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jame-e Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 426 Darwin (currently) Gender:	The floods Jan 7^th, 2011 at 11:29pm How awesome are we. I feel lucky to live in a country that cares. Radio, TV and on the ground. We have it pretty good. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world in such a disaster.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: The floods Reply #1 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 8:54am Interesting pic. Is that just for one house?
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jame-e Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 426 Darwin (currently) Gender:	Re: The floods Reply #2 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:37am Looks like it.
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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: The floods Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:48am That's the chief of the SES's house lol
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: The floods Reply #4 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:49am Bollox. We have much better disasters here. Look at New Orleans. "Rich, you're doing one heck of a job!"
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: The floods Reply #5 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 12:13pm Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:49am: Bollox. We have much better disasters here. Look at New Orleans. "Rich, you're doing one heck of a job!" Yeah, look at BHP and that massive oil spill ... nearly as good a job as Exxon Valdez. Or the future disaster : Yucca Mountain and the poisoning of the Colorado River.
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jame-e Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 426 Darwin (currently) Gender:	Re: The floods Reply #6 - Jan 8^th, 2011 at 1:04pm Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:48am: That's the chief of the SES's house lol Lol. What can i say, i'm clad that we look after ourselves.
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Re: The floods
Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 8:16pm

'Dramatic' rain warning for flood-soaked Australia

SYDNEY — Heavy rains falling on Australia's flooded north-east could have a "dramatic" impact, officials warned Sunday, stretching already swollen rivers and creeks to their limit across the devastated region.

Queensland police commissioner Alistair Dawson said that severe weather lashing the already sodden northeastern state could bring flash flooding to currently dry areas with little warning.

"Waters will rise quickly -- you may not be aware of that rise," Dawson told reporters. "Those places which have gone under before, especially on the road system, could well flood again within an hour."

"The ground is so waterlogged, the catchments so primed, the rivers so full, the creeks are all flooding, and it will mean something more dramatic than it has in the past," Bridson said.

"That 200 millimetres (eight inches) of rain... could mean the difference between a minor flood and a major flood," he added.

The wild weather even hit Queensland's premier Anna Bligh, with lightning striking her airplane as she toured flood-stricken areas, reportedly scorching the wings and startling those on board with a loud bang.

"Premier's plane was just struck by lightning. We landed safely. But slightly shaken. Plane will need to be repaired," television reporter Sylvia Jeffreys, who was tailing Bligh on Sunday, wrote on the Twitter microblogging site.

Bligh's office confirmed the plane had been hit after takeoff in central Queensland and would be "out of action for a little while", but stressed that no-one had been hurt.

The "biblical" deluge has wiped out crops and brought dozens of coal mines to a standstill, driving up world prices and threatening the key steelmaking industry. The disaster is expected to shave at least Aus$6 billion ($6 billion) from Australia's economy.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hu6Ce8NzDKzirYHI__e9WuXeh2FA?...

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Reply #8 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 8:44pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:49am:

Bollox.

We have much better disasters here.

Look at New Orleans.

"Rich, you're doing one heck of a job!"

Yeah, great. If this had happened there we can only assume that the response would be similar to Hurricane Katrina with the rest of the country thinking that we've "just had a bit of rain" up here, there'd be a few hundred dead floatiing about and instead of govt assistance and evacuation centres, most of the flood victims would still be sitting on their rooves trying to form SOS signs with wet bed sheets and towels.

If only we can put on a natural disaster like they can in the US, then we'd really have something to be proud of. Then we could trump your pissy Katrina with the overall area affected.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: The floods Reply #9 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 9:48pm Time to start building the ark. This is when the big cyclone moves south, then west.
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jame-e Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 426 Darwin (currently) Gender:	Re: The floods Reply #10 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 10:25pm Drove the highway south of Childers to Brisbane last Thursday night, was not in good shape. Cant imagine what this will do to it. let alone the towns. Gympie is criss-crossed by many old shallow mines isn’t it? Wonder if thats going to be a problem.
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Reply #11 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 11:41am

There was a section in the Newspaper a couple of days ago in regards to the Government seeking anyone with ideas in how to deal with the problems of the Floods.

...you mean they are finally thinking about 'problem solving' rather than just handing out cash'ish?

...maybe they don't have any cash'ish to hand out anymore in regards to 'Relief Packages'?

...all that good rainfall going to waste. Wonder what they'll be saying when El Nino brings mass Droughts. Roll Eyes

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Re: The floods
Reply #12 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:26pm

THE Queensland city of Toowoomba has been devastated by a deadly wall of water in scenes reminiscent of a tsunami.

10 Jan 2011 - Floods
An ugly new chapter is unfolding in the state's unprecedented flood crisis, with parts of Toowoomba devastated and homes swept away in the Lockyer Valley at the foot of the Toowoomba range.

Two people - including a woman pedestrian caught up in the flash flooding - have been killed but the language being used by emergency services suggests they won't be the last.

An unknown number of others are missing after the flood hit about midday (AEST), washing away cars, some with drivers still trapped inside

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/floodrelief/flash-flood-hits-toowoomba/story-fn7ik2te-1225985113281

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andrei said: Great isn't it? Seeing boatloads of what is nothing more than human garbage turn up.....

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aussiefree2ride Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3538	Re: The floods Reply #13 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 7:48pm Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 10:48am: That's the chief of the SES's house lol What an airhead rsole a person would have to be to get a kick out of this.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: The floods Reply #14 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 9:51pm So how long do we have to wait before we can joke about it?
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