abandoned​

Ms McKenzie decided it wasn't worth a snake bite to rescue more chickens.

She and her son then waded back through the water, avoiding the snakes, to the staircase of their high-set home.

"I was thinking, hopefully none of them were in the mood to bite me," she recalled later of her retreat from the chicken coop.

Ms McKenzie said she counted 16 snakes at point.

"I did count the snakes, I was quite concerned because there were quite a few large ones and they were kind of climbing up the wooden railings towards my house," she said.

"There were about six quite large ones and then there was quite a few smaller ones, a lot of them swimming around in the water, trying to find safety up on the wheelie bins and all sorts of things, tyring to climb up on anything they could that was floating in the water.

"I kept an eye on the large ones until we actually evacuated the area."

She said she filmed a snake climbing on wooden rafters under her house.

Chris Jennings, from Lockyer Valley Snake Catchers, identified it as an eastern brown after Ms McKenzie called him to help.

He later did a search of the property but didn't find any.

Ms McKenzie said she hoped they all retreated away as the water receded.

Quick rise​

Ms McKenzie said she was aware there were snakes around the property but didn't realise there were so many.

She was among the Laidley residents who were forced to evacuate their homes on Tuesday morning as floodwater rose.

Businesses in the main street, closest to the creek, had water and brown sludge running through them as the street was closed and water rushed over the bridge.

Ms McKenzie moved to her house just after the last big flood in 2022.

She said while she was prepared, she was shocked by how quickly the water rose.

"By 8.30am it was up to the second step and 40 minutes later it had already come to the fourth step. It rose very rapidly," she said.

That’s quite a story being told, glad she and her son were safe. I hesitate to ask about her chooks

 

[kikiruru]

617 pm Tuesday 55 feels 53 and morning forecast

 

[Nym]

That’s quite a story being told, glad she and her son were safe. I hesitate to ask about her chooks

The chooks were quite high when being rescued, so I'm guess they were probably ok. No further mention was made of them, so it's only a guess. Brown snakes are quite venomous - I certainly wouldn't want to be swimming with them.

 

[MamaPoult]

Heat wave for me!!! Only negative 15