On 27th August The Channon Resilience Inc hosted a flood safety meeting for our community. The well-attended meeting had people from across our sub-catchment…from the headwaters at Terania, Tuntable Falls and Whian Whian to the southern end of Keerrong valley. We thank everyone who presented and volunteered on the day.
We had presentations on Rocky Creek Dam (Rous County Council); the new SES warning system (Joanna Jones & Janet Petit); flood history (Ed Bennett Lismore SES); Anna Conley on our Flood Observations project; and Annie Kia on the Terania-Keerrong flood safety project. Lismore City Council had people on hand to provide information, including flood recovery officers Nikki Treanor and Justin Webb, and Strategic Planning Coordinator Andy Parks. You can view the presentations on The Channon Resilience YouTube channel.
One of the reasons we needed this meeting was widespread confusion about Rocky Creek Dam alerts. We need to be clear that these are not flood warnings.
We have just updated the Floods section on The Channon Hub webpage thechannonhub.org/disaster-response/floods/. We invite everyone to have a good look – you’ll find lots of useful information, including on the new capacity of SES to issue flood alerts for our community, using data from our excellent citizen rain and creek sentinels.
During the workshop some of those impacted by flood in Keerrong valley shared that they felt neglected in flood recovery efforts in our council area. We strongly encourage everyone who needs information and support to contact Nikki Treanor, Flood Recovery Officer at , phone 02 6625 0571. Nikki is very keen to work with people in our rural communities, so please contact her. Also check out links in the recovery section on our website.
We would like to thank the Northern Rivers Community Foundation for a grant that enabled our Flood Observation project, and this community event.
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