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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All eyes are on Catherine at this point in time. Now, Catherine,
they're a resilient bunch, there's no doubt about it, and
they're always pretty prepared for the weather. Joining me on
the line is Trent to with good morning to your Trent.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Morning Katie.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Trent, how are things looking this morning in Kytown?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We don't actually know. I mean, yeah, look, it's a
pretty fast evolving situation. The gorge is still rising well
above major flood level, and we're watching the river in
town rise flat out as well. I don't know how
high it's going to go, Katie. So I'm as we speak,
lifting everything in my shop because no one's giving me
(00:39):
a direct answer on how high it's going to be,
and no one can tell you, And so I mean, yeah,
I'm loading a van right now full of all my
firearms to get them out of this town. Oh my,
because we don't know what to do, k We don't
know how high it's going to go. It's going to
come in the front door of the shop. Is it
going to be higher than ninety eight? So we just
don't know. Because the major thing is the gorgeous still rising.
(01:02):
It hasn't even peaked yet, so Trent.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
We caught up with the Chief Minister a short time ago.
I know that the schools are going to be you know,
will parents need to pick the kids up basically by midday.
There is that emergency meeting I believe happening now. She'd
said to us that within the next couple of hours,
I think they're expecting that that river to reach seventeen
point five meters. It could go up, you know, to
(01:26):
eighteen point five. Everybody's keeping an eye on that. I mean,
how high did it go in ninety eight and what
are you thinking is going to happen?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, ninety eight was over twenty one meters. The rumor
mill is full noise in town at the moment with
you know, up to twenty meters, and that's coming from
internal stuff, you know. So yeah, I don't know, Kay,
we just don't know what to do here and whether
or not eighteen meters that is that it or have
(01:56):
they got more information that it's going to come higher
than that, And they don't want to panic the public
because for me, I'm like, well, I've got you know,
over a million merthy you're sitting in stock that I
got to deal with, And I'm like what am I
going to do? Should I lift it? Do I wait?
Do I sit? You know, I'm just looking for a
bit of information, I suppose, and what the actual and look,
I'm not looking for a saint answer on this is
(02:19):
what's going to happen. I just need some advice to say, Hey, mate,
you should start packing your shit up because we're in trouble.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Trent, it's you actually like you sound like you're worried.
I haven't heard you sound so worried ever before when
I've spoken to you before, And I can understand why.
It sounds like it's a fast evolving situation.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It is, and it's You've got to remember, Katie, I
went to sleep last night with this river at a
normal height. I've woken up this morning to phone calls
from people telling me that you need to start consider
picking your shop up, and I'm like, oh, I don't
think so yet. But then when I looked at the
gorge since this morning till now, the gorge is on
a brick wall rising straight up. Mate.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Is this because there's just been a heck of a
lot of rain or is it like is it more
of a shock because the gauge, like the radar has
been out or what's the go.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No, we just got a depression last night. It started
on top of us and it didn't stop. I learned
to wed when it was raining, and I woke up
and it was raining. It just did not stop raining
all night. And then yeah, this amount of flood water,
with the water already being high in the Gorge than
you know, previous years, because we've had such a good
wet season, it's concerning and a lot of businesses. I've
(03:31):
had a lot of people ring me and go what
do I do? When I said, I don't know what
to do because I'm not getting the information either exactly.
You know, if you hear the words Katie, we're evacuating
the hospital, what do you think straightaway?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Well, I think things are serious. You know, things are
really serious. And that was what the Chief Minister had
said a short time ago. They are evacuating the hospital.
They're going to be getting those thirty four patients out
as a precautionary measure. But I mean even so, like
it's serious when you're getting the the you know the
patient's out.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Correct, And that's we're sort of just in limbo at
the moment as to what you know, so I had
a prediction like two thousand and six that got to
nineteen meters. It didn't come into my shop in two
thousand and six. But again, the rumor mill is full
noisier of twenty meters. It's twenty meters. Then we're talking
about the town being a meter or so deep in
(04:25):
water through the CBD.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I've we've just been on too secure NT now six
minutes ago, they said, regarding the Catherine River at Catherine Bridge.
