Australian floods!!!

solace23

Thoughts are with you all tonight. Flood levels are up to 13m in some places now. Houses been washed away and lives lost. Stay strong oz...

threefish10

it's still raining tonight over most of southern queensland, it's crazy. just so people outside of Australia can understand the scale of this, the area now underwater is bigger the the state of texas. the water is receding in some parts but now increasing in others like Maryborough, the Sunshine Coast and Gympie is also isolated by floodwaters. the death toll is at 13, but many thousands have been evacuated and some may not be allowed back to their homes for at least 2 weeks to start cleaning up and checking the true scale of damage.

swans05

and i just watched 2012 on foxtel

and its raining here in melb

ZiggyStar

I've had two clients (from from ACT and one from NSW) ring me up last week saying they're thinking of me etc. I asked why and they both said they heard on the news that Townsville was now flooding. Ahhh no we're not?! We had some decent rain around Christmas time with that cyclone but definitely no flooding. Thankfully. We got hit hard in 2009 and Ingham just a bit north of me got totally smashed. Would prefer not to see that again.

Feel so sorry for southern Queensland. I was just thinking today how since I own a real estate/business broking agency, my business would be absolutely fucked if I was in southern Queensland right now instead of northern Queensland. All those people's houses, businesses, everything just ruined by flood water. Scary shit.

pjfan31

Terrible.

Just heard Gidinski say they are doing sound relief 2. I hope they don't have Jessica Mauboy. Shits me to tears how she is apparently an 'A grade' celebrity.

Thoughts_Arrive

pjfan31 wrote:

Terrible.

Just heard Gidinski say they are doing sound relief 2. I hope they don't have Jessica Mauboy. Shits me to tears how she is apparently an 'A grade' celebrity.

Or Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian.

pjfan31

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

Terrible.

Just heard Gidinski say they are doing sound relief 2. I hope they don't have Jessica Mauboy. Shits me to tears how she is apparently an 'A grade' celebrity.

Or Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian.

Or Casey Donovan. If they used her instead of sandbags, she would have saved a few of those towns.

Thoughts_Arrive

Noone likes Anthony, not even water.
I went to TAFE with his former high school pupils, they say the guy is a stuck up snob and noone liked him.

ZiggyStar

pjfan31 wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

pjfan31 wrote:

Terrible.

Just heard Gidinski say they are doing sound relief 2. I hope they don't have Jessica Mauboy. Shits me to tears how she is apparently an 'A grade' celebrity.

Or Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian.

Or Casey Donovan. If they used her instead of sandbags, she would have saved a few of those towns.

myra

Heard it on the news here and I really feel for you guys.
We had a massive flood on June 15th, 2010 in the town where I work and surrounding area. Death toll of 40 overnight. We woke up in shock and still haven't fully recovered from it.
My thoughts are with you.

PilateOfTheStorm

yeah i heard it on the news and my thoughts go out to those who have lost their homes, all their possessions. hope it gets sorted quickly

threefish10

so this shit is officially out of control. so the floods now have gone from Rocky/emerald, gympie, maryborough and bundaburg all being affected all the way down to St Goerge, dalby and toowooba and are now heading east from toowoomba to ipswich and brisbane with many areas in brisbane already affected and more are expected.

here is some video of the amount of water moving:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national ... matically/

other news and vids

http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/- ... st-corner/

http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/- ... to-rivers/

a map of queensland to show the area affected from rocky(just under where it says whitsunday islands) and bundy, gympie maryborough all the way south west to St goerge and dalby heading east to brisbane:

ZiggyStar

It's fucking unbelievable....the amount of water is just shocking!!

How's your place, fishy?

threefish10

ZiggyStar wrote:

How's your place, fishy?

At the top of a hill. Noah will have loaded all his animals and set sail way before my house goes under. There is still a lot of water around and there are places under that I have never even seen water on. Plus with all the water falling and around(we've had 100mm at my house just today, not to mention the weeks of rain we have had) the ground is so wet and soft I've seen some big trees just fall over.

ZiggyStar

threefish10 wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

How's your place, fishy?

At the top of a hill. Noah will have loaded all his animals and set sail way before my house goes under. There is still a lot of water around and there are places under that I have never even seen water on. Plus with all the water falling and around(we've had 100mm at my house just today, not to mention the weeks of rain we have had) the ground is so wet and soft I've seen some big trees just fall over.

Phew! Lucky you're on a hill. Are you getting any work done or are you on extended holidays?

threefish10

ZiggyStar wrote:

threefish10 wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

How's your place, fishy?

At the top of a hill. Noah will have loaded all his animals and set sail way before my house goes under. There is still a lot of water around and there are places under that I have never even seen water on. Plus with all the water falling and around(we've had 100mm at my house just today, not to mention the weeks of rain we have had) the ground is so wet and soft I've seen some big trees just fall over.

