Very interesting story about the recent devastating floods in Brisbane, Australia.
http://www.theaustral...6frg6nf-1226028379093
In a nutshell, it looks like the dam operator (SEQWater) released far too much water into the downstream system as a result of what a computer model was telling them, rather than look at actual, real-world data. In order to cover up this massive error costing billions of dollars, SEQWater claimed that the rain fall was a 1 in 2000 year event – a claim that is not backed up be any actual real-world data.
From the above article, “... the claim was manufactured by SEQWater after it modelled the rapid rise of levels in the dam, repositioned rainfall data to an area immediately upstream of the dam, and then doubled it... A panel of hydrologists and engineers has categorised the Brisbane River flood as a "dam-release flood", meaning it was largely the result of massive releases.”
Computer models eh?