UPDATED: Australia FLOODING affects 200,000 people -'BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS' | |
jerm (OP) User ID: 1211974 United States 12/31/2010 01:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1202610 Thanx for the link! I'm beginning to see a pattern here. |
TXGal4Truth User ID: 1013398 United States 12/31/2010 01:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh WOW! Quoting: jermI love your avatar TX gal. Gracias friend. Good five star thread! So have I now become your enemy for telling you the TRUTH? Galatians 4:16 *********************************** You call me paranoid. I call you uninformed. :tgdmwt: |
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TXGal4Truth User ID: 1013398 United States 12/31/2010 01:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh WOW! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1212059I love your avatar TX gal. Gracias friend. Good five star thread! donor noob! Noob?? WHO??? So have I now become your enemy for telling you the TRUTH? Galatians 4:16 *********************************** You call me paranoid. I call you uninformed. :tgdmwt: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1132991 Australia 12/31/2010 01:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I POSTED THIS hours ago. Quoting: jermI did an advanced search and didn't find anything. this AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! Thread: AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Quoting: ACDC 433433Many times before and compared to some floods from the start of last century, this one is TINY. Living in QLD you get use to this stuff every 10 yrs or so. Move on, nothing here... +1 It's a BIG country LOL :-D |
jerm (OP) User ID: 1211974 United States 12/31/2010 01:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | SEPT. 2010 Media abandons Pakistan flood crisis: |
jerm (OP) User ID: 1211974 United States 12/31/2010 01:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh WOW! Quoting: TXGal4TruthI love your avatar TX gal. Gracias friend. Good five star thread! Thank You. |
jerm (OP) User ID: 1211974 United States 12/31/2010 01:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I POSTED THIS hours ago. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1132991I did an advanced search and didn't find anything. this AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! Thread: AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! huh This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1132991Many times before and compared to some floods from the start of last century, this one is TINY. Living in QLD you get use to this stuff every 10 yrs or so. Move on, nothing here... +1 It's a BIG country LOL :-D haha I guess it's all relative. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1132991 Australia 12/31/2010 01:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I POSTED THIS hours ago. Quoting: jermI did an advanced search and didn't find anything. this AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! Thread: AUSTRALIAN FLOODS - size of france/germany combined!!! huh This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Many times before and compared to some floods from the start of last century, this one is TINY. Living in QLD you get use to this stuff every 10 yrs or so. Move on, nothing here... +1 It's a BIG country LOL :-D haha I guess it's all relative. Don't worry you had graphics included so i assume that's why your thread got pinned :-) I searched using the emotive word 'france' ;-) Now you know why we are always whinging about the roads! this thread will give you an indication of what's up down here recently;-) 200,000 People Affected by Flooding in Australia Thread: 200,000 People Affected by Flooding in Australia |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1167200 New Zealand 12/31/2010 01:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.bom.gov.au] shows areas affected by rivers flooding after the rains rule aussies just accept floods as a fact of life.. of course! ;) |
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jerm (OP) User ID: 1211974 United States 12/31/2010 01:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.bom.gov.au] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1167200shows areas affected by rivers flooding after the rains rule aussies just accept floods as a fact of life.. of course! ;) da yam wet! no one is immune. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1208230 Australia 12/31/2010 01:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Quoting: IrdooooomedIt happens every year... It's common. I am planning to drive from Sydney to Brisbane on Tuesday. Would anyone here know if I will get through? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1208230 Australia 12/31/2010 02:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Isn't most of AUS just wasteland? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1212239There is a lot of desert, but people still dwell there. Farmers and indiginous Aussies. I have not seen much of Australia. The size of it would blow your mind. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1189353 Australia 12/31/2010 02:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heavy rains and flooding in northeast Australia is common during the southern hemisphere summer, but the scope of the damage from the recent downpours is extremely unusual, Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said. "This is without a doubt a tragedy on an unprecedented scale," Bligh told Australian Broadcasting Corp. [link to www.msnbc.msn.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 919411 United States 12/31/2010 02:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have some family down there for the holidays-looking forward to them getting back stateside Quoting: Anonymous Coward 287857This. So sorry for the flooding nightmare Aussie pals. Based on past experiences, you will band together and help each other through this awful catastrophe. Australians are a tough and generous people. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1208080 Australia 12/31/2010 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The losses are in the billions, much of the area hit is major agriculltural and mining. Its freaky seeing pictures of orchards when all you can see are the tops of the trees in a sea of water. Food prices will be going up, disease is already being talked about as some towns are having their water and sewerage supplies affected, not to mention the dead animals. Some of the towns have had rivers peaking at 16m, thats a lot of water coming through your house and even though we build for flooding you cant get everything up high, what are you going to do with your cars............ So lots of damage so far, people are now being evacutaed by the military and its looking possible that Bundaberg city could also be affected. Roads are cut, some places dont have access to air travel or rail so are truly isolated and food drops are now starting to be organised. And the water can take weeks to go down. [link to news.ninemsn.com.au] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1132991 Australia 12/31/2010 02:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1208230It happens every year... It's common. I am planning to drive from Sydney to Brisbane on Tuesday. Would anyone here know if I will get through? check the current road closures/conditions [RACQ] [link to www.racq.com.au] |
Doubtless User ID: 1208873 Australia 12/31/2010 02:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Isn't most of AUS just wasteland? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1212239Most of our population is on the coasts, as you go further inland the population dwindles, but there are still people living there. Obviously. GLP = Whirlwind of stupid. :IslamLol: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1136978 Belgium 12/31/2010 02:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is hard to imagine. Has Australia ever had a flood like this before? Quoting: ACDC 433433Many times before and compared to some floods from the start of last century, this one is TINY. Living in QLD you get use to this stuff every 10 yrs or so. Move on, nothing here... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1212261 Australia 12/31/2010 02:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I believe there is another flood coming next week for inland queensland Captain Bligh and Julia Gizzard has each donated 1 million dollars of taxpayers money to the cause and have asked that fellow aussies dig deep with donations...However they are still giving many more millions to overseas aid |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1210870 United States 12/31/2010 03:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.abc.net.au] |
cc User ID: 1212278 Australia 12/31/2010 03:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How refreshing to see most of the posters here have a heart. Thank you. It will take DECADES to recover - if at all, for so many. Those who wish to donate for folks suffering from this disaster may do so via Red Cross [link to www.redcross.org.au] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1212289 Australia 12/31/2010 03:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just flew home from Queensland last night, I fortunately was in the Brisbane region at the time and didn't come across any floods (though the city's river did over flow in some parts) - The week I visited it rained everyday, though the day I left it was stinking hot! I'm in Victoria now with 42'C/110'F heat :S |
Flossy User ID: 1212261 Australia 12/31/2010 03:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am just north of the sunshine coast and we have the Mary river just down the road, we also have inlets from the river and were flooded in for two and a half days,,,it was great, mostly because the road gets cut off, the water never comes close to the house as we are too high |