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Australian Flood Crisis - cities under water, sharks in the streets
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The Storyteller
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wetwired said:
Fuck. And they are saying it's going to hit 5.5m in Brisbane. D:
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Salazar said:
Reminds me of a ventriloquist at times - Gillard is such a schlub though. Bligh has been pretty good through all of this though.
I'm at home in Yeerongpilly. We have no water in my street 'yet' but that could change. Flood map shows possible flooding on two streets either side so we will have to wait and see. Have had about 4 hours sleep before getting up at 8 this morning. Walked down two streets over to Fairfield Rd near the tennis centre and water is clearly visible there. If water comes across at that point then we might be in a bit of trouble.
Anyone have any updates on power supply cuts? There seem to be conflicting reports on that front.
viciouskillersquirrel
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It's not rain in Melbourne proper that'll cause the floods, but rain in catchment areas. GET OUT.Ydahs said:
Neat stuff, although it only gives a brief view of each area - I'd like to see what parts of West End, Toowong and the CBD are actually hitwetwired said:
Half tempted to go into the city while it's a ghost town and grab some snaps. I've seen the CBD change and grow over the last ten years (I still can't get over Festival Hall not being there any more), but the town has always felt the same since I was a kid, and I walk through it everyday. It would be weird seeing something so familiar in such a state. 'Train wreck' syndrome I guess...
I agree.speedpop said:
Bligh has had some average moments since being premier, but she's always come across as incredibly normal and seems to have her head on straight. Gillard, however, may as well be from another planet. She seems like someone who's spent her entire life in the cushy comforts of Melbourne and has little idea about how the rest of the country operates. At least Rudd had an element of worldliness to him.
Grug said:
Yeah, just one incident, and the cops got him.
zenbot said:My cousin lives on Vulture street and is out exploring at the moment. Here's the convention centre:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh28/zenb0t/convention_centre.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Crazy.
Here's the same intersection I snapped [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25351113&postcount=468"]some pics from yesterday[/URL]. The road is still shut and the clean-up crew have moved in, although I expect they'll only be clearing out debris as a safety measure as it's almost guaranteed to flood again by tomorrow.
[IMG]http://i55.tinypic.com/2qm3dvq.jpg
Holy shit, there goes Drift's cafe annex.
I knew a guy who worked there, and served John Howard lunch back when he was Prime Minister.
I knew a guy who worked there, and served John Howard lunch back when he was Prime Minister.
River height measurements taken at the city gauge are plotted here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65389/IDQ65389.540198.plt.shtml
Very close to 4 metres now.
I am thanking my lucky stars that I'm in a dry area.
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65389/IDQ65389.540198.plt.shtml
Very close to 4 metres now.
I am thanking my lucky stars that I'm in a dry area.
Rang my Gran in Ipswich and she's doing fine. The power is off at her place but not her neighbours, so her neighbour has run an extension cable across the fence so she can keep the fridges on and make herself a cuppa.
Just as I was on the phone, her neighbour knocked on the door with some sandwiches for her! That totally made my day.
Just as I was on the phone, her neighbour knocked on the door with some sandwiches for her! That totally made my day.
Alex Connolly
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It's great to hear all these stories of goodwill and camaraderie.
Ollie Pooch
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Those [square brackets] were driving me nuts.
DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY FRIGHTENEDGrug said:
dam comes dangerously close to collapse the first time, dam is weakened by tree roots growing into the base?
second torrent of water causes the dam to burst from the base or is saved at the last minute (because it was noticed in time and reinforced somehow)
second torrent of water causes the dam to burst from the base or is saved at the last minute (because it was noticed in time and reinforced somehow)
may or may not be the brisbane dam, though the terms appearing in the immediacy data should play out in the next 3 days to 3 weeks somewhere on the planet
Ollie Pooch
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What?Wii said:
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Bernbaum said:
:lol
Damn, just when I was starting to feel smug about the lack of looting reported compared to how some other countries operated.holmes182 said:
Faith redeemed. Great to hear she's doing okay, and great to hear people are lending a hand so readily.Bernbaum said:
I'd be a lot more convinced if they had posted all this information they gathered over the last year, in say, October.Wii said:
Uh, no, I told you to start a thread about ducklingsBernbaum said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df2KGyGselI
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
There was a map of the country on the news showing rainfall levels, and it was amazing how much of it was record breaking. Pretty much all the rest was far above average.
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