Phew! Lucky you're on a hill. Are you getting any work done or are you on extended holidays?

Worked last week, well half days on thursday and Friday due to rain. But sat at home today cause it was pissing down and I hate getting my hair wet cause it goes all frizzy.

ZiggyStar

threefish10 wrote:

Worked last week, well half days on thursday and Friday due to rain. But sat at home today cause it was pissing down and I hate getting my hair wet cause it goes all frizzy.

And you didn't want to ruin your designer shoes!

threefish10

reports out of toowoomba tonight are that atleast 4 dead and 20 missing from the flash floods this arvo.

ZiggyStar

It's absolutely pissing down here!! Full on lighting and thunder. Loudest thunder I've heard in a long time.

tinkerbell

The footage every night on the news here is jaw dropping. My thoughts are with all affected. We had bad flooding here in Feb 2004 but nothing like the scale of this!

threefish10

death toll for toowoobma is now at 8 with 72 missing. this does not include the 12 or 13 deaths in other regions. and as i type this it is still pissing down in brisbane, will this shit ever end???

Hawk Jam

This is bloody shocking to see

Thoughts are with you all up there

ZiggyStar

Someone just posted this on Facebook:

If you have family or friends in Ipswich please repost - JUST ON CHANNEL 9 - MAYOR OF IPSWICH - PEAK EXPECTED AT 19M !!! IF YOU WERE EFFECTED IN 1974 .. HIS WORDS "GET OUT NOW" .. WE HAVE 12 HRS .. I REPEAT TRANSMITTER IS DOWN FOR THAT AREA - THEY ARE RELYING ON THE MEDIA TO GET THIS WORD OUT ..

:shock:

Loulou

Feel really bad for you guys up there, horrible that people have died. :( Been hot as hell down our way, be good if we could take some of your rain of your hands. Best wishes to you folks!

Loulou

ZiggyStar wrote:

Someone just posted this on Facebook:

If you have family or friends in Ipswich please repost - JUST ON CHANNEL 9 - MAYOR OF IPSWICH - PEAK EXPECTED AT 19M !!! IF YOU WERE EFFECTED IN 1974 .. HIS WORDS "GET OUT NOW" .. WE HAVE 12 HRS .. I REPEAT TRANSMITTER IS DOWN FOR THAT AREA - THEY ARE RELYING ON THE MEDIA TO GET THIS WORD OUT ..

:shock:

SHIT!

threefish10

don't know how true that is but it's close, but kinda different to what is on their website:

Ipswich under revised flood threat tonight

11 January 2011

FURTHER overnight rainfall has prompted emergency services to revise flood warnings for Ipswich residents.

Mayor Paul Pisasale has issued a warning to residents in low lying areas and adjacent to the Bremer River to monitor radio and television reports tonight and in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

"I'm told by the experts we are likely to see levels similar to the dreadful 1974 floods.

"At this stage the Bremer River in Ipswich is expected to reach 17.2 metres at between 11pm tonight and 1am tomorrow (Wednesday) which is nearly 2 metres below the 1974 level.

"River heights are expected to remain high for the next one to two days.

"Residents in flood prone areas should make immediate plans to self evacuate, and where possible stay with relatives and friends.

"Evacuation centres are being identified now and we will advise when and where as soon as we can.

"A suburb by suburb street listing will be available on the internet later today and for the media.

"I would ask for patience if residents are trying to contact our call centre. Additional staff are being rostered on and we are currently experiencing significant delays in answering calls.

"Again I ask all residents to keep listening to radio and TV broadcasts and to keep fully informed of flood levels," Cr Pisasale said.

To find out the latest information on dam releases call 1800 613 122 or visit http://www.watergrid.com.au/

For road and traffic information visit http://www.131940.qld.gov.au/ or the RACQ.

Keep up to date with the latest weather warnings at www.bom.gov.au/qld

Local radio stations are also providing regular traffic and weather updates.

pjfan31

This is terrible. Seeing that inland tidal wave sent shivers down my spine.

threefish10

ok so maybe it is now getting out of control

Via facebook

Queensland Police Service wrote:

All residents in low lying areas of Strathpine and Caboolture should evacuate immediately. Cars should be moved from low lying areas. The flood levels are expected to be greater than the 1974 floods. Do not stay in your homes please leave immediately.

they are just north of brisbane.

ZiggyStar

Fucking hell! Leigh's mum used to live in Strathpine. Glad she moved to Townsville.

Still raining where you are, fishy? What suburb are you in?

Loulou

Wow! Was just watching this on 7 news
http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national ... matically/

Loulou

Just heard that they are tying the crocs down in the Australia's Zoo so they can't escape?? :?