Queensland Chapter Roundup
7th March 2020
This February, flood professionals from Queensland convened at the George Williams Hotel for the FMA Queensland Chapter Meeting.
The Meeting was an opportunity for FMA to discuss it's recent activities, network with Members and bring to the fore issues and challenges faced during the barrage of recent severe weather.
The Meeting was also provided with updates from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, the Flood Community of Practice and Toowoomba Regional Council.
Grantley Smith of the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory led the afternoon workshop What Happens When Cars Drive Into Moving Flood Water? The workshop discussed the work of the UNSW Water Research Laboratory in discovering what happens when cars encounter flash floods, replicated scenarios faced by many stranded motorists, but in a special tank. This research is the first in which actual cars were used, not miniature vehicles as in the past.
The next FMA Meeting will be held at the FMA Conference in Toowoomba:
FMA Quarterly Meeting and Annual General Meeting, 21 May.
