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Australian floods
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I'm sorry Tammiloo but Toowoomba has been hit the worst with most of the dead (so far), coming from there. The city got hit by a flash flood with an inland tsunami of over 24 foot high, and people were just swept away. :Sob: Large parts of our 3rd largest city (Brisbane) is under water .... with only roof tops showing, and they're expected to disappear soon. The floods encompass 4 states at the moment with a 5th expected to be affected over the next few days. I'm sorry .... but it's too distressing to talk about at the moment, but here's a news site with videos for you to look at. http://au.news.yahoo.com/local/qld/ |
sending prayers for all those affected by this horrible flooding..... :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: it's such a helpless feeling. :(
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Oh the videos are wrenching Koala...so much devastation! :( :grouphug:
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Today's videos are different to those of yesterday, but the destruction is just as bad! Different days, different cities.... but the devastation is just as severe. :(
If there's anything good about today then it would be the numbers of those on the missing list has shortened. 50 previously unaccounted for people have now been found and rescued, and they're only searching for 43 people who are still missing. Please pray for those 43. Sadly several small children have lost their lives and in some cases several members of the same family. :( The flood waters are rising very rapidly in Brisbane with thousands of houses now swamped. The water level is not expected to peak for about another 6 hours and by then it will be approx 6 meters (20 feet) above normal levels. You have to see it with your own eyes to believe what's happening, as it's almost unimaginable. :( If loss of human life isn't enough, it's heart breaking to see the cattle and the horses struggling to survive in the water. On TV, we saw some horses trying to save their own lives by climbing onto the rooves of houses that were just visible above the flood waters. Sadly those rooves may not be above water for long. :( Heavy rain is continuing to fall all down the east coast and all states from the top to the tiny island at the bottom, are now flooded, or under flood alert. More rain is forecast, so nore flooding is expected. :( |
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(((( Koala ))))) my prayers are being said. |
Thank you so much Anne for the info...update...I know its not easy for you to talk about. Just know that Australia holds a dear part of our hearts...praying for all...:hug:
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Aw :( This makes me so sad and worried.... May God help everybody in need there soon !!!
Prayers your way dear Oz... :grouphug: |
Australia is in the hearts of all Canadians... it is the top news story... as we all watch helplessly... nature is our enemy at this time... our resources need to go towards working with nature... not against it...
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(((Anne))) I'm so sorry. Prayers.
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I just don't know how to update this thread because it hurts too much to write about it. :Sob:
The flood waters are slowly receding in some areas of Queensland .... another whole city (Ipswich) is under water.... and other areas are already bracing themselves for a second onslaught. :( 67 separate areas are now flooded and 15 people have been confirmed dead over the past 4 days. Many, many people still on the missing list :( There's no electricity and no drinking water in many areas. What drinking water is available is already contaminated, and with no electricity, people can't boil the water to make it drinkable. Many have no food.... no basic supplies and no way to get them until roads/airports/ and rail roads can re-open. Some have spent 11, 12, and some even more hours on their rooftops holding onto family members to keep them from sliding into the water as they wait to be rescued. Some of them overnight in the dark. Some entire families are missing. :Sob: And........ there's a cyclone brewing! Cyclones bring heavy rain and destructive winds. Think Hurricane Katrina. :( Here's an updated news site for those who are interested, and please remember that the video top right is pictures of downtown CBD of our 3rd largest city...... and not a small outback town where flooding might be expected. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland |
So much devastation, it really is overwhelming. :( Prayers don't rescue or feed people but it's all we have sometimes. :grouphug:
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Still praying........Like Alffe said, right now its all we can do. {{{{HUGS}}}}
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You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
I feel so helpless when it comes to providing help, so please let us know where we should send money/supplies to help (Red Cross, Unicef, etc.). Thinking of you all...:grouphug: -Vic |
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Today's update includes a little good news in that the water is receding in most Brisbane suburbs this morning and some areas are beginning their clean-up although most displaced people will not be able to move home for several weeks. Unfortunately there is no good news for many other areas because as the water recedes in one area, another township prepares itself to be drowned today. Some towns/cities that went under early in the deluge, have now been hit again with a second flooding and are again under water! :( Even my state has flooding predicted to start today which makes every state down the east coast of Australia under flood in some degree. If Queensland hasn't been through enough, there's a cyclone brewing off the coast. Our cyclones are like your hurricanes; they bring devastating winds and torrential rain. :mad: http://abc.com.au/news/photos/2011/01/11/3110791.htm http://abc.com.au/news/qld/ |
According to our weatherman, the cyclone turned and will miss you. I pray this is true as you don't need anything else. :grouphug:
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I sure do hope you're right Alffe. The one developing off Western Australia has done that so we all pray that the cyclone developing in the Coral Sea does the same.
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How appropriate! Thank you David. :hug:
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prayers for everyone
I wish I could do more to help, but I'm praying for all of you affected by the flooding, Koala. I can't even imagine it...and I don't pretend to understand it, but I will continue praying.
