OLD 55 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Brisbane, Australia, 3 days ago I don't know the location of my fellow Australian, Lissy. Perhaps one of the Mods could look up her Email address and check on her welfare ? The floods have moved further south now. We were fortunate enough not to be affected. Please pray for those poor people who have lost their lives, their relatives, and all of their possessions. Some will never recover. Thanks babyteen (and your Mom) for enquiring after my Family.
edna Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Good to know you're OK... I thought the flood was in the east side... somehow i was sure you were in the west...
Lea Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Hello there Darryl so nice to see you pop in hope your all well over there.
OLD 55 Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks Lea and Elena. Yes, we're fine where we are. Now parts of country Victoria are inundated. I tried to contact Katie Sane but her Email address isn't current. And I don't know where Lissy lives. The floods have affected the Australian Eastern States of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Lucky Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Good to know that you and family are ok Darryl. I hope you're on high ground. Floods are painful things to watch happen. Here's hoping our other Aussies are weathering the situation as well are you are.
RonJonSurfer Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Stay dry. Glad to hear you avoided the worst.
edna Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 I tried to contact Katie Sane but her Email address isn't current. And I don't know where Lissy lives. The floods have affected the Australian Eastern States of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. I just sent her a message on Facebook...
katie_sane Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Hi! Edna, I just got your facebook message! I'm a long way south of the floods at the moment, down the lower end of New South Wales. We had our own dramas in December, and were evacuated from our homes then. Back in now, but the clean up is ongoing. The situation in Queensland is that times a thousand. I remember the sheer panic of running through flood waters and trying to help my flatmate after we snatched some clothes and the cat from our apartment building. Not something I want to experience again I was thinking of you and your family Darryl, I'm glad to see you're okay.
Farin Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 that sounds quite dramatic, I'm glad you're all not so affected now.
Jenny Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 I was thinking of you guys when I heard about the floods. Tahnkfully, you are all OK. Guess I should stop complaining about the neverending snow now.
edna Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Thank you, katie!!! We're happy to know you're OK... ...yet so sorry for what's happening there... Love you!!!
Lucky Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Good to hear from you Katie, I'm glad all is well with you.
Steel2Velvet Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Glad all out SFers down under are OK and relatively unaffected by the flooding. This column from the UK Telegraph shines a light on the perplexing lack of preparedness for precedented Queensland flooding. Warmists sway government funding of $13B toward drought, not flooding.
OLD 55 Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Posted January 21, 2011 Thanks all. Good to hear you're OK Katie, and special thanks to Shawna for finding out that Lissy hails from Adelaide, South Australia, which wasn't affected. I read the article Ron, which I believe is largely unfair. I think most people here believe it's just something that happened. Australia has always been a land of drought, fire and flood. Granted though, that Anna Bligh's Labor Government have made some unwise,unviable project decisions, but I suppose they had to something after the long drought and tough water restrictions that were imposed. Also, many of us who witnessed the 1974 floods probably had become complacent after the Wivenhoe Dam was built, because it was to be the ultimate for flood mitigation in South East Queensland. But considering all the rain we had, the Dam couldn't hold all of that back, no matter when the water was released. It just delayed the flooding. Also some of the flooding came from water courses that don't flow through the Dam. What shocked us was the fierce torrents from the rivers and creeks upstream (above the Wivenhoe Dam) which trapped and drowned people. We've never seen water rise that fast before. A large dam could have made a lot of difference there. The street I was born in used to flood regularly when I was a child. The kid down the road had a canoe and he'd give us turns at paddling it around. We'd move our car up the hill, and just wait for the flooding to go down. Water didn't go in that house until the 1974 flood; imagine a large double story house with 5 feet of water in it. My Mother, Stepfather and Grandmother moved in with us until the house was 'liveable' again. I took time off work to clean it, joined by many wonderful volunteers. When those Family Members died, we sold it to a couple who we made well aware of the risks. I went around there a week ago and they'd only had a few feet of water in the yard - not the house, thank goodness. I probably won't live to see this big a flood again, but I'm sure there will be more. Brisbane is built on a flood plain, so nature will take its course.
Lissy Posted March 23, 2011 Report Posted March 23, 2011 hey guys just letting you know im okay, i live in south aystralia by the way.
Shawna Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 Yay, Lissy! Good to know you're doing all right.
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