It's currently at sixteen point eleven meters and rising with
minor flooding. The Catherine River at Catherine Bridge is expected
to exceed the moderate flood level of sixteen point five
Friday afternoon and to reach around the major flood level
(04:52):
of seventeen point five late Friday afternoon, similar to the
March two thousand levels. Further rises are possible, they're saying,
with four cars strain. That is the update from secure NT.
I don't know whether that gives you much further info trend.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I mean, yeah, it does, OK, but I'll give you
another side of it. Right now, they're installing the floodgates
on the southern side of town. On the east side
of town. Sorry, so protect us from a creek. So
right as we speak, they're putting gates in to stop
the town from flooding. Yeah, where are we at here
because we're evacuating the hospital and we're putting in the
(05:32):
floodgates of the new levee that's just been built, which
is then going to limit access to town. I don't know,
it'd just be good to see somebody come out and say, hey, guys,
this is actually what's going on. Yeah, and yeah, we're
just yeah, I mean, let us.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
See what we can find, like, let us see what
further info we can get. I know, the Catherine River
Gorge Road like that, major flooding is occurring as you
would know, you know, saying they're at the Katherine River
nit Maluk Center currently sitting at seven point four one
meters and rising. You know, it sounds like you guys
are really quite worried.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah, look, and we rightfully so, because we've been through
this before. You know, I have bloody ps PTSD When
I was a twelve year old kid and I woke
up and I was floating on an air mattress Katie
in town. You know, it's a real situation, and I
suppose we just need some info on like, hey, guys,
settle down and it's not going to reach this level.
(06:30):
But then I suppose they don't really know, so we're yes.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Sir, it is. It's a tough spot that you're in
at the moment, Trent. The Chief Minister's holding a press
conference right now. I'm being told that it is live
on Facebook, so I might let you go because I
reckon you're probably going to want to hear that as well,
to see if they provide any of that information that
you are after any of that further info and we'll
see what else we can find out. Thank you, mate,
(06:55):
look after yourself. We're thinking of you, and all the
people are Catherine, look after yourself, and
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Thank you, thank you,
All eyes are on Catherine at this point in time. Now, Catherine,
they're a resilient bunch, there's no doubt about it, and
they're always pretty prepared for the weather. Joining me on
the line is Trent to with good morning to your Trent.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Morning Katie.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Trent, how are things looking this morning in Kytown?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We don't actually know. I mean, yeah, look, it's a
pretty fast evolving situation. The gorge is still rising well
above major flood level, and we're watching the river in
town rise flat out as well. I don't know how
high it's going to go, Katie. So I'm as we speak,
lifting everything in my shop because no one's giving me
(00:39):
a direct answer on how high it's going to be,
and no one can tell you, And so I mean, yeah,
I'm loading a van right now full of all my
firearms to get them out of this town. Oh my,
because we don't know what to do, k We don't
know how high it's going to go. It's going to
come in the front door of the shop. Is it
going to be higher than ninety eight? So we just
don't know. Because the major thing is the gorgeous still rising.
(01:02):
It hasn't even peaked yet, so Trent.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
We caught up with the Chief Minister a short time ago.
I know that the schools are going to be you know,
will parents need to pick the kids up basically by midday.
There is that emergency meeting I believe happening now. She'd
said to us that within the next couple of hours,
I think they're expecting that that river to reach seventeen
point five meters. It could go up, you know, to
(01:26):
eighteen point five. Everybody's keeping an eye on that. I mean,
how high did it go in ninety eight and what
are you thinking is going to happen?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, ninety eight was over twenty one meters. The rumor
mill is full noise in town at the moment with
you know, up to twenty meters, and that's coming from
internal stuff, you know. So yeah, I don't know, Kay,
we just don't know what to do here and whether
or not eighteen meters that is that it or have
(01:56):
they got more information that it's going to come higher
than that, And they don't want to panic the public
because for me, I'm like, well, I've got you know,
over a million merthy you're sitting in stock that I
got to deal with, And I'm like what am I
going to do? Should I lift it? Do I wait?
