Thread: QLD Floods

Well my ability to log on has been a bit patchy as Oz and Don know. What has been the cause, I have know idea, but we remained dry here so far, and I don't foresee that we will get wet. If the rain hadn't have stopped when it did, I would be putting the floaties on to come and type this I reckon. A lot of people are having a tough time of it right now. Going to be a long, long time before everything gets sorted out.
Myself personally, I want to go to Toowoomba to see how my friends and family there fared. One of my friends was seconds from the wall of water that wet through there and he never even knew it till his ex called him to see if the kids were safe. He'd just picked them up and was on his way home when it went by behind him, with him being totally oblivious to the fact. She saw it all coming and ended up trapped in a second level carpark.
Getting there won't be happening for some time though.


Mick

Good to see ya back online Mick. Yer mate should buy a lotto ticket
Are phone lines & cell towers down. Any news from Toowomba at all ?

'Phone lines are still going and Mobile network is still good, but the request has been put out to keep the lines free as much as possible. Calls to Toowoomba should be limited to what is necessary. I made my necessary calls to make sure everyone I know was safe. I actully sent a text message to my mate seconds before his wife called. My Aunt had used her mobile 'phone to take photo's and send them out to us, as it was happening. I was at the computer when that email arrived. She was caught in the the main shopping complex where most of the footage of the floods was shot from.
I sent a smart alec text to my mate straight away, he read that, got a distressed call from his ex straight after, looked in his rear vision mirror and said a bad word or two in front of the kids, so he tells me.
That close to having a really bad day.
I believe Toowoomba is dry enough now, but a massive clean up operation, and the poor people at the bottom of the mountain on both sides copped the brunt of all that water too.
And we haven't even touched on all the other areas that are under water..75% of the bloody state. Unbelieveable...Covers an area larger than Texas U.S.A.


Mick

with Os on this, good to see you back online mick.
Prayers for you and your family safety have been coming from west for a couple days now ^_^

All is good here Don, thanks for your concern. We missed all but the stress of the event. I had just short of 4 hours sleep the other night when the worst was expected. Thankfully it didn't happen. If the tide had have been much higher at the time I might have had to turn my children into boogie boards to save my own hide though...
It's a big stinkymess just 400 metres down the road right now too. Massive clean up happening right now.


Mick

gotta find a use for those hangers on eventually huh
hmm my first one's due in 4weeks but i suppose i'll have to wait till squidgey gets a little bigger to test it's boogie boarding ability lol

Good to hear about you being passed by, bummer for those 400m down the road

I take a philosophical view on it, they're rich down there (waterfront properties, gotta be rich ), they can afford it, but damage was still minimal. Just messy.


Mick

P.S You'd better be telling us all the news in four weeks time when your life comes to an end. Nothing like a child to ruin everything.

That woulda had the old Daewoo buggered...

Reminds me of my fly fishing adventures. We did that with my mate's Nissan FWD trying to cross a spring . Cops found us at 2am & winched us out after a few SA remarks. Funny thing was they got bogged on the way back. As good citizens, we of course, offered our help

Now that's funny. Always a nice feeling being able to have a laugh at someone when they get a little of their own back. Even better, is when they laugh at themselves. You know they got a decent character to them then.


Mick