Australian Flood Crisis

by **Andrew** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:33 pm

Queensland - 10 dead, 78 missing, 75% of entire state a disaster zone (bigger than Texas), 9000 more houses will be flooded soon, Brisbane CBD under water...
100,000 homes without power.

Rain covering Qld, NSW, Victoria and now Tasmania (flash flooding warning in place for tomorrow). It's even pooring in the outback!!

A$9b damage cost. Food prices to double over weeks ahead.

Coverage:

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/fl ... 5985436806

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiap ... tml?hpt=T1

http://ninemsn.com.au/

by **StevePerryHair** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:38 pm

Wow, that's just awful

Hope you will be safe where you live!

by **Andrew** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:46 pm

StevePerryHair wrote:Wow, that's just awful Hope you will be safe where you live!

So far. Rain due here within hrs, but only 60ml vs 500ml up north.

by **Andrew** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:47 pm

Brisbane's main defence from a catastrophic flood is facing an unprecedented test as heavy rain continues to inundate southern Queensland. Flood watch issued for parts of SA
Updated: 11/01/2011

A flood watch has been issued for the Flinders, Riverland and north-east pastoral districts in South Australia. Major flooding expected for Brisbane
Updated: 11/01/2011

Phenomenal rain across the Brisbane River catchment has produced rapidly rising water levels across the area. Kimberley on flood lookout as Pilbara cyclone possible
Updated: 11/01/2011

The Bureau of Meteorology is warning there is a good chance a cyclone will develop off the Pilbara coast tomorrow. Gillard warns dark days lie ahead
Updated: 11/01/2011

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned Queenslanders there are more dark days ahead as they try to deal with massive flash flooding across the south of the state. Red Centre set for big downpour
Updated: 11/01/2011

A severe weather warning is in place for the Darwin Daly district, and the weather bureau says a low pressure building over the Kimberley will bring substantial rain to Central Australia by the end of the week. Gympie homes, businesses swamped by river
Updated: 11/01/2011

About 30 homes have been evacuated and 100 businesses have been swamped by floodwaters at Gympie, north of the Sunshine Coast in south-east Queensland. Eastern flood crisis worsens
Updated: 11/01/2011

The flood crisis has worsened through Queensland and NSW during the past 24 hours but heavy rain should also cause flooding to develop over parts Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania this week.

by **Babyblue** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:30 pm

I saw that yestarday on yahoo.Sweet little bats as there are so many others that are hurting in the floods.Please stay safe sir.Sending prayers to you & everyone.

by **Behshad** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:44 pm

Babyblue wrote:I saw that yestarday on yahoo.Sweet little bats as there are so many others that are hurting in the floods.Please stay safe sir.Sending prayers you'er way for everyone. The weather is crazy

What the fuck is you'er ?!?!

Drewsky, Stay dry mate.

by **Babyblue** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:50 pm

Behshad wrote:
Babyblue wrote:I saw that yestarday on yahoo.Sweet little bats as there are so many others that are hurting in the floods.Please stay safe sir.Sending prayers to you and everyone.

What the fuck is you'er ?!?!

Drewsky, Stay dry mate.

sorry.still half asleep here.lolol Need more coffee.lolol

by **Rockindeano** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:12 am

The United States will help, no question. As soon as your PM asks for it, it will be on the way, I guarantee it.

by **Rick** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:27 am

Our thoughts are with you and your countrymen Andrew. My condolences for the loss of life and the awful disaster.

by **ohsherrie** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:03 am

I'm thinking of you Drew, and all of the people of your country who are suffering due to these floods. Love Ya, all my best.

by **Angel** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:13 am

Stay safe, Drew!

I'll be praying for you!

by **Arianddu** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:11 pm

Just to give you an idea of what's going on:

http://media.smh.com.au/national/national-news/watch-how-flash-flood-grew-in-minutes-2127942.html

by **Andrew** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:14 pm

750,000 properties in QLD affected by flood water.

30,000 houses expected to go under overnight.

by **FinnFreak** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:17 pm

Absolutely horrible.

Let us pray.

