EPTFlood Warnings/Evacuations for Brisbane Australia - Page 5
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
On January 12 2011 13:28 Belisarius wrote: I'm curious if this is getting any coverage in other countries. On the one hand it's not at the scale of the flooding in the Philippines, or any of the huge natural disasters like Haiti in the last few years, but it's still pretty big. Some of the stuff that went through the Lockyer was just insane. Also if anyone's associated with the uni in St Lucia, don't even try it. It's like one of the main stories up here dude.  Seems like you got something of a Katrina situation going. | ||
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rads
Australia38 Posts
gl to those in Queensland, stay safe! | ||
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Svetz
Australia311 Posts
Luckily my family and friends are all ok, hardly anyone has power and several of them are completely isolated by swollen rivers but no-one is missing thank god. My sympathies go out to anyone who hasn't been so lucky ;( I'm just between the CBD and fortitude. | ||
MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
like will the place be still really screwed up (I know it will be messed up still, but thoughts as to the extent of the damage..etc, that in like in a week things will be back to normal?) | ||
Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
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nightss
Australia87 Posts
Pictures of suncorp stadium just blew my mind http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/suncorp-stadium-ravaged-by-floods/story-e6frfgbo-1225986530037 I have Family in Qld luckily they are safe, my thoughts go out to everyone caught in these floods. | ||
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Shuffleus
Australia764 Posts
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vek
Australia936 Posts
On January 13 2011 14:40 MightyAtom wrote: Yo, I had a business trip to Brisbane on Jan 21, should I cancel it, will things be really screwed up still? I haven't spoken to them because of the flood, but I get on a flight to Melbourne in a couple of days... like will the place be still really screwed up (I know it will be messed up still, but thoughts as to the extent of the damage..etc, that in like in a week things will be back to normal?) Well Melbournes fine. Brisbane CBD is mostly fine - trains/subways are still running etc. It's the outer suburbs that were effected most as well as much further out towns of QLD. Some of the highways that were closed have started to reopen because the waters are receding. I think this is as close as it got to the CBD: ![[image loading]](http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2011/01/13/2131807/600air1-600x400.jpg) Google maps: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rQ2KI.png) http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/queensland_floods.html | ||
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smegged
Australia213 Posts
On January 11 2011 20:29 superjoppe wrote: Then, look at the big picture and pin the blame on the increased number of catastrophes and the increased temperature since the century we started disrupt the equilibrium of the carbon cycle. Looking at small incidents instead of trends is just ignorance. Don't be a fool. This has nothing to do with climate change and it makes people who say so look like political opportunists. Brisbane has a history of large floods coming once every twenty to thirty years or so. The last big one was in 1974. If anything we were overdue. We built a dam in 1985 to help mitigate the flooding but it cannot prevent big ones fully. Without it, this flood would likely have been the second largest on record, the largest being in 1893, which peaked at around 8m. This one hit 4.5m. The 1974 flood hit 5.4m. The only thing that this has to do with climate change is that the Pacific Ocean changed from an El Nino event to a La Nina event. La Nina causes significant rainfall in Australia. El Nino causes droughts. This one happens to be a fairly strong La Nina event. Enough talk about science and politics. It was insane talking to people in Toowoomba and seeing the carnage caused by the flash floods. I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but the strangest thing about all of this is that Toowoomba is in a mountain range. When you drive there you spend about half an hour driving up steep roads before you hit the city. It was totally nuts seeing it all go under. Where I was I managed to avoid getting flooded. The waters were within walking distance though and so I got a few photos. The devastation in this city is crazy though. I've had an enforced layoff for the last four days from my CBD job as a software engineer. We have only just had power restored at work and internet is still down. Transportation is really difficult all around the city. | ||
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
This has been crazy, i watched the water rise metres so quickly, eventually the water was about head height in the middle of the street. The first floor of my apartment building is absolutely wrecked, the water getting so high that I was actually able to use a canoe we found and paddle through the front door. I have video of that so I might post it. Anyway, I'm going to go eat some hot food and drink my first real cup of coffee in days :D | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8092 Posts
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Ludrik
Australia523 Posts
There's been flooding in Victoria today as well as parts of Tasmania. Obviously nowhere near as bad as up north. It is amazing how widespread this rainfall has been. | ||
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