EPTAll things considered i've come away without any major problems cept i'll be working from home for a little while!
definitely feel for those who have lost houses / vehicles / family
Flood Warnings/Evacuations for Brisbane Australia - Page 4
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Elder
Australia50 Posts
All things considered i've come away without any major problems cept i'll be working from home for a little while! definitely feel for those who have lost houses / vehicles / family | ||
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GloomyBeaR
United States77 Posts
As an aside, though, you guys have some fucking awesome town names. | ||
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Antiproduct
Netherlands50 Posts
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superjoppe
Sweden3685 Posts
On January 12 2011 02:13 Antiproduct wrote: I don't care about Australia. They are countries that suffer far more yet people don't give a shit. You decide what to care about based on what other people care or not care about? Just, wow. | ||
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Antiproduct
Netherlands50 Posts
On January 12 2011 02:18 superjoppe wrote: You decide what to care about based on what other people care or not care about? Just, wow. No. I just care about countries that don't have the money or the means to help themselves. Australia has the money. | ||
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jimbob615
Uruguay455 Posts
On January 12 2011 02:00 GloomyBeaR wrote: My thoughts and prayers are with you all. As an aside, though, you guys have some fucking awesome town names. appreciate it. lol | ||
micronesia
United States24751 Posts
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Beagle23
Australia52 Posts
high level timing | ||
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Wartortle
Australia504 Posts
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Xyrest
United States18 Posts
Live stream of the ABC news channel at the moment. Good luck to everyone in the East Coast of Australia I hope everyone makes it out okay. | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
On January 12 2011 02:00 GloomyBeaR wrote: My thoughts and prayers are with you all. As an aside, though, you guys have some fucking awesome town names. lol! Yes. Yes we do. I grew up in the town that got flash flooded, and it's amazing how normal a name like Toowoomba can become when you live there. I've gone to visit other places like... I don't know... Giligulgul, for example, and gone "lol what a stupid name," and then actually thought about it and been like "...wait." On topic, I'm on high ground in Brisbane, and it's kind of surreal right now. All of a sudden it's sunny and hot as anything. It makes some internal sense to freak out about a flood when it's raining like mad, but when it's sunny it's hard not to think "what's the big deal? It'll all dry up before it gets here, right?" | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
Apparently she lives like 1500 miles away in Darwin or something and so is in no real danger. Huzzah! Still, best wishes to anyone threatened by the storms, T_T | ||
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deL
Australia5540 Posts
On January 12 2011 03:34 Antiproduct wrote: No. I just care about countries that don't have the money or the means to help themselves. Australia has the money. All the money in the world isn't going to reduce the death toll, show some sensitivity ffs. Not good that it's sunny now, it means mosquitoes are going to be a huge problem especially if people are left without shelter. There have been some pretty horrific stories so far we can only hope that their prediction of higher waters later in the week don't eventuate. | ||
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fuzzy_panda
New Zealand1681 Posts
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Kmozar
Australia7 Posts
On January 12 2011 03:34 Antiproduct wrote: No. I just care about countries that don't have the money or the means to help themselves. Australia has the money. Wow, I have 3 family members missing and possibly dead at the moment. Its ok though because as a country we have money... Edit: Fixed angry typing errors | ||
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CookieMaker
Canada880 Posts
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Ridiculisk
Australia191 Posts
My parents house is gone...submerged all the way to the roof. My family managed to get out in time, and have spent the day in the boats getting neighbors and whatnot to higher ground. 1 of my school friends has already had his 2 story house go under. They got him and his family out in boats this morning. Paddington is looking fine for now. Although we've been told to be prepared to leave. I went for a walk this morning to see how close to the river I could get. Got half way down Suncorp Stadium. (Castlemain Street) Milton Rd, and Coro Av must be completely under water. My thoughts are with everyone in Brisbane. Please stay safe! And keep your radio's on! | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
Also if anyone's associated with the uni in St Lucia, don't even try it. | ||
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don_kyuhote
3006 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. Media in other countries usually briefly touch upon it for maybe 3 or 4 days, then forget about it. Anybody remember Pakistan flood last summer? That right, nobody talks about it anymore. Sometimes I wonder if all the water even receded. I presume same thing will happen to Australia. Once the rain stops and rebuilding, which is the toughest part, begins, people from other countries just go "Well, the worst is over, they'll rebuild themselves somehow sometime in the future." and just forget about it. | ||
Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
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