John -

by **Clasicrockldy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:08 am

I am so sorry to hear this, Andrew. I will say a prayer for the ones who have passed on and for the missing. :-(

Here is some information I came across on The Book of Face this morning:

For the Citzens of Brisbane:

Storage king has just put out an offer for those who live in Brisbane affected by floods for free storage, they have trucks and trailers available to help evacuate just call 1800storage. Paste this on your page let's get the word around guys!

by **whirlwind** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:39 am

Andrew wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:Wow, that's just awful Hope you will be safe where you live!

So far. Rain due here within hrs, but only 60ml vs 500ml up north.

I have family in Narre Warren, Vic. How do things look there Andrew? They say not to worry, so far.

by **Arianddu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:41 am

whirlwind wrote:
Andrew wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:Wow, that's just awful Hope you will be safe where you live!

So far. Rain due here within hrs, but only 60ml vs 500ml up north.

I have family in Narre Warren, Vic. How do things look there Andrew? They say not to worry, so far.

Just spoke to a friend in Melbourne - she says the creeks are running high, and there's a little water on the roads, but nothing to worry about - basically it looks like a winter's day, except it's summer.

by **Arianddu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:53 am

To give you an idea of what sort of area we're talking about:

The dark blue line is the normal monsoon zone, which gets rain at this time of year. The blue and pale blue lines were yesterday morning's estimates of the flooded and flood-affected (cut off as well as largely underwater) areas, the purple and magenta lines are updated areas as of a couple of hours ago - magenta are areas completely cut off/under water, darker purple is areas that have been affected (e.g rail lines are closed, some roads are cut off, creeks are breaking banks or running very high). The area under water in Queensland alone is already significantly bigger than the state of Texas, the total flooded area just in Queensland is larger than California, Oregon and Washington states combined.

by **Deb** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:57 am

Arianddu wrote:Just to give you an idea of what's going on:

http://media.smh.com.au/national/national-news/watch-how-flash-flood-grew-in-minutes-2127942.html

Wow, sent the link to my boss, his sister lives there. :shock:

by **Arianddu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:59 am

Deb wrote:
Arianddu wrote:Just to give you an idea of what's going on:

http://media.smh.com.au/national/national-news/watch-how-flash-flood-grew-in-minutes-2127942.html

Wow, sent the link to my boss, his sister lives there.

What's scary is the footage of the river rising was taken over about 15 minutes.

by **Arianddu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:04 am

Holy fuck - just got an email from a friend in Brisbane - people have spotted a bull shark swimming in the floodwaters. There's a fucking shark swimming down her local shopping strip! Crocodiles and sea snakes they expected, but not sharks, given the water is fresh not salt.

by **lights1961** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:09 am

take care Drew... What Aussie is going through reminds me of the floods in the midwest during 1993...and lloks to be
10000000 times worse than Katrina...

by **Arianddu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:27 am

lights1961 wrote:take care Drew... What Aussie is going through reminds me of the floods in the midwest during 1993...and lloks to be
10000000 times worse than Katrina...

Area wise, yes, financially and in terms of human impact, no. We've got a much smaller population spread out over a much bigger area. But it's going to have an impact - a lot of agricultural land just went belly up for a year, and there's a huge amount of mining that is very important to our economy that is going to be screwed for quite a while.

I love some of the stories I'm hearing from friends there, though. One old man was upset about being evacuated because he had a dozen budgies in a huge cage, and no small cage to transport them in - so his neighbours evacuated the birds by putting them inside their shirts or in their jacket pockets. The RSPCA put a call out for help because they were having to evacuate, but had no where for the animals to go - every single one was 'homed' within an hour and safely out of harm's way. Supermarkets that are in the path of the floods are giving away bottled water, food and supplies - it's going to be a write-off once the waters hit, so they figured people should have the supplies. One can only hope their insurance companies don't try to screw them out of repayments! One little old lady who lost everything was comforting the reporter interviewing her, telling him 'it's ok, we've lost everything but we still have our lives and our family, don't worry.'

Weird how the worst occasions bring out the best in humanity. If only we could make it work that way all the time.

by **whirlwind** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:37 am

Arianddu wrote:
whirlwind wrote:
Andrew wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:Wow, that's just awful Hope you will be safe where you live!

