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[Clipper]

Anna Bligh was pretty much in tears when she said that.

Is it true Brisbane State High has gone under?! Thats pretty far back/ up a hill. :S

Man, this is feeling really surreal. I mean, its not flooding in my part of Brisbane, and Its even sunny now. Its hard to imagine that just over the hill Brisbane's underwater..

Wow, that puts both my high school and my undergrad University underwater if true (although given the '74 flood water mark plaque that was present in the labs of the Axon building at UQ, I wasn't that surprised to hear it was going under again.

At least my primary school is safe.

 

[legend166]

Playing politics at this time would be suicidal. Even the rabble that is the Queensland LNP would realise that.



Let's not go nuts.

Grug, meet Choc.

 

[shanshan310]

It looks so peaceful when you don't have people talking over the footage

RussiaToday's compilation of flooded brisbane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDip6a9kfB0

the youtube comments are making me facepalm so bad...

oh my god this is horrible. its such a beautiful place! i hope it recovers quickly. is new Zealand flooding too?

Apparently this is our cumupance because we "killed 65 million abrogins and ordered non whites till 20 years ago by law to que separately in airports and council offices".

I'm sorry... I know reading youtube comments is the lowest of low :lol *sigh* But at least its lightening the mood.

 

[legend166]

The floods are so bad that we're now seperated from New Zealand by a massive ocean

 

[shanshan310]

The Gap

wait. WHAT!!?!?

 

[Salazar]

The floods are so bad that we're now seperated from New Zealand by a massive ocean

:lol

Mush, Mush, post if you are ok.

wait. WHAT. Where in the gap is this?!?!

Can't help you. That was just the SMH gallery caption.

 

[shanshan310]

:lol

Mush, Mush, post if you are ok.



Can't help you. That was just the SMH gallery caption.

That was more just me freaking out cause the Gap was never on flood alert or anything.. plus it seems to be okay...:lol

 

[Salazar]

A Seaworld bloke says bull sharks are "skittish" and likely to flee from loud noises or splashing.

Spoiler

Why would he lie ?

 

[shanshan310]

A Seaworld bloke says bull sharks are "skittish" and likely to flee from loud noises or splashing.

Spoiler

Why would he lie ?

so they won't be swimming up the river then? :lol

 

[mandiller]

The bottom floor of my place went under partially :-/ *sigh* much clean up to be done. Hope it will be liveable fairly soon. There is no power obviously. I have a friend nearby I can stay with though.

 

[Bernbaum]

Grug, meet Choc.

Oh boy! :lol

The bottom floor of my place went under partially :-/ *sigh* much clean up to be done. Hope it will be liveable fairly soon. There is no power obviously. I have a friend nearby I can stay with though.

Damn, sorry to hear it. Hopefully it wasn't living quarters and was just storage/laundry stuff.

 

[shanshan310]

For anyone in the Gap, Enoggera, or Mt. Coot-tha who isn't already informed, you've been advised to boil all drinking water to avoid contamination.

More here.

cheers. Was wondering why the water tasted funny...

Le Poulet Rouge is down.

During my time as an kitchenhand there, we called it "the cult of the crimson fowl".

 

[Alex Connolly]

During my time as an kitchenhand there, we called it "the cult of the crimson fowl".

Much more cultured than KFC's "Dirty Bird".

 

[BowieZ]

Photos of the aftermath of the studio I record at. :...(

 

[GaryD]

The bottom floor of my place went under partially :-/ *sigh* much clean up to be done. Hope it will be liveable fairly soon. There is no power obviously. I have a friend nearby I can stay with though.

Do u need a hand to clean up? if you're on the north side let me know and I can try and help on Saturday.

 

[mandiller]

Do u need a hand to clean up? if you're on the north side let me know and I can try and help on Saturday.

That's very kind. But I'll have to see it for myself when I get back there tomorrow. My friend here is getting me some mops and things tomorrow with any luck. I don't know the extent of it and if my fridges survived. My sofas went under partially but they might be saved with a bit of cleaning. Still a lot of uncertainty.

 

[The Storyteller]

It looks so peaceful when you don't have people talking over the footage

RussiaToday's compilation of flooded brisbane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDip6a9kfB0

The horses

Any new people reading this thread can donate here. And watch rolling news coverage here (including people overseas).

 

[GaryD]

Ok keep it in mind anyway. I got brooms mop buckets water blaster shovel etc

 

[Fusebox]

Photos of the aftermath of the studio I record at. :...(

Damn, did any high-end kit get ruined?

 

[shanshan310]

wanna update the OP? Add some pictures or something?

 

[BowieZ]

Damn, did any high-end kit get ruined?

Nah, all the very most expensive equipment including the desk and computer gear, were removed... which took up most of the time and efforts anyway.

 

[Ventron]

Is there any way into the city anymore? I'm guessing it's impossible to go and see the river now without being turned away.

anna you champion, amazing performance so far.

churchillian like

:lol :lol

 

[Salazar]

:lol :lol

More like a boozed up and emotional Origin great.

 

[shanshan310]

Photos of the aftermath of the studio I record at. :...(

:O

Did you move those white couches or did the flood? Hope most of the stuff left in there is salvagable.

 

[Ventron]

Sheeeit at those pictures of Bunnings near Archerfield.

