Thread: QLD Floods

Here's hoping for a break in the weather.
Hope you guys are keeping dry up there & any where else that's affected by the big wet.

The rain stopped a bit earlier than predicted so hopefully the peak won't be as bad as feared. Problem is that it's all the water that got dumped on Toowoomba on Monday is making its way downstream, so the rain we were getting hasn't been a big driver on the situation.

The whole city is pretty quiet at the moment, so its a bit spooky. Things will start happening tomorrow.

I spent four and a half years living in Oz and my heart breaks every time I hear about brush fires or these floods. The thing that gives me hope is that, if there ever were a people who could keep smiling while all this disaster is going on, and then smile all the way through the reconstruction, it's Aussies. Nothing gets you down for long.

You're in our prayers and our thoughts. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

Just been speaking to my cousin who is on the old family farm in the Lockyer Valley. On Tuesday they got 14 inches of rain in 10 hours.

Hi Guys,
thanks for the thoughts. i am lucky where i am that it can't really flood - high ground. That said, my workshop is downstairs and the run off has meant that it is flooded from 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep for several days now and on and off for the last two months. Not a huge problem but the damp and smell are bad, mould setting in and my production has been stopped as i wasn't dealing too well with too much time in that damp. Really not an issue compared to so many others.
The long term effects will be hard. Already the hospital i work in as my day job has cancelled all operations and staff are being rostered off, so income is being affected for many of us.
Supplies and food will be issues for a while and we are expecting another big dump of rain around Australia Day from a cyclone forming at present.
Aussie spirit will triumph as always, though. Just compare how quick we bounce back compared to the poor souls in Haiti last year, or the tsunami affected ares a few years before that. We really are the lucky country.
i am not online much at present (well nothing new there ) but i also hope that others of our forum in Queensland are doing okay.
Best Wishes for All

Geezus squeezus. That's all you guys need, a bloody cyclone

Mould is a problem even in Sydney with the rain we've had.
Bloke in the hardware store recommended 80/20 vinegar to water mix & a good scrubbing brush.
Works well.