Do I sit? You know, I'm just looking for a
bit of information, I suppose, and what the actual and look,
I'm not looking for a saint answer on this is
(02:19):
what's going to happen. I just need some advice to say, Hey, mate,
you should start packing your shit up because we're in trouble.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Trent, it's you actually like you sound like you're worried.
I haven't heard you sound so worried ever before when
I've spoken to you before, And I can understand why.
It sounds like it's a fast evolving situation.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It is, and it's You've got to remember, Katie, I
went to sleep last night with this river at a
normal height. I've woken up this morning to phone calls
from people telling me that you need to start consider
picking your shop up, and I'm like, oh, I don't
think so yet. But then when I looked at the
gorge since this morning till now, the gorge is on
a brick wall rising straight up. Mate.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Is this because there's just been a heck of a
lot of rain or is it like is it more
of a shock because the gauge, like the radar has
been out or what's the go.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No, we just got a depression last night. It started
on top of us and it didn't stop. I learned
to wed when it was raining, and I woke up
and it was raining. It just did not stop raining
all night. And then yeah, this amount of flood water,
with the water already being high in the Gorge than
you know, previous years, because we've had such a good
wet season, it's concerning and a lot of businesses. I've
(03:31):
had a lot of people ring me and go what
do I do? When I said, I don't know what
to do because I'm not getting the information either exactly.
You know, if you hear the words Katie, we're evacuating
the hospital, what do you think straightaway?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Well, I think things are serious. You know, things are
really serious. And that was what the Chief Minister had
said a short time ago. They are evacuating the hospital.
They're going to be getting those thirty four patients out
as a precautionary measure. But I mean even so, like
it's serious when you're getting the the you know the
patient's out.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Correct, And that's we're sort of just in limbo at
the moment as to what you know, so I had
a prediction like two thousand and six that got to
nineteen meters. It didn't come into my shop in two
thousand and six. But again, the rumor mill is full
noisier of twenty meters. It's twenty meters. Then we're talking
about the town being a meter or so deep in
(04:25):
water through the CBD.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I've we've just been on too secure NT now six
minutes ago, they said, regarding the Catherine River at Catherine Bridge.
It's currently at sixteen point eleven meters and rising with
minor flooding. The Catherine River at Catherine Bridge is expected
to exceed the moderate flood level of sixteen point five
Friday afternoon and to reach around the major flood level
(04:52):
of seventeen point five late Friday afternoon, similar to the
March two thousand levels. Further rises are possible, they're saying,
with four cars strain. That is the update from secure NT.
I don't know whether that gives you much further info trend.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I mean, yeah, it does, OK, but I'll give you
another side of it. Right now, they're installing the floodgates
on the southern side of town. On the east side
of town. Sorry, so protect us from a creek. So
right as we speak, they're putting gates in to stop
the town from flooding. Yeah, where are we at here
because we're evacuating the hospital and we're putting in the
(05:32):
floodgates of the new levee that's just been built, which
is then going to limit access to town. I don't know,
it'd just be good to see somebody come out and say, hey, guys,
this is actually what's going on. Yeah, and yeah, we're
just yeah, I mean, let us.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
See what we can find, like, let us see what
further info we can get. I know, the Catherine River
Gorge Road like that, major flooding is occurring as you
would know, you know, saying they're at the Katherine River
nit Maluk Center currently sitting at seven point four one
meters and rising. You know, it sounds like you guys
are really quite worried.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah, look, and we rightfully so, because we've been through
this before. You know, I have bloody ps PTSD When
I was a twelve year old kid and I woke
up and I was floating on an air mattress Katie
in town. You know, it's a real situation, and I
suppose we just need some info on like, hey, guys,
settle down and it's not going to reach this level.
(06:30):
But then I suppose they don't really know, so we're yes.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Sir, it is. It's a tough spot that you're in
at the moment, Trent. The Chief Minister's holding a press
conference right now. I'm being told that it is live
on Facebook, so I might let you go because I
reckon you're probably going to want to hear that as well,
to see if they provide any of that information that
you are after any of that further info and we'll
see what else we can find out. Thank you, mate,
(06:55):
look after yourself. We're thinking of you, and all the
people are Catherine, look after yourself, and
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Thank you, thank you,
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