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Never did I think it would get worse than a few days ago when I wrote this thread, but looks like Queensland is headed for its worse natural disaster in its history and probably the most costly in the history of this country - certainly in the many $billions with the loss of primary export, crops and infrastructure damage. I'm safe from most of this water, but today, the Capital is looking like it will flood. Toowoomba yesterday; they never saw it coming and a death toll on the rise. :-(
 
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Any Aussie links that have newsfeeds we can take a look at? I only heard about this briefly and it sounds like a horrible disaster
 
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Hi Oilslurper,
My wife and i have & will donate again. Through a handmade craft website forum she is a member of a woman has posted this...


HELP NEEDED,,,my stallion is at deception bay with flood water rising,,i need any one at deception bay with a spare stallion yard,,,i cant get a float to him,,,i need to swim him out,,,he is near blue pacific drive ring 04036...98827
I am not sure whether you can assist or offer advise but thought it worth posting just in case.

Hang in there.

cheers

matt
 
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getaway said:
Hi Oilslurper,
My wife and i have & will donate again. Through a handmade craft website forum she is a member of a woman has posted this...


HELP NEEDED,,,my stallion is at deception bay with flood water rising,,i need any one at deception bay with a spare stallion yard,,,i cant get a float to him,,,i need to swim him out,,,he is near blue pacific drive ring 04036...98827
I am not sure whether you can assist or offer advise but thought it worth posting just in case.

Hang in there.

cheers

matt
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Keep an eye on the unfolding scenario here, but Deception Bay may be OK. Caboolture is now cut off. If the rain eases up there it should subside by Wed AM. The worst of it is heading our way due to the catchment area overflowing at Wivenhoe Dam and flooding the Brisbane area.
 
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This is shocking! Do you know why people are dying? Hope people aren't doing silly things like swimming in the flood waters we so often see on the news. just heard a baby was lost to the floods but the mother was rescued:(.
So there is no chance you will flood out?
I have friends on holiday in Brisbane, hope they are safe.
 
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The recent deaths were due to freak flash flooding in Toowoomba and as the flood gushed down the range to the Lockyer Valley. 11 dead confirmed and 66 unaccounted for since today just due to that event. There was a young girl killed here in Ipswich just a few minutes ago. We are now set for a colossal urban flooding disaster, the magnitude of which, not seen here in this country. The toll will rise no doubt and the cost well over 10 billion dollars and rising. The La Nina pattern in the next 5 days is causing a rainfall dump of tropical air mass across 5 states to Tassie and expect further flooding in NSW, SA, Tasmania, Victoria and here.

Anyone wanting to know what it's like to live in Australia should read this poem by Dorothea Mackellar; read the 2nd verse - she knew!!!!

Poets Australia - Dorothea Mackellar, My Country, Photos, Art, Music
 
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Mother nature in all her power! Here on the Sunshine Coast the weather has been unfriendly for almost 2 years, first with a drought and then followed by over a year of incessant rain periods, capped off in December with around 600mm (24 inches) of rain and now this first week and a half of downpours reaching a peak yesterday and today. It has hammered almost all business and hence employment. But we're lucky! The area doesn't have as big a catchment area as they do further North and South. The damage to infrastructure, property, crops, human suffering is beyond comprehension and we haven't seen more than a small portion of it. It'll take years to 'recover' reasonably well. Good luck to and best wishes to all. John
 
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75% of Queensland is now declared a natural disaster. That's 2 x the state of Texas or about the size of Europe. I just managed to get some fuel for my generators with power off here for 3 days and Ipswich is already a mess and the peak still has 4m to go!! Brisbane is going to cop it badly on Thursday and will be devastated beyond anything since the 1893 floods. The impact will be felt nationwide and overseas with no coal shipments to China for probably weeks and that will affect steel prices I suspect. This is Queensland's darkest hour.
 
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In New Zealand we've had wall to wall coverage of this disaster.

Many kiwis have friends in Queensland, and this disaster strikes us as well as the Aussies.

It is incredible to watch as it unfolds and now, thankfully, recedes.

Our thoughts go out to our Aussie mates, who will have a major fix job once this is over.

Sad though any loss of life is, it is amazing that the toll has been so low.

We saw this last year when Christchurch was struck with an earthquake of the same magnitude as the haitian quake, and no one was killed. For Australia to have had such huge floods (twice as big as Texas!!) and have such a low toll is almost a miracle.
 
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Just got power and phone back on after 4 days. No damage to us at home or business, but I was prepared with emergency equipment and supplies. What is striking now the water has receded is the silt and debris and the really bad smell. The silt got washed into the Brisbane bound waters from the massive 8m high flash flood from the ranges and picked up the red volcanic soil from the farming Lockyer Valley. It's everywhere and really thick. It's now a period of human misery on a grand scale, SO ANY DONATIONS WILL BE WELL USED. It will take many months and probably years to recover for many. I went to my son's workplace yesterday. There sat a 2007 Audi Q7 TDI. 5' of water went through the place. The Q7 is totalled..I understand no vehicles parked in the garage will be covered by insurance due to "owners risk".
 
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It really brings home the recent floods in Pakistan , one does not think of the reality until we associate with our own communities. Brazil has just lost 500 lives due to a similar disaster . For me it is wonderful seeing us support humanity when our brothers and sisters need help and support . If any of the Queenslanders know of specific things that Club Touareg members can do ( I mean besides Money ) then perhaps we can do something as a group ?
 
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I agree Bails, it would be good to offer some sort of assistance. There is a guy in Vic who assisted in rebuilding farmers fences after Black Saturday. He is doing the same thing in QLD. Might be something to consider. I can search details if this is something of interest to members?
 
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11,000 volunteers turned up in Brisbane city to help others clean up the mess in homes and business. true aussie spirit. the proactive and reactive planning, disaster management by government,emergency services organisations and general public was amazing! as I am sure the clean up will be.
 
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Yep, the local volunteer gangs in the MASSIVE clean-up have been awesome! I gutted out the interior of a house near me over the weekend (I'm well above the flood zone) and stripped the ceiling and walls back to truss and frame. Really hard on many people to see this, but it's what need to be done. The great thing to observe was the young kids (Gen Y) getting in there and doing some hard yakka. Truly character building and they will NEVER forget what they've witnessed. So long as us Maroon Queenslanders can kick some more NSW Blues arse this 2011 State of Origin series, we'll all be happy campers!! As for help, I reckon the southern tradies and building suppliers may do well with long-term work. Otherwise, a $ donation to the Premier's flood appeal will go a long way. Thanks to those making a donation etc. WE AUSSIES ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Down our way in the South East, the flood drama is now subdued. For you US guys - you remember Hurricane Katrina? Check this out - it's Cyclone Yasi and bigger that Katrina and now packing 300kpp winds and by tomorrow, I expect to wake to disaster on the TV in the far north of our state that is total wipeout of some towns. We used to be called the "Sunshine State". I now think "Disaster State" is more apt.

Brisbane Times - Brisbane News, Queensland News & World News

This is scary:
Yasi vs The World
 
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