I wonder if any insurance companies will go broke over this.

 

[shanshan310]

Sheeeit at those pictures of Bunnings near Archerfield.

I wonder if any insurance companies will go broke over this.

apparently a lot of companies don't insure flood damage in basic plans =/ Unfortunately I can see a lot of people not getting much help from that area.

 

[BowieZ]

:O

Did you move those white couches or did the flood? Hope most of the stuff left in there is salvagable.

Nah all the perrty white couches were stacked on the bar counter but one needed to be pulled down to access one of the rooms. But yeah, a lot of stuff was moved about otherwise.

If you look at the first photo I posted, you can see the marker of dirt along the wall where the flood level reached.

 

[Fredescu]

Found this on SA. Don't know if it originated there or not.

 

[Ventron]

Found this on SA. Don't know if it originated there or not.

Send this photo to Gerry Harvey, it should make him happy.

 

[bananabread]

 

[user_nat]

Awesome picture :lol

 

[shanshan310]

Awesome picture :lol

I've been looking at this for a while and I really can't figure out how they got the floaties on...

 

[saunderez]

I've been looking at this for a while and I really can't figure out how they got the floaties on...

They're probably the clip-apart type that are designed to be faster to put on and take off.

 

[RustyO]

Hope everyone is safe and going ok.

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

 

[Salazar]

Hope everyone is safe and going ok.

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

:lol

My neighbours are playing butt-rock at extreme volume. An army chopper would be like Vivaldi.

 

[Ferga]

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

But but... they are helping people! How can people complain about that?

Those helicopters could potentially save them

 

[shanshan310]

Hope everyone is safe and going ok.

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

wow seriously? That should be the least of everyone's concerns...

"Your means of saving people is disrupting my viewing of the flood coverage".

 

[Salazar]

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please grow the fuck up"

Fixed. I should run this show.

 

[Salazar]

Here's one for UQ GAF :lol

They're saying uni is shut until next Wednesday. I can vaguely see why.

And this pic is kind of awesome.

 

[RustyO]

Hope everyone is safe and going ok.

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

wow seriously? That should be the least of everyone's concerns...

"Your means of saving people is disrupting my viewing of the flood coverage".

Yep. Source: ABC News.

 

[Bernbaum]

Found this on SA. Don't know if it originated there or not.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Aw man, that sucks.

Here's one for UQ GAF :lol

http://i.imgur.com/lFIcv.jpg[IMG]

They're saying uni is shut until next Wednesday. I can vaguely see why.

And this pic is kind of awesome.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kw0MD.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
I've caught about a million buses from that stop, and had half a million BBQ's at the 'Red People' statues at Kangaroo Point.

Goddamn this is weird. I've been at home where it's sunny and unaffected for the last few days, and I'm seeing all these familiar locales like it's an alien planet.

Someone talk me out of going into the city tomorrow.

 

[Dead Man]

The floods are so bad that we're now seperated from New Zealand by a massive ocean

:lol

Photos of the aftermath of the studio I record at. :...(

Not Lethal Weapon!

Seriously though, looks like a massive cleanup for all you QLD guys. Hope it is not as bad as it looks.

Hope everyone is safe and going ok.

Qld Police: "There have been complaints about the noise of Army helicopters, please be patient."

People. Fucking hell.

 

[Salazar]

:lol

Police arrived to make neighbour turn the music off. Neighbour, having complied, is now hurling drunken abuse at the police as they stand outside, saying he will just turn it back up when they leave.

Bogan circus.

 

[Router]

:lol

Police arrived to make neighbour turn the music off. Neighbour, having complied, is now hurling drunken abuse at the police as they stand outside, saying he will just turn it back up when they leave.

Bogan circus.

:lol :lol

Also, my condolences to everyone starting to clean up. That brown silt is a fucking nightmare.

 

[supermackem]

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/how-jordan-died-to-save-his-brother-20110112-19obf.html



Bloody hell.

Shit thats fucked up, what a brave young lad. RIP.

 

[shanshan310]

:lol :lol

Also, my condolences to everyone starting to clean up. That brown silt is a fucking nightmare.

I look at the bins floating in it an feel like vomiting. Apparently sewerage is coming back up too :S

 

[Mohonky]

Had a customer call and ask where there delivery was today, they were in Sydney. I was like we're based in Brisbane, and the place was a disaster area and as such we had no way or sending or receiving any items at this point in time and we couldn't give an exact date for delivery.

She seemed to then suggest maybe we should look at others ways of sending the items....because like, maybe some courier services use dolphins or something....

 

[Bernbaum]

My shops are getting empty and word is they won't be getting in fresh stock until next Tuesday.

Fresh produce is all gone, most common cuts of meat and poultry are all gone, but they seem to have been re-stocking most canned goods.

I can't see it getting serious, but if it does, I'll be the guy with the pitchfork fending off his pile of corn chips and Oreos.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

The floods are so bad that we're now seperated from New Zealand by a massive ocean

Maybe it will stop the illegal boat people from New Zealand.

 

[Mush]

:lol

Mush, Mush, post if you are ok.

Sorry guys, it's been pretty bad here lately. I'm currently floating on a flock of Sheep, and my wifi is shaky at best.

Here's a picture from my phone, excuse the quality.