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Today's update has some encouraging news for Queenslanders.
The rain has eased ... for now, (because more is expected later) and the waters are receding. The predicted cyclone has changed course and is no longer expected to cross the QLD coast, thank the Lord! 200,000 Queenslanders have now been affected. The death toll has risen to 16 and 20 people are still missing, with grave fears for their safety. So you can understand the sheer extent of the flood, water now covers an area approximately the size of France and Germany, with 3 more states and many towns now under threat. Heavy rain continues to fall in some areas, while water is now coming down from the highlands to merge into already overflowing rivers. In many QLD areas (including Brisbane), a massive clean-up is about to begin. Thousands of volunteers from unaffected areas started turning up at daybreak this morning. Some have come from outlying areas not affected by the rising water, while others have arrived form interstate. Thousands of ordinary people..... even entire sporting teams .... have joined with Millitary personnel to form a huge army of cleaners. After all the heart-ache of recent times, it's so very heart-warming to see the whole nation sticking together, and pitching in to help. Critical food supplies will start reaching Queensland towns by road today after one of the state's major highways was reopened. Only essential goods like foodstuffs and recovery equipment are being loaded, so hopefully panic buying will not occur. If people panic, there will not be enough food to go around, because it will be quite some time until most shops are returned to a condition where they can once again open for business. While QLD begins the repair process, 3 southern states are now bracing themselves for the same thing. These states are New South Wales (capital is Sydney), Victoria (capital is Melbourne) and now Tasmania (capital is Hobart). http://au.news.yahoo.com/qld-floods On a brighter note, a little miracle has been born in an isolated house, surrounded by water. With just a shoe lace to tie his umbilical cord, this little baby is now doing well in hospital after he and his mother were rescued by helicopter. |
Thank you for this update Koala...continued prayers for everyones safety.
What a birth date for that wee one. :grouphug: |
Craig wondered if an old Queenlander..."Olhipie" could be airlifted in to help....thanks for the update Anne. Love Tammy
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I just haven't been able to watch too much news here in Western Australia, as its too heart breaking. We have had devistating floods up north here in WA as well, but not as bad as in Qld.
I did see some touching news amongst the sadness, people who couldn't get home due to inundated roads stopped with their ute(pickup) and helped a family carry sandbags to secure their home. Then continued on their way....... People rescuing horses that are trapped by fences, and people guiding horses from a tiny boat to high ground, I cried tears of happiness to see this..... thanks everyone for your thoughs for us here in Australia |
Thank you for checking in Redtail.... we were worried!
At present I am safe where I live here in Tasmania, because floods are confined to the NE, & NW. Places like St Helens have suffered badly and few other areas on the East and NW coasts (like Deloraine) are under warning. Even Devonport is under threat. There have been no reports so far, here in the south. From what I hear, Victoria will be hit hard today. Has anyone heard from Jaime_S? |
One of my friends lives in Darlington.... she said betwween Warmabool and ballarat in Victoria..... yikes......... I hope she is ok.....
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I will however keep an eye on the area for you ........... just in case. :hug: |
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-d...-1225988266655
this bought a tear to my eye, humans can be amazing in trying times. Wish I was a bit closer so I could go and help :-) I'm also troubled by the horrendous floods in Brazil at the moment..................... |
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Thank you Koala.... I was talking to Julie last night on FB and she said its bright and sunny there right now and the flood waters that are coming down from other areas have started to recede :) good new..... I'm still praying for all those who have lost their homes/ businesses/ cars etc.... in this horrible flood :(
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Safe here. :thud:
Queenslander! :grouphug: |
OH Lara... !!! :hug: Thank you!
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Thank you Lara for checking in.... I've been remembering you in my prayers
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Thank you Lara. It's good to hear from you, and even better to know that you were spared those terrible flood waters. Keep safe! :hug:
Today brings a reprieve of kinds for Queenslanders ! The rain has stopped in most areas and the water continues to recede. Thousands of Australians who were not affected by the floods, have arrived by the bus load, and they've all pitched in to help with the clean up campaign. Those unable to clean are cooking barbeques, making sandwiches and/or delivering coffee and bottles of water, to the army of volunteers. It's truly heart warming to see what Aussies are doing for their less fortunate neighbours. Those living in the state of Victoria aren't doing so well today with approximately 1/3 of the state under water. Goofy, your friend still appears to be safe at the moment, with flooding approx.100 Km from her town. (about 1 hour's drive). 100 km is not a long way away, so I'll continue to keep an eye on that area for you. Tamiloo, the area you asked me to check appears to have escaped, while homes at the other end of the same street were drowned in the rising water. On behalf of my fellow Australians, I'd like to thank everbody for your thoughts and prayers, but while you're remembering us, could I ask you to please spare a thought for those affected by floods in Brazil. The death toll there is horrific, and climbing every day. Thank you. |
Thanks Anne for the updates...so appreciate you!!! Love ya!!:hug:
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Unless something happens, this will be my last update about these floods.