So far. Rain due here within hrs, but only 60ml vs 500ml up north.

I have family in Narre Warren, Vic. How do things look there Andrew? They say not to worry, so far.

Just spoke to a friend in Melbourne - she says the creeks are running high, and there's a little water on the roads, but nothing to worry about - basically it looks like a winter's day, except it's summer.

Thanks for that info. Now I know that they were not just keeping me in the dark.

by **Saint John** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:35 am

lights1961 wrote: looks to be
10000000 times worse than Katrina...

But I bet you won't have an embarrassing situation like you did in New Orleans, with a bunch of filthy fucks stealing, looting and raping. That was so embarrassing.

It's a natural disaster and people need to come together and help each out, not be opportunists. Good luck out there to all of the people affected.

by **Saint John** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:37 am

Here's a slide show of the disaster:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41030711

Edit: Slide 16 shows Andrew and Herbie Herbert enjoying a drink during the interview Andrew scored.

by **Babyblue** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:22 am

Saint John wrote:
lights1961 wrote: looks to be
10000000 times worse than Katrina...

But I bet you won't have an embarrassing situation like you did in New Orleans, with a bunch of filthy fucks stealing, looting and raping. That was so embarrassing.

It's a natural disaster and people need to come together and help each out, not be opportunists. Good luck out there to all of the people affected.

Well i agree with you SJ

by **Andrew** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:09 am

whirlwind wrote:
Andrew wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:Wow, that's just awful Hope you will be safe where you live!

So far. Rain due here within hrs, but only 60ml vs 500ml up north.

I have family in Narre Warren, Vic. How do things look there Andrew? They say not to worry, so far.

Vic is ok. Vic and Tas flooding minor.

by **Rockindeano** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:17 am

Arianddu wrote:Holy fuck - just got an email from a friend in Brisbane - people have spotted a bull shark swimming in the floodwaters. There's a fucking shark swimming down her local shopping strip! Crocodiles and sea snakes they expected, but not sharks, given the water is fresh not salt.

Bull sharks can live in BOTH types of waters.

We tend to think of sharks as being ocean dwellers, although there are a handful of species that live in freshwater. But bull sharks can live in both ocean waters and also in fresh water rivers, estuaries, and lakes for some time. They can do this because of their own special ability to adapt the process of 'osmoregulation'. Osmoregulation is the ability of an organism to maintain a constant concentration of water in its body even when its outside environment would normally cause it to loose or gain water. Freshwater and saltwater fish both osmoregulate. But bull sharks can adapt their osmoregulatory processes to survive in a broad range of water salinities, from the salt water of the ocean to the fresh water of a lake.

I would rather tangle with a bull shark than one of those cocksucking sea snakes...those fuckers have more poison than any other snake...I hate them bastards.

by **G.I.Jim** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:22 am

Rockindeano wrote:
Arianddu wrote:Holy fuck - just got an email from a friend in Brisbane - people have spotted a bull shark swimming in the floodwaters. There's a fucking shark swimming down her local shopping strip! Crocodiles and sea snakes they expected, but not sharks, given the water is fresh not salt.

Bull sharks can live in BOTH types of waters.

We tend to think of sharks as being ocean dwellers, although there are a handful of species that live in freshwater. But bull sharks can live in both ocean waters and also in fresh water rivers, estuaries, and lakes for some time. They can do this because of their own special ability to adapt the process of 'osmoregulation'. Osmoregulation is the ability of an organism to maintain a constant concentration of water in its body even when its outside environment would normally cause it to loose or gain water. Freshwater and saltwater fish both osmoregulate. But bull sharks can adapt their osmoregulatory processes to survive in a broad range of water salinities, from the salt water of the ocean to the fresh water of a lake.

I would rather tangle with a bull shark than one of those cocksucking sea snakes...those fuckers have more poison than any other snake...I hate them bastards.

They do have more venom, but they're non aggressive and virtually harmless to humans. To my knowledge, there have never been any deaths to humans from them. The damn Jellyfish and the Blue Ringed octopus is what you should be afraid of! :shock:

MR

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