Here's where we're up to: Queensland The death toll from the Queensland floods has now reached 20, with 11 people still missing. Looters have taken advantage as they always seem to do. Luckily police and residents have been vigilent and a number of looters have been arrested. If convicted, they face up to ten years in jail. People started returning to their workplaces in Brisbane yesterday after a massive clean-up campaign. Highways have been re-opened but many other roads remain closed due to blockage or damage. Tens of thousands of volunteers are being moved around the city in buses to continue the big flood clean up. That will take months, but repairing the damage will take much longer. New South Wales The flood emergency in NSW is winding down as flood waters slowly recede. Many towns and communities are still cut off by water, but the focus in New South Wales now is on getting food supplies and clean water to isolated communities and farms. Victoria People in Victoria are bracing themselves for severe flooding today with residents told to evacuate. 4,000 people in 46 towns are affected by the rising flood waters. Many homes and many towns are already isolated, and there will be many more today. Tasmania Residents in the north are on flood alert, with flooding still evident in some areas of the east coast. Thankfully, the flooding in Tasmania remains moderate at this stage, and there are no reports of any injuries. It's already obvious that these floods are the most expansive natural disaster in Australia’s history. :( |
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And thank you ((Anne)) for all the updates. Continued prayers from Iowa. :hug: |
New computer :D so maybe I can start posting again. It's my daughter's old one and it works, unlike mine, which wouldn't even let me get into safe mode in the end and every time I needed to start it or re-start it, I would need to take the side off the tower and stick my hand inside and push the back connection so that it would power up. :eek:
So, quick update from me ... we were flooded here and cut off from the highway south and the highway north. It's rained for weeks and weeks and weeks and then it culminated in 14 inches of rain here [that's my area which is just north of Brisbane]on the 10th January. Luckily I live on a headland with no rivers near by but that didn't stop everywhere here being affected by the damage from the rainfall. My place was quite badly affected by roof leaks and water rushing past the slab and coming into the lounge room under the slab and coming in the roof and I had a light over my bed that kept flickering on and off and the darn thing was switched off. Anyway it's all sorted now and bleach and disinfectant are wonderful inventions after all. lol. Oh yeah, I forgot about the spider bite on my ankle and the nasty rash from cleaning out storm water drains. It's been an adventure and that's about 2% of the whole tale just in my place. It was a disaster that we all could see coming but we were all so caught up in dealing with every day of trying to even get outside or down the driveway over the drains. I've got great neighbours and we all keep and eye on each other. Mostly they were checking on me. :) More storms the past couple of days and a king tide tomorrow so things are far from ok in south east Queensland and it's going to be very wet until March they say and that includes a couple of cyclones/hurricanes predicted for the south east of Qld here. I lived in Brisbane in 1974 during the last big flood there. What impresses me so much is that with 75% of our State declared a disaster area, I didn't realize how well set up we actually are with regard to Emergency Management and how fast and well our Premier worked under such shocking events. I love my State. Born and bred here. As the old saying goes "they breed 'em tough north of the border". lol We're all exhausted. Some more than others obviously because of their losses and the weight of what to do next and where to live and how to clean up etc.. It's just been so horrific and sad but the roads are opening, the waters are receeding and so very sadly the funerals are beginning but I know one thing is for sure, we had nothing when you think about Brazil and Colombia and Banda Aceh in Indonesia with the Tsunami and Bangladesh and places like that where it can be so very much worse. Ok, better stop. Been a long, long time since I could type and talk like this. Love to everyone. :grouphug: |
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I have missed you like crazy !!!!!!!!!!!! :grouphug: |
Sorry to read that you got caught up in these floods Lara, but so grateful that you made it out OK. :hug:
My DH and I no longer live in Queensland, but while I watched the updates on TV I did see streets I had walked down, flooded shops we bought in, people in the background that I knew/worked with when we lived in Bundy. It was so sad to see the funerals on TV and the destruction of homes/farms/shops... the loss of wildlife. :( At the same time it was so heartwarming to see a nation sticking together and getting out and about to repair the damage, without waiting for handouts or for a govt to do it for them. Thousands upon thousands are fixing what nature has destoyed! Goods and building materials are donated. Trades people are donating their time. No-body asks for payment. No-one sends a bill. Australians may be down at the moment, but they are definitely not down and out! |
Survival is tough sometimes
Here in Texas we have had lots of flood experiences. It is tough when they result in deaths. In Galveston we still hear tales survivors told about the storm of 1900. An old woman passed on this story to the man installing her telephone. She was 8 yrs old at the time. Her ma and pa put her and her little brother on the back of a horse and the parents led the horse through the flood to the mainland. At first their dog was swimming alongside, but soon tired. They put the dog on the horse too. In years to come the horse and dog became inseparable. I saw the same sort of cooperation after Hurricane Ike. All utility company workers worked 80 hour weeks for months restoring infrastructure. Workers were pulled in from surrounding counties and states. It brings a tear to my eye just thinking of all the love and peace that poured out of everybody to help those in need. This was an experience that changed my house into home.
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